St Magnus festival | Classical review

OrkneyPolish music and musicians featured prominently at this year's St Magnus festival as part of the nationwide Polska! Year celebration of Polish culture. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Hebrides Ensemble programmed Lutosławski, the Royal String Quartet performed Szymanowski's First Quartet while pianist Ewa Kupiec presented works by Poland's most famous composer, Chopin.Kupiec is a formidable pianist: her approach to Chopin was characterised by fire and fury. A blistering accou...

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