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BBCSSO/Runnicles review – resplendent recounting of Mahler’s fratricidal fairytale

Colliding complex and contrasting moods, Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied was rendered with clarity and conviction

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

BBCSSO/Canellakis review – electrifying trio of women unleash the horror in Strauss’s Elektra

Making the most of a huge orchestra, conductor Karina Canellakis treated the dissonant score with relish, but the evening belonged to the singers, with even the tiniest role superbly realised

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

BBCSSO / Wigglesworth / Osborne review – jazz energy meets its match in French insouciance

Ryan Wigglesworth’s piano concerto, veering between tense, creepy and off-kilter, brought out the best in soloist Steven Osborne

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15

Tectonics festival review – Glasgow festival boldly forges ahead

World premieres of music by Rufus Isabel Elliot, Linda Buckley and Scott McLaughlin were played with pinpoint intonation by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023

Prom 17: BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov review – lyrical, surreal and deeply poignant

Jennifer Walshe’s off-the-wall requiem The Site of an Investigation was a hugely impressive existential study burnished with brilliant solos

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022