Classical

Expectations of the Russian National Orchestra performance at this year's EIF were high and its…
It was a joy to watch Daniil Trifonov at the piano again. A few years ago his lurching towards the keyboard…
Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and with it the prospect of new musical traditions.
With the double basses raised and along the back of the orchestra, and with twelve violas at the front to the…
The Budapest Festival Orchestra won well-deserved vociferous applause from a full Usher Hall for a sparkling…
Situated in Old College, the Playfair Library is the most sumptuous environment for Rudolf Buchbinder to have…
This is a real treat of song and dance from two dozen boys and girls aged between 8 and 12 from villages in…
This sole Festival appearance by one of the world’s great orchestras, playing a massive symphony by a great…
It may have been that some in the audience had come for The Planet's and knew they had to put up with the…
An utterly pack-out Queen’s Hall (again, as before, with some of the audience forced unnecessarily to be…
Full marks to the solo violinist, Baiba Skride, who worked her way through the forty minutes of Sofia…
This was the first of three consecutive concerts of Bach's Gamben Sonatas and Brahms' cello sonatas in the…
Laura Cioffi and Clara Galea gave us a very entertaining hour of flute duets. They have been performing…
The dark studio in Brown Street has tiered seating on three of its sides and on the fourth was sitting the…
ā€˜Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
After an awkward flurry of Smetana - Dance of the Comedians - Garry Walker and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra…
A scintillating performance of Rachmaninov’s third Piano Concerto by Nikolai Lugansky made a thrilling…
In 1897, three years prior to completing his renowned Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Rachmaninov…
There is an old saying ā€œfrom the sublime to the ridiculousā€ but at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, for this…
This was the second of Stefan Warzycki’s piano recitals for this Fringe.