"Ticciati Completes his Schumann Cycle with Distinction and Intelligence"

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.11.2013

Alina Pogostkina (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 “Rhenish”
Brahms: Violin Concerto

"The SCO’s Schumann cycle, one of the highlights of their 40th Anniversary Season, concluded as it began – with playing of great distinction and conducting of architectural intelligence.  I mentioned last week that Schumann’s music means a lot to Robin Ticciati, and you could tell from the way he lovingly crafts every phrase but without ever lapsing into sentimentality. [...]"


http://seenandheard-international.com/ (Simon Thompson, 29.11.2013)