Classical
For someone lured into appreciation of classical music by the voice of Kathleen Ferrier this concert was a “…
Choral Classics was the first of 19 late night classical music concerts to be held in August in a really…
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
Oper Frankfurt’s fantastical offering – supported by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany…
Everyone who performed was extraordinarily talented - the Royal Over-Seas League through its international…
Simon Keenlyside’s acclaimed Queens Hall success in the 2010 festival did not replicate readily in the vaster…
In a programme of Chopin's piano music Wasa Hasegawa gave us two nocturnes, four Mazurkas, a Scherzo and a…
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
This is the sixth successive year that The Sixteen has appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival.
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
Every musician appearing in the Music at 100 Princes Street series is a winner of awards or scholarships…
Iestyn Davies was a choir boy in the chapel of St John’s College Cambridge, went on to be a countertenor at…
It was good to be at the first Fringe performance of two American musicians who had flown in to Edinburgh…
How fortunate to have such experienced musicians. Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto has a quiet piano introit…
It was the title of the concert which intrigued me - Scottish composers for the violin. And we were off the…
One of the highlights for me in last year’s Fringe programme at St Andrew’s and St George’s West was Akiko…
The Edinburgh Bach Choir of about 50 voices moved to their places betwixt the pulpit and font from where they…
The first of the two sonatas was composed in 1800-01 but never received the popularity of the Spring Sonata…
With the renovation of their hall well under way, The Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall brought a harpsichord to…
German born Viviane Hagner was the violin soloist when Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto was first performed in…