Classical
We were honoured to have Gerald Finley, the Canadian baritone, sing Peter Lieberson’s Songs of Love and…
As a young man just arrived in New York to further his violin studies Peter Oundjian’s first call-out was to…
Paul Dukas composed the nine minute piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 1897 based upon Goethe’s ballad Der…
Last night’s SCO concert at the Usher Hall was conducted by the distinguished French conductor, Emmanuel…
Of all the music composed by Gabriel Fauré his Pavane is the most popular. Fauré was the leader of his…
The pianist for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 needed no introduction to the Orchestra for they had…
It was a rare sight, and exciting, to see two top cello players perform the solo parts in a work by the older…
It was a perfectly normal concert for the first five minutes - under the baton of Christian Kluxen, the Royal…
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra immediately played the last drum-thumping two minutes of the Symphony.…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra began their 2010/ 2011 season with a thrilling performance last night at the…
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was commissioned to write a work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…
Michael Bawtree introduced a concert without a overarching theme but of pieces which were his favourites.
What could be better, on the eve of the opening day of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, than…
The guest conductor in this Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert was Andrew Manze who is developing a…
Haydn, the teacher, was not happy when he heard one of Beethoven's three trios which were to become his Opus…
Simon Smith was born in Northumberland in 1983. He learned to play the piano at St Mary's Music School before…
This was an electrifying celebration of movie music that left us entirely enthralled.
Edinburgh born and educated conductor, Donald Runnicles gave us a great concert on Sunday evening in the…
The programme began with Sibelius’ Valse Triste and Scene with Crandes (from incidental music to Kuolema)…
It is always a pleasure to be invited to a Hans Gál Society concert and discover more of his music.