Music

Live Music in Edinburgh

Robert McFall and the ensemble that bears his name bring a certain domesticity to the concert platform…
It’s a hundred years since the phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl was born and Owen & Olly’s Beastly Bash…
Coming in to a concert from a busy and wintery world outside takes a mental adjustment, and so what better…
A near capacity Usher Hall audience (stalls and grand circle) enjoyed enthusiastic performances of songs sung…
The Usher Hall was full to hear a programme of high profile film scores written by John Williams.
If the overture or the first work played in a concert sets the scene then Liadov's short Kikimora gave us a…
This year's Edinburgh International Festival finished with a concert in Princes Street Gardens - a concert in…
The concert at the Usher Hall was conducted by the renowned French conductor Emmanuel Krivine who has…
When the curtain lifted for the first time, we saw Simon Higlett’s very realistic set of the front of houses…
This week the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is celebrating its 40th birthday.
Musselburgh Amateur Musical Association (MAMA) has been producing musicals since 1951. Their production this…
Heritage rock, once the preserve of grey-haired bands from the sixties and seventies, is now deep within the…
Standing in a crowded Caves under an arching ceiling is somewhat akin to being in a church. A noisy,…
Six tiers of choir, some seventy-four voices ready to sing in German, and an orchestra of twenty-three…
Richard Wagner added themes from his opera Siegfried, the third in the Ring cycle, to his Siegfried Idyll in…
It is not surprising the the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union can pack Greyfriars Kirk for their concerts. On…
This was an interesting concert because of the contrast between the two works played.
John Shuttleworth is the flawless fantasy creation of actor Graham Fellows who, back 1978, also created an…
Raekwon has a new CD out. It’s called “Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang”. We know that because he’s exhorting us…
Scottish Ensemble's touring programme to commemorate their 40th Anniversary.