Classical
This was the second of Stefan Warzycki’s piano recitals for this Fringe.
Dame Mitsuko Uchida was the pianist in this recital of compositions by Schubert and Beethoven.
The Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig is one of the most established orchestras in Germany (it was the first…
We hear the church organ on Sundays playing familiar hymn tunes and at concerts playing some of the great…
Iestyn Davies was a choir boy in the chapel of St John’s College Cambridge, went on to be a countertenor at…
Laura Cioffi and Clara Galea gave us a very entertaining hour of flute duets. They have been performing…
Jayson Gilham was born in Queensland in Australia and initially studied at the Queensland Conservatorium…
Duddingston Kirk, nestling at the foot of Arthur's Seat, is one of the oldest churches in Scotland and is a…
“Requiem” is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: “Sacred Concert”, the…
Other than seeing some of the best young musicians at work, this was not a concert whose programme was…
John Kitchen’s recital was on three of the 22 historic keyboard instruments gifted to the University of…
See, the conqu'ring hero comes!
Handel's oratorio tells of the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas…
Jean-Guihen Queyras is an extraordinarily versatile French cellist who played the three large scale movements…
This year's International Festival slogan is "artists without borders," which is why the appearance of…
The story of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Mathew Passion is taken from Martin Luther’s German translation of…
It is easy to tell that a group of players are entirely comfortable and practised with one another. This…
Midori was born in Japan and started to play the violin when she was three. She moved with her mother to New…
Everything was as it should be for Elgar's The Apostles.
The opening concert was as Italian as you can get, and impressive it was.
Without a doubt the star of the concert was violin soloist, Pekka Kuusisto. I have never seen a soloist so…