Reviews
Abigail Williams
Walk Beyond the Dark
New look line-up impress with expansive and progressive fifth album
EZRA
Funny and heartwarming, this timely look at Jewish identity is destined for a life beyond Bedlam
Brodsky Quartet / McCormack / Roscoe
An all Elgar evening celebrates the composer’s Indian summer
Twelfth Day
Face to Face
Experimental blend of pop, folk and classical showcases ability but isn’t straightforward
Becoming Electra: A Queer Mitzvah
A soberingly warm show examining the life of a young queer Jewish woman
Ezra Furman / Pom Poko
Two of the best bands around play a triumphant Queen Margaret Union show
In Search of Our Perfect Selves
Paintings and monoprints by artist Shelly Tregoning explore the nuances within presented and perceived identity
RSNO: The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending gets top billing but the real interest is in a ‘new’ Vaughan Williams piece…
SCO: Mozart, Haydn and Clyne with Pekka Kuusisto
A concert of old and new from the SCO, again conducted by Finnish star Pekka Kuusisto
Taylor Wilson
Some lesser-known songs by Kurt Weill form the finale of mezzo-soprano’s lunchtime concert at Edinburgh University
Dark Nights, Dark Deeds; Death in Grantown: The Wee Crime Festival
Visitors to Grantown’s independent bookshop, The Bookmark, find a warm welcome for the town’s 7th crime fiction festival.
RSNO / Jarvi / Morison
Catriona Morison takes soloist duties as conductor laureate Neeme Järvi returns to lead a French programme