Graeme Thomson

A stellar night at Celtic Connections

This Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert contained four unique and evocative voices, but one was truly transportive

Martin Green, Kris Drever, Aidan O'Rourke, Aoife O’Donovan and Inge Thomson with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Image: Kris Kesiak / Celtic Connections 
issue 03 February 2024

  • Celtic Connections: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Maeve Gilchrist, Lau, Paul Buchanan and Aoife O’Donovan

    Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

Sometimes I think, in the end, only the voice truly matters. Dress it however you wish, zhuzh it up with textural condiments: cool electronics, warm strings, harsh noise, romantic rhythm, ambient atmospherics. It’s all decoration. The human voice is what we respond to most fervently and instinctively in popular music.

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