Live Music

Patrias evokes the aesthetic spirit of Lorca’s duende, creating a stirring glimpse of the Spanish Civil War…
The ensemble this morning consisted of the Swedish mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, the violinist Daniel…
“Everybody is rushing, running, trying to escape almost certain death in this hail of enemy shells. Today I…
A full-strength LPO, crammed onto the Usher Hall stage, did full justice to its opening piece by resident…
Dressed in T-shirt and jeans, a scruff of facial hair, beatbox supremo Beardyman just had to slouch onto the…
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
After her recent brush with fame as a finalist on The Voice, Sally Barker is back to her roots as lead…
Owen Wingrave was the result of a commission by the BBC to write an opera for television. It took about five…
This round-up of some of the musical acts playing at the Fringe opened with an absolute bang courtesy of…
There are any number of earnest and passionate performers offering an hour of the best of themselves.
Andrew Davis actively marshalled the large forces required for Britten’s War Requiem into a reasoned,…
Take Arthurian legend, drizzle lightly with songs, add wild-west flavour and transfer to the baking metal…
The programme changes every day at the Queen's Hall during the International Festival period, but all…
Like most of the large audience I did not know what was on offer from this unusual grouping.
Janis Joplin might be gone, but more than forty years since her death, she is still not forgotten.
It may have been that some in the audience had come for The Planet's and knew they had to put up with the…
Inala – which translates into “abundance of goodwill” – was first conceived five years ago.
The Acoustic Music Centre can boast the hosting of many famous performers but on Saturday 8th August, Fife…
Spectacular singing and an upbeat comedic narrative make for a high-energy, uplifting theatrical experience.