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Symphony Orchestra of India Cadogan Hall, London, 20 February 2019 Zane Dalal, conductor Zakir Hussain, tabla. Hector Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture Zakir Hussain, Concerto for Tabla and Orchestra ‘Peshkar’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 February 2019 Martyn Brabbins, conductor Marat Bisengaliev, violin Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon Overture
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Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Valentin Uryupin Barry Douglas, piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 14 October 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh The Usher Hall’s international orchestra season opened with a fine showcase of music by the great Russian
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati Johannes Brahms: Symphonies 1-4 18 and 19 August 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Festival Listening to Brahms’ complete symphony cycle is a tremendous emotional journey, and there could have been nobody better than Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh International
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London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op. 72 Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta Krystian Zimerman, Piano 10 August 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Festival When I first heard three years ago that Simon Rattle was to take over the
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Robin Ticciati/Scottish Chamber Orchestra J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Copland: Clarinet Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ Maximilano Martín, clarinet 22 March 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh In what continues to be a sterling showcase of all of the talents in the Scottish
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Maxim Emelyanychev/Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dvořák Violin Concerto Josef Špaček, violin 15 March 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh Keeping with their emphasis on Antonín Dvořák this season, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra gave a sterling performance of his Violin Concerto in A minor at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall. The concert also featured
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Robin Ticciati/Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Mitsuko Uchida, Piano 12 October, 2017 Usher Hall, Edinburgh If this is Robin Ticciati’s farewell season with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, then their opening concert was a fine display of everything that Ticciati and the orchestra have achieved together during