Music review: The SCO, Robin Ticciati, Christian Tetzlaff & Tanya Tetzlaff

Rather than a strict, exacting – and more conventional – upbeat, it was with a grand, generous sweep of both arms, left to right, that conductor Robin Ticciati summoned the opening chord of his Beethoven Seventh Symphony from the SCO. That might seem a tiny detail, but it said so much about his approach throughout the orchestra’s magnificent season-closing concert. It was bold and hearty, but it was also as if he was throwing something open, encouraging possibilities. As a result, his Beethoven was a joy – impeccably crisp, clean and full of detail, kept briskly on its toes, but shot through with a captivating generosity of spirit that was matched by the musicians’ hugely characterful playing.