Classical

The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.
One of the highlights for me in last year’s Fringe programme at St Andrew’s and St George’s West was Akiko…
Peter Bream is one of Edinburgh's celebrated pianists and full-time piano teachers. For several years now he…
For a Canadian orchestra lauded as one of the best French orchestras in the world, it seems a little odd that…
After the fun of the night before when the lit-up and musical Usher Hall was the focal point of the…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
Three rousing and well known Chopin piano pieces were played yesterday afternoon with great gusto and…
After an awkward flurry of Smetana - Dance of the Comedians - Garry Walker and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra…
It might be said that when traditional folk music is taken up by well known composers the outcome is art…
April Randall and Stephen Morrison are colleagues from Fife Council’s instrumental instruction service and…
With the double basses raised and along the back of the orchestra, and with twelve violas at the front to the…
Dame Mitsuko Uchida was the pianist in this recital of compositions by Schubert and Beethoven.
The Philharmonia, regarded by many as Britain’s leading orchestra, was in cracking form on its only…
Israel in Egypt, the fifth of the nineteen oratorios which George Frideric Handel composed in England, was…
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra waited until the last minute before all the players came on to the stage.
The three young soloists made this a delightful evening of French sacred music at St Andrew's and St George's.
The second concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival ended up…
The music of John Dowland (1563 - 1626) is considered melancholic, as of the musical fashion at the time, and…
A diverse programme of music spanning 221 years was performed to a capacity (including standees) Queen's Hall…