Classical
The U.K. premiere of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina was cannily placed between two firm favourites,…
Haydn’s ‘The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross’ was originally written for the Cathedral in Cadiz…
This was the night that the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Principal Flute of many years, Katherine…
Imagine an overnight sleigh ride across Finland finishing with the sight of sunrise - and that's Nightride…
Dvořák's towering B minor Cello Concerto was written during his second tour of America but has little to do…
This was the second of the two introductory concerts for Peter Oundjian, the new Music Director of the Royal…
We were treated to the first performance of Savourna Stevenson’s three-movement Concerto for Harp.
There was a full house for the loudest of this season’s concerts and with the largest orchestra.
In 1914 Sergi Prokofiev won an important competition in Moscow with his first piano concerto. It had needed…
The piano tuner was just finishing his last minute work as the doors opened. The large audience had come to…
A concert devoted to Remembrancetide and the outbreak of the Great War could well have been a sad and…
Henri Dutilleux, born in 1916 in Angers, is one of France’s most important twentieth century composers. His…
For the final concert in their 2010/2011 season the Scottish Chamber Orchestra chose to not only devote the…
After their tour of China over New Year with Nicola Benedetti and last week's Sc-Fi extravaganza, the Royal…
Six tiers of choir, some seventy-four voices ready to sing in German, and an orchestra of twenty-three…
I was discussing with His Excellency the importance of music in a young person’s education; he told me that…
The concert at the Usher Hall was conducted by the renowned French conductor Emmanuel Krivine who has…
It’s a hundred years since the phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl was born and Owen & Olly’s Beastly Bash…
Robin Ticciati (the Principal Conductor of the SCO) is an aficionado of Mozart and the Scottish Chamber…
The Children’s Christmas Swingalong incorporated music spanning 200 years, played swing-style and with a lot…