Fraser Beath McEwing

Our cup Runnicled over

A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing With Mahler’s Fourth Symphony such a dominant work in last night’s Emirates SSO...

Plenty to love in Mendelssohn and Bruckner

A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Whether a chunky, all-embracing symphony appealed, or the preference was for a romantic,...

A night of musique française

Although all three of last night’s SSO composers were French, they presented clearly contrasting works, with not a whiff...

Something to please everybody: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

After a thorough Sibelius soaking from the previous Emirates Master Series concert, it was refreshing to return to the...

Gustav made a great double with Camille

A SSO review by Fraser Beath McEwing Once having decided upon Mahler’s Fifth Symphony for this concert, programmers must have...

My take on music reviewing

While the 2024 SSO concert season looks to be pretty exciting, there is not much public scraping, plucking, blowing...
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A concert not to be missed: A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Although there were three omissions from last night’s Emirates Master Series SSO concert, they didn’t detract from an outstanding...

Take it away Ludwig!

A music review by Fraser McBeath McEwing Following the performance of Beethoven’s third symphony and third piano concerto last year...

The new, the unfamiliar and the old friend

A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Last night’s concert was something of a reunion, with former SSO chief conductor...

A mass that pleased the masses

For Mozart fans, last night’s concert by the SSO was a welcome and balanced blend of the master’s work. There...

A blend of the familiar, the unfamiliar and the new: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Having Wolfgang in your name would seem to direct your destiny towards musical composition. It certainly did with Erich...

This middlebrow concert was a sheer delight – a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

While my reviews usually concentrate on the Emirates Master Series because that’s supposed to attract the most musically sophisticated...