Live Music

Declan was in complete command of his respectable-sized audience in the church space of St Columba's-by-the-…
A request from the producer and an audience of musical experts – what could possibly go wrong?
Glasgow Girls is an utter knockout from concept to execution.
It was a delight to hear two of last year's graduates of Edinburgh Napier University music department give…
The concert celebrated the fifty six year relationship Pierre Boulez had with the Edinburgh International…
Everything was as it should be for Elgar's The Apostles.
There’s nothing unusual these days about groups re-forming and touring with old material to bathe their fans…
The story of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Mathew Passion is taken from Martin Luther’s German translation of…
The stately Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the four French horn players on stage.
‘Erik Satie’s Faction’ slightly misleads, since Alasdair McGowan is never less (nor more) than the man…
It might be said that when traditional folk music is taken up by well known composers the outcome is art…
The music of John Dowland (1563 - 1626) is considered melancholic, as of the musical fashion at the time, and…
‘Greater Belfast’ is an evocation in sound, both musical and vocal, of the estrangement and affection a city…
Daffodils (a Play with Songs), by Rochelle Bright, is inspired by the true life love story of her parents and…
It is no secret that each year I particularly look forward to Japanese-born Akiko Okamoto's piano recital.…
It was good to be at the first Fringe performance of two American musicians who had flown in to Edinburgh…
Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna, hosted this evening of Weimar cabaret compositions.
They’re back, they’re bigger, and they’re almost certainly Bluer. This acapella group will knock your socks…
The opening concert was as Italian as you can get, and impressive it was.