Classical
What a lovely way to spend your 80th birthday!
What does a pianist do when he loses the use of his right arm, be it from wartime or illness?
Chris Parsons demonstrated his very considerable prowess on the trumpet in a lunchtime recital that was meant…
William Alexander was delighted with his audience of over a hundred Chopin enthusiasts for a lunchtime…
Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles has stamped his authority so precisely on the BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra…
The dark studio in Brown Street has tiered seating on three of its sides and on the fourth was sitting the…
Expectations of the Russian National Orchestra performance at this year's EIF were high and its…
It was good to be at the first Fringe performance of two American musicians who had flown in to Edinburgh…
Samuel Barber’s Music for a Scene from Shelley was his first orchestral work to be performed publicly.
It was a subtle programming idea for the four LSO Festival concerts to offer in apposition symphonies by two…
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
This was a thoroughly enjoyable traditional Choral evensong, according to the Scottish Prayer Book - a…
The music of John Dowland (1563 - 1626) is considered melancholic, as of the musical fashion at the time, and…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
Nicola Corbishley is a very talented singer and the wide stage of the venue gave her ample opportunity not…
It was a joy to watch Daniil Trifonov at the piano again. A few years ago his lurching towards the keyboard…
Four young men from the Simón BolÃvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela make up its String Quartet.
The programme changes every day at the Queens Hall during the International Festival period, but all concerts…
A Summer evening with the High Altar of the Cathedral as the backdrop set the scene for a very polished…
This is the sixth successive year that The Sixteen has appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival.