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From the outset a sacred, heavenly sound was heard throughout the Usher Hall auditorium as three motets,…
'Will you dance, dear?' one bishop said to another is what Sir Roger Norrington thought might have happened…
Outside the Omnitorium, Assembly’s latest venue at the back of George Square theatre a sign states ‘This…
As the Festival Season begins it is sometimes easy to forget just how dependent Edinburgh is on its many fine…
With the autumn leaves falling we quickly gathered that Violetta had not been well but was now able to throw…
The pianist Alasdair Cameron had a varied programme in his concert at the Queen's Hall. He began with a…
At both the otherwise fascinating pre-concert talk and again in the conductor's opening remarks we were given…
David Hughes Dance Scotland promises productions of a ‘once seen never forgotten’ nature and this latest is…
Robert McFall and the ensemble that bears his name bring a certain domesticity to the concert platform…
Robert Powell delivers a gentle evening’s entertainment recounting the life of writer and poet Rudyard…
If the overture or the first work played in a concert sets the scene then Liadov's short Kikimora gave us a…
The advertising was correct for the Bach Mass in B minor. We were promised an exceptional quintet of young…
This touring production of Dreamcoats and Petticoats at Edinburgh's Playhouse rolls back the years - 50 years…
Straightaway we see Orfeo and Euridice frolicking, but then Euridice is taken ill and dies.
The Glasgow Chamber Choir under Michael Bawtree were in the Netherlands in March 2011 for two concerts…
This was Thomas Søndergård’s first night in charge as the RSNO's Principal Guest Conductor.
The prospect of a rousing overture, the return of a brilliant young French violinist and a favourite symphony…
This was a concert of four sets of songs from composers who were fascinated by the life and woes of Mary,…
The initial fanfare in Richard Strauss’ tone poem was very familiar.
The two composers featured in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert at the Queen’s Hall were Robert Schumann…