| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2013 Usher Hall | Mediterranean moods: RSNO with Gilbert Varga and Miloš Karadaglić | Alan Coady |
.jpg) In an engaging German-Scots accent, RSNO first violinist Ursula Heidecker Allen promised the pre-concert talk audience an evening of sunny Mediterranean moods. Time being a factor in these very worthwhile 25-minute, capacity-crowd events, she addressed only the programme’s two Respighi pieces, mentioning that he was a pupil of another programmed composer, Martucci.
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| 16-Feb-2013 Meyerson Symphony Center | Impressions: Debussy, Rodrigo and Prokofiev at the Dallas Symphony | Evan Mitchell |
.jpg) After a series of Pops concerts featuring John Williams’ film scores, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra returned to standard classical fare this weekend with Canadian guest conductor Julian Kuerti. Debussy’s Ibéria never really got off the ground, but Mr Kuerti and the DSO had better luck in music by Joaquín Rodrigo and Prokofiev. Pairing the Debussy with Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez made for an all-“Spanish” first half, a well-worn programming device.Read full review... | ||
| 15-Sep-2012 Dunbar Parish Church | Lammermuir Festival: Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Ravel, Rodrigo and Mozart | Alan Coady |
 Picture the scene: Dunbar Parish Church nearing the end of major renovation. Looking heavenward, one sees two RSJ-type structures which appear to have facilitated the removal of all impediments to vision and light, the latter refracted through stained glass windows. In one corner of of the resulting square, facing the opposite corner, sit the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The audience form a broad L-shape around them.
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| 1-Mar-2012 Sheldonian Theatre | Daniel Cohen shines in debut with Oxford Philomusica | James Potter |
 It seems unfair to label a young conductor a 'discovery', especially since most young conductors labour tirelessly for many years prior to achieving wider recognition. But that's what Daniel Cohen was for me: a discovery, and a very pleasing one at that. On Thursday evening he made an extremely assured debut with Oxford Philomusica, bringing energy and understanding to each of the rather disparate works played.
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| 11-May-2011 Royal Over-Seas League | Celebration and Prelude | Alan Coady |
 The Royal Overseas League (RSOL), occupies the auspicious address of 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh. It looks out over the city's historic skyline, the most westerly point of which is the prominent Castle Rock.
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| 22-Jan-2011 St John's Smith Square | The Grand Tour | Helen Fraser |
 Last night’s concert programme read like the travelling itinerary of a young English aristocrat embarking on the fashionable “Grand Tour” of Europe. The concert began in Spain with Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre, a piece as imbued with the flavours of Spanish folk music as his more famous Concierto de Aranjuéz, also for guitar and orchestra. From Spain we continued to the Italy beloved of E.M. Forster and Byron alike in Berlioz’s symphonic Harold in Italy.Read full review... | ||
| 8-Nov-2010 Gulbenkian Theatre | Spanish warmth from the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo | Dan Harding |
| The first fingers of the wintry season came to Canterbury on Monday 8 November, and the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo’s Lunchtime Concert at University of Kent’s Gulbenkian Theatre was the perfect antidote to the chill.
The programme opened with Bach’s arrangement of Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D, re-arranged by Chris Stell for guitar duet. This was a performance full of elegance and wit, with a sonorous exploration of the slow-moving harmonies in the second movement and some deft embellishments from Mark Eden. The last movement was dextrous and light-footed, and full of sparkle.
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