Live Music
With the renovation of their hall well under way, The Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall brought a harpsichord to…
Without a doubt the star of the concert was violin soloist, Pekka Kuusisto. I have never seen a soloist so…
Many many moons ago I had the pleasure of occasionally frequenting Lizzard Lounge, a club night at Café…
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…
John Kitchen’s recital was on three of the 22 historic keyboard instruments gifted to the University of…
In David Benson's 1996 Fringe First award winning show Think No Evil of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams,…
The Kronos Quartet received an ecstatic reception at the Usher Hall, their first appearance at the Edinburgh…
Heiner Goebbels, the German avant-garde composer, has transposed texts from four of the most influential…
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
Every musician appearing in the Music at 100 Princes Street series is a winner of awards or scholarships…
It is no secret that each year I particularly look forward to Japanese-born Akiko Okamoto's piano recital.…
Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and with it the prospect of new musical traditions.
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
After having seen the glamorous trio that is Fascinating Aïda, I have to wonder how it has taken me so long…
Glasgow Girls is an utter knockout from concept to execution.
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
A friend and I caught the end of Kassidy’s set in King Tut’s on Saturday at this year's T in the Park.
They’re back, they’re bigger, and they’re almost certainly Bluer. This acapella group will knock your socks…
Midori astonished me in Hong Kong nearly a quarter of a century ago by her assurance, as a girl barely in her…
The Opening Concert was celebrating 150th anniversary of Delius’ birth in Bradford in 1862. A…