Military duo team up to keep ex-services charity moving Nick O’Neill and Mark Elder used to drive tank transporters during their army days and are now in charge of Erskine’s transport department. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
Scots seafood firm fined £80k after fisherman pulled overboard and drowned The court heard that if the firm had updated its risk assessment and put safety procedures in place, Mark Elder may possibly still be alive today. Daily Record · Jun 7, 2023
The week in classical: Abomination: A DUP Opera; Aida – review Its Belfast premiere positively crackled, and four years on, Conor Mitchell’s lush, searing satire on DUP homophobia continues to provoke The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023
The week in classical: Siemens Hallé international conductors competition; LSO/ Hannigan; Turandot – review A trio of young conductors vie for a job with the Hallé; Barbara Hannigan takes Mahler at his word; and Antonio Pappano makes a thriller of Puccini’s final opera The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Pavel Kolesnikov/Hallé/Mark Elder review – superb Sibelius and no-frills Rachmaninov Kolesnikov met the challenges of Rachmaninov’s demanding Third Piano Concerto with ease, and the orchestra soared during Sibelius’s glorious Third Symphony The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
Prom 19: Hallé/Elder review – programme full of drama gleams but doesn’t quite spark In a programme of Dukas, Respighi and Puccini, Mark Elder and the Hallé conjure atmosphere and electric suspense with precision and lush strings The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022
TV tonight: a shocking documentary about the soldier convicted for murder The Case of Marine A tells the controversial story of al Blackman. Plus: the thrilling final part of Murder in Provence. Here’s everything to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2022
Britten Sinfonia/Elder review – Holst’s Indian gem takes centre stage Savitri was given a rare outing in a concert that framed Holst’s Indian opera with works by Grace Williams and Britten, and closed with a boundary-crossing fusion that Holst would have relished The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022
The week in classical: Peter Grimes; Emerson Quartet; RPO/Petrenko An all-star production of Britten’s opera thrilled; Soviet-era melancholy flowed through Shostakovich’s quartets; and the RPO rose to their game-changing new conductor The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022
Peter Grimes review – Compelling, unsettling and ravishingly sung Deborah Warner’s detailed new production sets Britten’s opera in a decayed coastal town in post-Brexit Britain. Allan Clayton – on top form – leads an outstanding cast; conductor Mark Elder emphasises the score’s beauty and well as its violence The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022
Hallé/Elder review – Elder’s measured passion unleashes Mahler’s magic Mahler’s huge Third Symphony marked a triumphant opening of the Hallé’s spring season The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022