Classical
There’s always that fear when there’s only one piece on the programme, and so no interval, that you are…
Twice voted Best Musical Act at the Edinburgh Fringe, Olly and Owen have fast made a name for themselves…
It was a rare sight, and exciting, to see two top cello players perform the solo parts in a work by the older…
Last night's opening concert at the Usher Hall of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's new season consisted of…
The concert at the Usher Hall began with a composition by the Russian composer Mussorgsky.
Simon Smith was born in Northumberland in 1983. He learned to play the piano at St Mary's Music School before…
David Chivers pre-concert talk, given on the top floor of the Usher Hall, gave us an intelligent and…
Neeme Järvi was the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Principal Conductor from 1984 to 1988 when he was in…
This was an interesting concert because of the contrast between the two works played.
This was a concert that began with an overture, went on to two choral works and ended with a concerto. In his…
The concert opened with a little played reworked single movement of the incidental music Sibelius wrote for…
I was discussing with His Excellency the importance of music in a young person’s education; he told me that…
Francesco Piemontesi was the winner of this year’s Swiss Ambassador’s Prize and the concert, designed to give…
Latvian-born Baiba Stride was the soloist for Tchaikovsky's much loved Violin Concerto - a work well suited…
The UOGB has landed – and not a shiny space suit in sight, only their own singular brand of elegant musical…
There will have been some older members of the audience who remember Hans Gál, who was born 125 years ago in…
It was a delight to hear and indeed to watch an up-and-coming operatic soprano, Sarah Tynan, sing four songs…
Berlioz has a reputation for grandiose pieces, involving a multitude of musicians, but L’Enfance du Christ is…
Gardner's Question Time was how Principal Double Bass, Ana Cordova, introduced the pre-concert talk with…
There is an ever increasing interest in the music of Hans Gál - heightened last month when BBC Radio 3 chose…