Live Music in Edinburgh
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It’s a hundred years since the phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl was born and Owen & Olly’s Beastly Bash…
The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union is Edinburgh's oldest choir, founded in 1858. It was given Royal status in…
The concert began with Beethoven’s rousing Overture, Coriolan, which musically charts the raging emotions of…
The stage is empty and dark for several minutes, a low blue light glinting off the front-of-stage keyboard…
After the success of hit shows, Cats, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar, the idea for Starlight Express…
It’s a brave man who decides to cover Roy Orbison the 1960s crooner who had such a distinctive voice and…
Thursday night's concert at the Queen's Hall got off to a robust start with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra…
Although the Usher Hall has been in use after renovation for more than a year now, the outside work has only…
Sir Roger Norrington returned to complete his promise to conduct all four Schumann symphonies with the Royal…
Several hundred enthusiasts were in the stalls an hour before the concert started to hear the conversation…
There’s one musical instrument that is permanently at the back of the stage of the Usher Hall - its organ. It…
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was commissioned to write a work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…
Berlioz has a reputation for grandiose pieces, involving a multitude of musicians, but L’Enfance du Christ is…
There are positive signs that ‘Sweeney Todd -The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ will be another stunning…
‘Grease’ grabs a new generation of young and not so young fans with this touring production currently showing…
Following the much admired Leader of the Orchestra, Maya Iwabuchi, on to the stage was 27-year-old Lava Shani…
For their Romantic Valentine’s concert the ladies of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra were in colourful…
The Orchestra of the Americas completed their five week tour of Poland, Ukraine and Germany with a concert…
St Mary’s Cathedral provided us with some excellent music for this celebration of the Assumption, or the ‘…
Tindersticks suit the opulent yet slightly faded grandeur of an auditorium such as the Usher Hall.