Live Music
It's always good when performers enjoy giving us a brief introduction to what they are about to play.
A scintillating performance of Rachmaninov’s third Piano Concerto by Nikolai Lugansky made a thrilling…
Alasdair Cameron’s first two sonatas, both by Scarlatti seemed to get off to an uncertain start and he never…
It feels good in here tonight, within this grand, wood-panelled chamber. The clock has just struck midnight…
A wordless dreamlike tribute to love and loss.
That was a dazzling performance from one of the world’s greatest orchestras.
I first heard of this show through Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance.
We hear the church organ on Sundays playing familiar hymn tunes and at concerts playing some of the great…
Three rousing and well known Chopin piano pieces were played yesterday afternoon with great gusto and…
Midori was born in Japan and started to play the violin when she was three. She moved with her mother to New…
An extraordinarily calm and personable Ben Baker introduced us to what he was about to play.
At any other time of the year it would have looked an odd sight - a snake of folk in Thistle Street carrying…
‘Greater Belfast’ is an evocation in sound, both musical and vocal, of the estrangement and affection a city…
A generous performer lets you in on part of themselves when they take to the stage. Having been let into…
The intriguing question in this new play ‘I’m With The Band’ poses is ‘if the British Isles were a rock band…
A request from the producer and an audience of musical experts – what could possibly go wrong?
It is easy to tell that a group of players are entirely comfortable and practised with one another. This…
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is well-remembered from its five-concert residency at the 2003 Edinburgh…
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment make you listen again to Haydn.
Under Sir Roger Norrington they put…
The Edinburgh International Festival launched its 2011 eclectic programme last night in traditional fashion…