Classical
It was somewhat disappointing, for this reviewer at least, for what is in effect Finland’s national orchestra…
Every morning throughout the Edinburgh International Festival there is a chamber concert at the Queen's Hall.
“Requiem” is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: “Sacred Concert”, the…
Iestyn Davies was a choir boy in the chapel of St John’s College Cambridge, went on to be a countertenor at…
Outgoing Festival Director Sir Jonathan Mills kicked off this year’s programme with a lucid account of its…
How fortunate to have such experienced musicians. Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto has a quiet piano introit…
The ensemble this morning consisted of the Swedish mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, the violinist Daniel…
Cheeky chappies Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell whisked us on a rapid rollercoaster-ride of pianistic…
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
With the renovation of their hall well under way, The Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall brought a harpsichord to…
This was the first of three consecutive concerts of Bach's Gamben Sonatas and Brahms' cello sonatas in the…
Jean-Guihen Queyras is an extraordinarily versatile French cellist who played the three large scale movements…
The first of the two sonatas was composed in 1800-01 but never received the popularity of the Spring Sonata…
Last year’s performance in the same impressive Symposium Hall was fun and fairly obviously a first for an…
It is easy to tell that a group of players are entirely comfortable and practised with one another. This…
A discerning audience enjoyed performances this evening of two most notable symphonies composed by Franz…
The opening concert was as Italian as you can get, and impressive it was.
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
Adrian Sims returned for the third year of four in his series of Chopin piano recitals with poise and…
St Andrew's and St George's West Church is one of those special places in the life of the Fringe where there'…