Classical

The Queen's Hall was full to capacity, and the performance commenced on time at 11.00am.
This was a concert of four sets of songs from composers who were fascinated by the life and woes of Mary,…
Dame Mitsuko Uchida must be one of the International Festival's favourite pianists and this concert was…
Sir James MacMillan conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in three works which had received their…
The tub of hot chocolate topped with cream on arrival at the candle lit Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal…
In his introduction Declan Zapala asked how many of the sizeable audience had been at his previous Fringe…
This was a particularly pleasing recital of some of the best piano music by well known composers: Schubert,…
Last night’s concert at the Usher Hall was with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Founded in 1765 it is one…
With the many of the audience sitting on the dais facing the organ, the concert was introduced by Marion Lees…
The Edinburgh International Festival morning chamber concerts and recitals at the Queens Hall are always a…
Haydn’s Surprise Symphony was the first work to be played at the very first Edinburgh Festival concert in…
Original one-man show by a young French concert pianist
The Edinburgh Quartet were centre stage for a special work by Shostakovich.
The final concert of the 2016/17 had just one work. Mahler's Symphony No 3 is considered the longest symphony…
Musicians from Scotland’s national orchestra will take the train to various destinations across Scotland to…
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) appoints Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård as its next Music…
The final concert in this SCO season began with a composition by the German composer Jorg Widmann.
Handel's Messiah, written in 1741 at an inspired pace, was an immediate success and has remained consistently…
Moscow-born Alexander Scriabin's four minute Rêverie was the musically simple but enticing opening to a…
Beethoven’s Grand Mass Missi Solemnis is considered to be one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.…