Live Music
Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and with it the prospect of new musical traditions.
Purcell’s best known opera was given a radical new twist by Frankfurt Opera, who contracted three acts into…
A discerning audience enjoyed performances this evening of two most notable symphonies composed by Franz…
Mahler’s monumental “Symphony of a Thousand” is regarded as his finest composition but is rarely performed…
“Requiem” is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: “Sacred Concert”, the…
A Summer evening with the High Altar of the Cathedral as the backdrop set the scene for a very polished…
We are in Italy with an opera company rehearsing inside a villa; singers wander outside with unpredictable…
As we trudge through our muggy, too-hot-for-the-Scots-but-can’t-complain summer Morna Pearson’s new comedy…
It’s not often you get a full gospel choir on stage at the Traverse, but there is one as ‘The Christians’…
How fortunate to have such experienced musicians. Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto has a quiet piano introit…
This, or something like it, has existed since the Fifteenth Century, says Sarah while examining a world globe…
Anna Calvi stands transfixed in spotlights while shredding electricity from her fingertips like a Young God…
“Everybody is rushing, running, trying to escape almost certain death in this hail of enemy shells. Today I…
Jean-Guihen Queyras is an extraordinarily versatile French cellist who played the three large scale movements…
From the moment each member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra marched on stage, we knew we were in for…
See, the conqu'ring hero comes!
Handel's oratorio tells of the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas…
Thunderous applause and prolonged cheers from a packed Usher Hall marked the end of the scintillating…
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
They’re back, they’re bigger, and they’re almost certainly Bluer. This acapella group will knock your socks…