Music

Live Music in Edinburgh

Edinburgh audiences were treated to a programme of world class contemporary jazz. The quintet tours…
Little could please jazz lovers more than the pick of classic jazz by Duke Ellington and the artists he…
“Maker, ye maun sing them… Tomorrow, songs Will flow free again, and new voices Be borne on the carrying…
It is always a pleasure to be invited to a Hans Gál Society concert and discover more of his music.
With freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds you could be tempted to stay indoors curled up on the sofa.
This, the third of Hans Gál's four opera was given its first performance in Breslau in 1926; several…
Everyone loves a good panto, and it doesn’t get any better than the traditional Edinburgh panto at the…
With the range of Frankie Valli and the smoothness of Sinatra, Angus Munro has a voice I could listen to for…
Coming in to a concert from a busy and wintery world outside takes a mental adjustment, and so what better…
The Usher Hall was full to hear a programme of high profile film scores written by John Williams.
Hans Gál was born near Vienna in 1890 and, as a respected composer, became Director of Mainz Conservatoire in…
This is a production every opera buff and every devotee of Debussy should see. Directed by Sir David McVicar…
“Dear Esther. I sometimes feel as if I’ve given birth to this island. Somewhere, between the longitude and…
The soprano, Catriona Clark, and trumpeter, Mark O'Keeffe, were the undoubted stars of an intriguing…
In this pre-Christmas week the RSNO tours Scotland’s concert halls, but only the Usher Hall shows its festive…
George Square’s Salon Elegance became an ocean of smoothness as Polish-born Aga Zaryan took to the stage last…
A seven minute film score opened the concert. Bernard Herrmann's career was in the film industry and he…
The Glasgow Chamber Choir under Michael Bawtree were in the Netherlands in March 2011 for two concerts…
Once again the Usher Hall was very near full for a concert with the traditional format of an overture,…
Gardner's Question Time was how Principal Double Bass, Ana Cordova, introduced the pre-concert talk with…