sun 28/09/2025

Simon Thompson

Articles By Simon Thompson

Lammermuir Festival 2025, Part 2 review - from the soaringly sublime to the zoologically ridiculous

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Dunedin Consort, Butt / D’Angelo, Muñoz, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - tedious Handel, directionless song recital

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Frang, Romaniw, Liverman, LSO, Pappano, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - sunlight, salt spray, Sea Symphony

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Orpheus and Eurydice, Opera Queensland/SCO, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - dazzling, but distracting

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Elschenbroich, Grynyuk / Fibonacci Quartet, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - mahogany Brahms and explosive Janáček

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - mania and menuets

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Kolesnikov, Tsoy / Liu, NCPA Orchestra, Chung, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - transfigured playing and heavenly desire

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Weilerstein, NYO2, Payare / Dueñas, Malofeev, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - youthful energy and emotional intensity

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Müller-Schott, RSNO, Søndergård, Usher Hall, Edinburgh - spectacular Shostakovich to end the season

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St Matthew Passion, Dunedin Consort, Butt, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh review - life, meaning and depth

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Naumov, SCO, Egarr, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh review - orchestral magic rescues some punishing music

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Wyn, Dwyer, McAteer, RSNO & Choirs, Diakun, Usher Hall, Edinburgh review - ebullient but bitty

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Verdi's Requiem / Capriccio, Edinburgh International Festival 2024 review - words, music, judgement

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Le nozze di Figaro, Komische Oper Berlin, Edinburgh International Festival 2024 review - great singing wasted

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Altstaedt, EUYO, Noseda, Edinburgh International Festival 2024 review - inclusive and brilliant

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Bostridge, Osborne, Edinburgh International Festival 2024 review - the heights and the abyss

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