Classical
With every seat taken, we were off to a rousing start with Mozart's four-minute-long Overture to The Marriage…
Last night’s concert, as part of the Sunday Classics series at the Usher Hall, was with the acclaimed Vienna…
For the final concert in their 2010/2011 season the Scottish Chamber Orchestra chose to not only devote the…
Robin Ticciati, the Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, chose an eclectic programme for…
It is not often we in Edinburgh get the chance to hear the scholars of the Royal Conservatoire’s in full…
This was Thomas Søndergård’s first night in charge as the RSNO's Principal Guest Conductor.
I was discussing with His Excellency the importance of music in a young person’s education; he told me that…
The first four minutes set us in the mood for some fine Russian music with the seldom heard March from…
Anatoly Lyadov was an extraordinarily talented musician but lazy.
His Excellency Mr Anton Thalmann, the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom, introduced the concert…
The Queen's Hall was full to capacity, and the performance commenced on time at 11.00am.
Not everybody will have realised that the conductor for the night, Thomas Søndergård, was appointed the…
Microphone in hand, Thomas Søndergård introduced an extraordinary successful concert to celebrate Scotland's…
This year's Edinburgh International Festival finished with a concert in Princes Street Gardens - a concert in…
It was an interesting choice of music on this Scottish Chamber Orchestra programme: all three pieces are…
Zoltán Kodály used a collection of traditional tunes from Galánta in Slovakia that had originally been…
The programme carefully stated clarinets and not the singular clarinet after Calum Robertson’s name, and so…
The Glasgow Chamber Choir under Michael Bawtree were in the Netherlands in March 2011 for two concerts…
Richard Wagner added themes from his opera Siegfried, the third in the Ring cycle, to his Siegfried Idyll in…
The orchestra string section featured prominently in this diverse programme conducted by the energetic,…