Classical
In this 16 November 2007 concert, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was under the baton of the 26 year…
The concert began with the overture to Mozart’s well known opera Don Giovanni. Then the orchestra had a…
In his later life, Handel started to compose oratorios and Solomon is considered to be one of his…
St Giles’ Cathedral Choir, whose profile and prominence has been ever increasing under the direction of…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert was conducted by the guest Finnish conductor John Storgards and the…
The final chamber concert in the Edinburgh International Festival Queen’s Hall series was with three…
The first half was dominated by the personalities of the conductor and the soloist. Kristjan Järvi is the…
Mendelssohn, a Christian convert, spent nine years contemplating a work based around the miracles performed…
The unifying theme in this Scottish Chamber Orchestra's concert was dignified, haunting ethereal string…
We were treated to the first performance of Savourna Stevenson’s three-movement Concerto for Harp.
There was a large audience for Tuesday’s Concerts at the University series keen to hear some serious clarinet…
The sun was shining through the stained glass windows. The long and impressive procession of the…
All three compositions the Russian pianist Danil Trifonov chose for the performance are rarely performed,…
As a child I don’t suppose I was alone in pondering heaven and hell and wondering how it was decided which I…
Although written by the French composer Maurice Ravel during the First World War and with each movement…
Vienna was the common theme of the three works performed. Two of them were crowd pullers whilst the opening…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra had a packed programme at the Queen’s Hall and was conducted by the talented…
The concert began with the world premiere of a short work entitled Zulu composed by one of the five…
That glorious venue for music, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, with its wonderful, warm-toned organ* was the…
This year's winner of the prestigious Swiss Ambassador's Award began his four-concert tour of the United…