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Co-founder https://nitter.cf/t.co/esnpsoqQ9x; retired arts editor; reviews also for https://nitter.cf/t.co/5Ch2URStcz + https://nitter.cf/t.co/XRxDkNEZDU

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'If you feel modern Christmas lacks wholesome entertainment this is a show for you' heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
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Musician's encore was an emotional welcome for his new baby heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
Musician's encore was an emotional welcome for his new baby

Musician's encore was an emotional welcome for his new baby

Music review: RSNO/Sondergard, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, four stars: First trumpet with the RSNO Christopher Hart has had a busy time of it lately. Following his jazzy solos in last week’s concert...

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Review: Strauss dazzles and Hollywood dims in RSNO’s electrifying night with Shelley heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland

Strauss dazzles and Hollywood dims in RSNO’s electrifying night with Shelley

A radiant, masterfully led performance of Strauss shines brightest in a programme where Hollywood-inspired works struggle to match its power.

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Review: What did our reviewer make of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra take on Mozart? heraldscotland.com/news/2558… @heraldscotland
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Traditional tunes and radical revisions: Benedetti and friends strike a daring chord, says @keithjbruce heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @heraldscotland
Traditional tunes and radical revisions: Benedetti and friends strike a daring chord

Traditional tunes and radical revisions: Benedetti and friends strike a daring chord

This 'Evening with Nicola Benedetti' was the musician looking back to move forward, and – in parallel with her career on the orchestral platform – directorship of the EIF and everything else she...

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'It was as superbly executed as you would expect of the SCO’s wind soloists' heraldscotland.com/news/2557… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
A drumroll and a whisper: Ibragimova finds poetry in darkness with the SCO

A drumroll and a whisper: Ibragimova finds poetry in darkness with the SCO

Alina Ibragimova leads the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a spellbinding night of Strauss, Hartmann and Haydn’s “Drum Roll” Symphony at Glasgow City Halls.

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This breathtaking five-star opera is a feast for the eyes and ears heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @heraldscotland @keithjbruce @KingsandRoyal
This breathtaking five-star show is a feast for the eyes and ears

This breathtaking five-star show is a feast for the eyes and ears

Review: La boheme, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, five stars: It is a joy to see this gloriously-realised sumptuous staging of La boheme

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Our reviewer gives the RSNO at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall five stars - Here's why heraldscotland.com/news/2551… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
Our reviewer gives the RSNO at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall five stars - Here's why

Our reviewer gives the RSNO at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall five stars - Here's why

The Mahler epic was the culmination of an ideal season-opening programme

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New on The Noise of Art… Meeting Patricia Routledge open.substack.com/pub/neilco… Following the passing of the grand dame of British stage and TV, an archive piece from 2007 when the star of Keeping Up Appearances was touring in an Alan Bennett double bill.
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Five-star show: Scottish classical festival hits all the right notes heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @heraldscotland @LammermuirFest @keithjbruce
'Thrillingly virtuosic' - Scottish classical festival hits all the right notes

'Thrillingly virtuosic' - Scottish classical festival hits all the right notes

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Lammermuir Festival, East Lothian: Herald classical critic hails five-star concert

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Why I was disappointed in the closing concert of the International Festival heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
Why I was disappointed in the closing concert of the International Festival

Why I was disappointed in the closing concert of the International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival's closing concert, RSNO/Sondergard at the Usher Hall, fails to impress our classical critic Keith Bruce

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“Some magnificent solo voices . . . as well as immaculate ensemble singing.” Ars Nova Copenhagen in Book of Mountains and Seas @edintfest heraldscotland.com/life_styl…
Book of Mountains and Seas is arguably not 'opera'

Book of Mountains and Seas is arguably not 'opera'

Book of Mountains and Seas, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. The 12-strong choir, directed by Theatre of Voices counter-tenor Miles Lallemant, sings in Mandarin and a vocabulary of sounds that Ruo has...

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Puccini’s Suor Angelica brought the @edintfest residency of @londonsymphony to a stirring finish heraldscotland.com/life_styl…
There could be no complaints about this performance - and the bar was set high

There could be no complaints about this performance - and the bar was set high

Edinburgh International Festival, LSO/Pappano: Suor Angelica, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Suor Angelica, the middle work of Puccini’s Il Trittico, is enjoying a notable return to favour, with many staged...

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Everyone went home with a spring in their step after this Benedetti concert, says critic Keith Bruce heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
The most perfect expression of Benedetti’s position at the Edinburgh Festival

The most perfect expression of Benedetti’s position at the Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh International Festival, Benedetti & Sitkovetsky’s Tribute to Menuhin, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. For the two works for String Orchestra by Elgar and Bartok that began and ended the programme,...

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“An utterly involving evening that captured the urgency of La Clemenza di Tito’s speedy composition” @SCOmusic @edintfest theguardian.com/music/2025/a…
La Clemenza di Tito review – Emelyanychev and SCO spark magic with enthralling Mozart

La Clemenza di Tito review – Emelyanychev and SCO spark magic with enthralling Mozart

With a luxury cast bringing anguish, believability and vocal perfection to Mozart’s opera of love and divided loyalty, this concert performance was flawless

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'Box office gold from the London Philharmonic at the Usher Hall' - International Festival review by classical critic Keith Bruce heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @heraldscotland @keithjbruce
The London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Edinburgh - what did our reviewer think?

The London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Edinburgh - what did our reviewer think?

Our reviewer delivers his verdict on the London Phil's Fringe appearance

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Conductor Edward Gardner brings his London Orchestra to @edintfest heraldscotland.com/life_styl…
The London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Edinburgh - what did our reviewer think?

The London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Edinburgh - what did our reviewer think?

Our reviewer delivers his verdict on the London Phil's Fringe appearance

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A rousing reception for The King's Singers at the EIF heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland
EIF: A rousing reception for The King's Singers

EIF: A rousing reception for The King's Singers

Edinburgh International Festival, Colin Currie & The King’s Singers, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh The “opening concert” of director Nicola Benedetti’s 2025 Edinburgh Festival programme was not, in fact,...

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How Nicola Benedetti is bringing the world together at the Festival heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @heraldscotland @keithjbruce
How Nicola Benedetti is bringing the world together at the festival

How Nicola Benedetti is bringing the world together at the festival

One way that Nicola Benedetti has expanded the work of earlier Edinburgh Festival artistic directors has been her use of the Festival’s home at the top of the Royal Mile, The Hub. The programme at...

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Review: From the lute to electric guitar - 400 years of music heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @keithjbruce @heraldscotland @EastNeukFest
Review: From the lute to electric guitar - 400 years of music at East Neuk

Review: From the lute to electric guitar - 400 years of music at East Neuk

With lute, classical guitar and then an electric guitar, Sean Shibe took his audience through 400 years of music.

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