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SE Inversion reviews
Our audiences loved travelling through time with us during our SE Inversion concerts in Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow in April. You can read them all on our reviews page Some of our audience got in touch via Twitter too to tell us what they thought: @lynneperkins: A big #FF to...
Read moreBachtrack - Review February 2012
BachtrackPublished 24 February 2012David S Perth Concert Hall22 February 2012 Rating: * * * * One of today’s foremost violists, Lawrence Power joined a Scottish Ensemble augmented by two horns and two oboes for this typically boldly-programmed concert. The centrepiece was a new work by Luke Bedford, first...
Read moreClassical Iconoclast - Review February 2012
Classical IconoclastPublished 21 February 2012Juliet Williams Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh19 February 2012 Sunday night saw an energetic and energising performance by the Scottish Ensemble, directed from the violin by Jonathan Morton. The programme was heavily centred on the viola – 3 out of the 4 works...
Read morePerthshire Advertiser - Review February 2012
Perthshire AdvertiserPublished 28 February 2012 Peter Rutterford Perth Concert Hall22 February 2012 SCOTTISH Ensemble gave another of their superbly balanced programmes with music that included the classical elegance of Haydn and Mozart to the eclectic sounds of contemporary composer Luke Bedford. They began with...
Read moreThe Guardian - Review February 2012
The GuardianPublished 21 February 2012Kate Molleson Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh 19 February 2012 Rating: * * * * Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale, a new double concerto by British composer Luke Bedford, is a bold, dense and arresting blast of a composition – a work that forcefully reiterates Bedford's voice...
Read moreThe Herald - Review February 2012
The HeraldPublished 21 February 2012Keith Bruce Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh19 February 2012 Rating: * * * * According to Scottish Ensemble artistic director Jonathan Morton, Luke Bedford entitled his new commission by way of a Google search after it was written. A compelling advert for the web search engine...
Read moreThe Scotsman - Review February 2012
The ScotsmanPublished 21 February 2012Kelly Apter Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh19 February 2012 Rating: * * * * IT WASN’T until later in life that Haydn decided to call his Symphony No. 44 Trauer, meaning “mourning”. Which tells us something about his attitude towards bereavement, because there...
Read moreThe Times - Review February 2012
The TimesPublished 22 February 2012Sarah Urwin Jones Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh19 February 2012 Rating: * * * * The repertoire dedicated to conjoined twins must be fairly small, but Luke Bedford, the Wigmore Hall’s first composer in residence, here added his own tuppence with the premiere of the eloquent,...
Read morePraise for Sinfonia Concertante
Our Sinfonia Concertante tour began on Friday 17 February with the world premiere of Luke Bedford's Wonderful-Two Headed Nightingale. We had some great reviews in the press, and Luke's piece has been going down well: The Herald **** "Very rock 'n' roll" The Scotsman**** "Even the section [of Symphony...
Read moreLatest Reviews - December 2011
You can browse some of the latest reviews from our Baltic Renaissance tour here. The atmospheric venues and haunting, powerful music made for an unusual festive experience. The Baltic countries are home to some of today's most exceptional composers and these concerts offered a flavour of each state, as well as...
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