Music

Live Music in Edinburgh

The composers in this programme are interlinked by friendship. Brahms visited Robert and Clara Schumann…
As retailers say, if you love line-dancing and Country & Western music, then you will like ‘Rhinestone…
Robin Ticciati conducted last night’s concert at the Usher Hall which began with a performance of Beethoven’s…
Moscow-born Alexander Scriabin's four minute Rêverie was the musically simple but enticing opening to a…
Following the much admired Leader of the Orchestra, Maya Iwabuchi, on to the stage was 27-year-old Lava Shani…
The few words of introduction by the conductor, Cole Bendall, were particularly helpful in describing what…
It was in August 1911 that King George V commanded that the Edinburgh Choral Union be  henceforth styled…
When Lindsay Lou sings its like listening to a very versatile musical instrument with universal pitch.
Even the best of singing seems bare in a concert without some human interest and Alistair Digges knew this.
The first four minutes set us in the mood for some fine Russian music with the seldom heard March from…
Robert McFall and the ensemble that bears his name bring a certain domesticity to the concert platform…
The soprano, Catriona Clark, and trumpeter, Mark O'Keeffe, were the undoubted stars of an intriguing…
The few words from the Orchestra's Music Director at the start of the concert were again most welcome.
Gardner's Question Time was how Principal Double Bass, Ana Cordova, introduced the pre-concert talk with…
Sonsie Music’s adaptation of A Moose in the Hoose adds up to some finely tuned children’s storytelling.
Tonight’s outstanding performance of Schutz’s ‘Resurrection History’ fell within St Vincent’s ‘Festival of…
Mozart was the predominant composer at last night’s Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert at the Usher Hall.
Every chair was taken in the historic Greyfriars Kirk. The audience was facing the organ loft and looked…
I had no idea what to expect of this evening concert, but it was recommended by a friend and that was enough…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra are developing into a very fine orchestra indeed. Last night, under the expert…