Edinburgh News: music

It seemed such an appropriate performance for half term week in Edinburgh and an ideal starting off point for youngsters into the wonderful world of opera.

For their Romantic Valentine’s concert the ladies of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra were in colourful dresses and the men in white jackets.

On arrival at the Usher Hall, the audience has to get its bearings.

One of the animation components in the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival, running at The Traverse, was Chico & Rita, a certificate 15, fea

As a tribute to Holocaust Memorial Day, the first part of the concert was dedicated to two composers who were victims of the Holocaust.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra was in superb form at last night's concert at the Usher Hall. Under the baton of their Principal Conductor, Robin Ticciati, the versatility they displayed in controlling the dynamics in the first composition of the evening - Haydn's 'Philosopher' Symphony No 22 in E flat major - was excellent. In the second movement, which begins with a flurry, they enhanced the delightful nuances with aplomb.

Zoltán Kodály used a collection of traditional tunes from Galánta in Slovakia that had originally been published in about 1800.

This was the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s New Year concert - based on the tradition of the Musikverein in Vienna.

Conductor Nicholas McGegan and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra gave their usual rousing programme of Viennese music on New Year's Day evening in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity.

Rossini’s little known opera The Silken Ladder had just twelve performances in 1812 and was quietly dropped.