Reviews
Bachtrack - Review December 2011
Bachtrack Published 14 December 2011 By Alan Coady Baltic Renaissance Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh 11 December 2011 Rating: ***** Built on the site of a Franciscan friary which was dissolved in 1559, Greyfriars Kirk is one of the treasures of Edinburgh's 'Old Town'. A rich tradition of music-making has...
Read moreNorthings - Review December 2011
Northings Arts and Culture in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Published on 9 December 2011 By Georgina Coburn Baltic Renaissance One Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness Thursday 8 December 2011 AS SCOTLAND went into amber and red weather warnings and all road trips were cancelled, not...
Read morePerthshire Advertiser - Review December 2011
Perthshire Advertiser Published on 13 December 2011 By Ian Stuart-Hunter Baltic Renaissance Perth Concert Hall Wednesday 7 December 2011 IT was a tribute to the awesome playing of the Scottish Ensemble, and to the daring planning of their artistic director Jonathan Morton that Wednesday’s...
Read moreThe Herald - Review December 2011
The Herald Published on 8 December 2011 By Catherine Robb Baltic Renaissance Oran Mor, Glasgow Tuesday 6 December 2011 Rating: ***** There is something comforting about listening to the Scottish Ensemble at work, making it easy to submit to their intimate charm and experimental programme...
Read moreThe Scotsman - Review December 2011
The Scotsman Published on Thursday 8 December By Kenneth Walton Baltic Renaissance Oran Mor, Glasgow Tuesday 6 December Rating: *** IF ANYTHING connects the emerging classical music strains of the Baltic countries, it is perhaps an underlying primevalism rooted in ancient runic chants and...
Read moreBachtrack - Review October 2011
BachtrackPublished 27 October 2011 The Scottish Ensemble Contrast Mendelssohn and StravinskySt Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee26 October 2011 Rating: ****The Scottish Ensemble launched their 2011/12 season with a programme of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. On the face of it the pairing looked rather unlikely, but as...
Read moreThe Herald - Review October 2011
The HeraldPublished 27 October 2011Scottish Ensemble/Alasdair BeatsonPerth Concert Hall25 October 2011*****By Michael TumeltyNOT once, in over 50 years of total immersion in music, have Stravinsky and Mendelssohn seemed in any way compatible bedfellows.Stravinsky had been round the block, had mud on his boots, dirt...
Read moreThe Scotsman - Review October 2011
The ScotsmanPublished Friday 28 October 2011Scottish Ensemble and Alasdair BeatsonEdinburgh Queen’s Hall27 October 2011Rating: ****By Carol Main WHO would have thought that Mendelssohn and Stravinsky could make such perfect foils for each other?In typically innovative style, Jonathan Morton’s...
Read moreThe Times - Review October 2011
The TimesPublished 26 October 2011Scottish Ensemble/BeatsonPerth Concert Hall25 October 2011By Sarah Urwin Jones Mendelssohn and Stravinsky might have been born at opposite ends of the 19th century but both were tirelessly experimental, as Scottish Ensemble’s artistic director Jonathan Morton presumably aimed to...
Read moreBachtrack - Review September 2011
Alan Coady for Bachtrack.comPublished - 25 September 2011Scottish Ensemble with Alison Balsom St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk23 September 2011In the week when the world of Physics was turned upside-down by neutrinos being found to travel faster than the speed of light, my physics world encountered another first...
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