Queen's Hall, EdinburghOn paper, this looked to be a safe programme of Haydn, Mozart and Prokofiev from the SCO, with a local son as soloist to ensure a packed Queen's Hall. Yet the concert to which the near-capacity Edinburgh audience was treated achieved something beyond mere crowd-pleasing accessibility. The SCO is an ensemble of limitless flexibility, equally at home in the baroque or in the complexities of new music. However, there is particular pleasure to be derived from hearing the orche...
Guardian Music — Queen's Hall, EdinburghOn paper, this looked to be a safe programme of Haydn, Mozart and Prokofiev from the SCO, with a local son as soloist to ensure a packed Queen's Ha... more info