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Iestyn Davies was a choir boy in the chapel of St John’s College Cambridge, went on to be a countertenor at…
Heiner Goebbels, the German avant-garde composer, has transposed texts from four of the most influential…
It's pronounced te-le-pa-thy, and indeed there does seem to be some kind of unspoken link between the…
The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.
What should you do if two men walk on stage, then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, one of them suddenly…
The stage is littered with dustbin lids and childish detritus. Glittery dresses hang from the rafters…
The clà rsach, or Scottish harp, is Scotland’s oldest traditional instrument. It has been in existence since…
It was the title of the concert which intrigued me - Scottish composers for the violin. And we were off the…
As if Backstreet Boys fronted for Glenn Miller, The FlyBoys, are a boy band, ehhem, “man collective”,…
It would have been so easy to have more players with just one piece each to play.
Michael Harris has been Organist and Master of the Music of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh since 1996 whilst…
Kristin Hersh cuts a slight but forbidding onstage figure.
It seemed strange to listen to the Christmas story in the middle of August, but that made it all the more…
Wistful is the one word that probably best describes a series of songs about a love affair. The show is based…
A full-strength LPO, crammed onto the Usher Hall stage, did full justice to its opening piece by resident…
It was good to be at the first Fringe performance of two American musicians who had flown in to Edinburgh…
The St Andrew's boys are back from their UK jaunt with a string of Scottish shows. As well as enduring a…
Inala – which translates into “abundance of goodwill” – was first conceived five years ago.
Mahler’s monumental “Symphony of a Thousand” is regarded as his finest composition but is rarely performed…