RSNO/Denève – review

Usher Hall, EdinburghConductor Stéphane Denève is an incorrigible talker, expert in the art of podium chat. His corkscrew hair, puppyish enthusiasm and fortified French accent are so flamboyant it's impossible not to laugh. Edinburgh audiences, judging by a packed and cheery Usher Hall, seem to agree. But if the RSNO paints a folksy image, it still sneaks "difficult" music into many of its programmes. Here, Oliver Knussen's Violin Concerto fits happily between Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice...

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