Classical
One of the highlights every year on the Edinburgh International Festival programme is the series of chamber…
It was somewhat disappointing, for this reviewer at least, for what is in effect Finland’s national orchestra…
The programme changes every day at the Queen's Hall during the International Festival period, but all…
Mozart is believed to have visited Prague three times. His Symphony No 38 was first performed there on his…
John Kitchen’s recital was on three of the 22 historic keyboard instruments gifted to the University of…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
Ann Liebeck, the widely acclaimed opera soprano, gave us an hour of delightful songs, all in Spanish, from…
The Philharmonia, regarded by many as Britain’s leading orchestra, was in cracking form on its only…
It seemed strange to listen to the Christmas story in the middle of August, but that made it all the more…
In a programme of Chopin's piano music Wasa Hasegawa gave us two nocturnes, four Mazurkas, a Scherzo and a…
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
What does a pianist do when he loses the use of his right arm, be it from wartime or illness?
The Sixteen have gained a worldwide reputation since establishment by Harry Christophers in 1979.
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles has stamped his authority so precisely on the BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra…
Andrew Davis actively marshalled the large forces required for Britten’s War Requiem into a reasoned,…
We hear the church organ on Sundays playing familiar hymn tunes and at concerts playing some of the great…
Like most of the large audience I did not know what was on offer from this unusual grouping.
This sole Festival appearance by one of the world’s great orchestras, playing a massive symphony by a great…
Adrian Sims returned for the third year of four in his series of Chopin piano recitals with poise and…