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 I have decided to end this blog, at least for the time being.  I have somewhat lost the taste for reviewing, and you'll have noticed my concert activity has gone way down this season.  This is because I'm preparing to emigrate, and I imagine that up until the end of '26, I'm going to be more than a little preoccupied with other matters.  Once I'm resettled, we'll see, but for now, I'm signing off.  

Beethoven : Fidelio Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Susanna Mälkki

The Strauss Collection  - excerpts from Ariadne auf Naxos, Arabella  and Der Rosenkavalier Helena Dix, soprano Rhian Lois, soprano Hanna Hipp, mezzo-soprano Roland Wood, baritone The Orchestra of Scottish Opera Stuart Stratford

Lust & Laughter Humperdinck - Verdi - Massenet - Weber - Mozart - Nicolai - Saint-Georges - Mascagni National Opera Studio Orchestra of Scottish Opera Stuart Stratford

Janáček : The Makropulos Affair Chorus of The Makropulos Affair The Orchestra of Scottish Opera Martyn Brabbins

Magie Balanchine Tchaikovsky : Theme and Variations Tchaikovsky : Pas de deux Gershwin (orch. Kay) : Who Cares? Artists of the Ballet de l'Opéra National du Capitole Orchestre national du Capitole Fayçal Karoui

Prokofiev : Cinderella Artists of the Royal Ballet Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Jonathan Lo

Glass : Metamorphosis I & II Glass : Glassworks Georgina Grecu, piano Xiaodong Li, piano BA Year III Modern Ballet RCS Glassworks  Ensemble John Logan

Sibelius : Scènes historiques  - Suite No. 2 Prokofiev : Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tom Borrow, piano ) Tchaikovsky : The Sleeping Beauty  - excerpts BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sir Mark Elder

Donizetti : Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali Wexford Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra Danila Grassi

Stanford: The Critic Wexford Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra Ciarán McAuley

Mascagni : Le maschere Wexford Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra Francesco Cilluffo

Britten : Albert Herring The Orchestra of Scottish Opera William Cole

Talbot : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Artists of the Royal Ballet Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Koen Kessels

Offenbach : Les contes d'Hoffmann Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Marco Armiliato

Adams : Nixon in China Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera Gergely Vajda

Music by Marvin Hamlisch Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante Lyrics by Edward Kleban Matthew Spalding, musical director Ellen Kane, choreographer Nikolai Foster, director

 Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin Chœur de l'Opéra national du Capitole Orchestre national du Capitole Patrick Lange

Bacewicz : Overture for Orchestra Saint-Saëns : Piano Concerto No. 5 "The Egyptian" (Simon Trpčeski, piano ) Lutosławski : Symphony No. 3 Ravel : Boléro Royal Scottish National Orchestra Thomas Søndergård

Ellington : Black and Tan Fantasy Grieg (arr. Ellington) : "In the Hall of the Mountain King" ( Peer Gynt ) Bernstein (arr. Florian Ross) : West Side Story  Suite Gershwin (arr. Tommy Smith) : Rhapsody in Blue (Makoto Ozone, piano ) Herrmann : Suite from  Vertigo Bernstein : Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Tommy Smith, leader Royal Scottish National Orchestra Bertie Baigent