Classical
The Edinburgh Quartet were centre stage for a special work by Shostakovich.
The Intermezzo that opened Sibelius's Karelia Suite began with a distant horn which before long brought on…
Yet again there was nearly a full house at the Usher Hall.
Tonight’s outstanding performance of Schutz’s ‘Resurrection History’ fell within St Vincent’s ‘Festival of…
In what can be known as Music Director's Pride, his Principal string players with Aleksei Kiseliov in front…
Sir Roger Norrington is of the firm belief that the 1920s are to blame for the introduction of larger…
Of all the music composed by Gabriel Fauré his Pavane is the most popular. Fauré was the leader of his…
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra immediately played the last drum-thumping two minutes of the Symphony.…
The programme began with Sibelius’ Valse Triste and Scene with Crandes (from incidental music to Kuolema)…
John Whitener, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Principal Tuba player, is an American and was well…
An evening comprising a newly composed modern classical song cycle by Rory Boyle which sets to music poems…
There’s one musical instrument that is permanently at the back of the stage of the Usher Hall - its organ. It…
The Opening Concert set a very high standard with a particularly impressive Haydn’s The Creation.
This concert was pure Russian. The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra playing Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and…
This year's Valentine's concert opened with trumpets resembling the bugle call Tchaikovsky had heard every…
This was the night that the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Principal Flute of many years, Katherine…
It was a privilege to be invited once again to the annual Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert which is the show…
Last night’s concert at the Usher Hall was the final one in the SCO season. Devoted to works in the…
Joanna MacGregor recently became Head of Piano Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London - and a more…
This year's Edinburgh International Festival finished with a concert in Princes Street Gardens - a concert in…