Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
The RSNO have brought three big programmes to the St Magnus Festival this year, but haven't brought all their players.
The RSNO have brought three big programmes to the St Magnus Festival this year, but haven't brought all their players.
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Despite a voluminous venue, limitations of space were cited as the reason for significantly reduced strings.
To open Saturday's concert, a supple and haunting flute solo from Katherine Bryan transported the audience into the world of Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. And with many other beautiful solo lines from the woodwinds, it was the strings that lost out in the reduced arrangement, the cellos in particular lacking weight.
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