Wednesday, 8 August 2007

FESTIVAL REVIEWS!

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sonja Rasmussen
Evening Express

“With a cast of all ages, and the funkiest fairies ever seen, the young actors squeezed every ounce pf comedy from the script and delivered it with precision timing.

“The Rude Mechanicals stole the show with their hilarious retelling of Pyramus and Thisbe. Absolutely side-splitting."

“Narrated throughout with TV news inserts and interspersed with carefully chosen music, this is a production that looks and sound terrific.”



World Music Night
Jenny Clarke
Evening Express

“Music to make you smile inside and dance for all to see. They are amazing.”

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra
Alan Cooper
The Herald

****

“The Edinburgh orchestra caught the abruptly changing moods of contrasting pictures perfectly, pointed up by some splendid solo playing throughout the orchestra. The percussion section, which sometimes gets taken for granted, was particularly fine.”

Opera Garden
Alan Cooper
The Herald

4*

“When you reduce your forces to this level, they need to be good and this orchestra was fabulous....It was a production bursting at the seams with eye-popping surprises – fantastic.”

World Music Night
Alan Cooper
The Herald

4*

“The ultimate source of the special atmosphere surrounding Aberdeen youth festival is its capacity for bringing together young musicians from every corner of the world in a spirit of co-operation. World Music Night was the very embodiment of this ideal.”

Opera Garden
Roddy Phillips
Press and Journal

“This production has everything in place, from the cast to the orchestra, design and lighting and the new English translation.”


AIYF Opening Concert
Sonja Rasmussen
Evening Express

“A high standard to follow.”

Music At The Mitchell
Alan Cooper
The Herald

4*

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