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…
There was a Scandanavian feel to tonight's concert by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with both the Guest…
An up close and personal dance with the devil.
Benjamin Britten composed his War Requiem for the consecration of Edinburgh-educated Sir Basil Spence’s…
Northern Ballet Theatre's reputation has grown immeasurably since David Nixon took over as Artistic Director…
The concept of a house concert was a new one to me but a check on the web site house-concerts-42.posterous.…
Punk Rock ‘American Idiot’ is like Trainspotting USA - without the wit and local ‘charm’.
The final concert in this SCO season began with a composition by the German composer Jorg Widmann.
Stéphane Denève is even more of an expert on Debussy now that, as he told us, he has poured through all 2,200…
It’s the first day of September and summer is pretty much semi-officially over.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 Robert Schumann’s Symphonette, or short symphony, opened the concert. It set us…
The Reid Consort, founded in 2016 by Cole Bendall, has serious intent for dedicated musicians. No more so…
Straightaway we see Orfeo and Euridice frolicking, but then Euridice is taken ill and dies.
The Opening Concert set a very high standard with a particularly impressive Haydn’s The Creation.
‘Buddy’ leaves Edinburgh Playhouse rocking and a reeling!
We are used to Stéphane Denève wishing us a good evening and then telling us a thing or two about the evening…
Smart moves, and a dice loaded in favour of the audience.
With this concert Elim Chan began her reign as the RSNO's Principal Guest Conductor, succeeding Thomas…