Classical

Peter Oundjian's sparkly introduction told us that the Orchestra was half way through its 125th anniversary,…
The first of two large-scale choral works will be Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Messa di Gloria’.
The concert at the Usher Hall began with a composition by the Russian composer Mussorgsky.
Alexander Lazarev was back in town and full of bounce. He virtually arrived at the podium running, and then…
The first half of the SCO programme was devoted to two Russian composers, Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
There are to be nineteen classical music concerts at The Queen's Hall in this year's Festival - all starting…
Three and a half years after laying down his baton as Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra…
The opening concert at the Usher Hall on 6th August features operatic music with Shakespearean themes from…
A large scale, digitally animated light show projected onto Edinburgh Castle battlements, and set to a…
A rare opportunity to see a performance of one of Mozart's sublime works for chorus and orchestra, the…
Sitting behind the Orchestra were one hundred and fifteen or so members of the Junior Chorus - ranging in age…
The Orchestra's Danish Principal Guest Conductor, Thomas Søndergård, told us at the outset that he had really…
Last night’s SCO concert at the Usher Hall was conducted by the distinguished French conductor, Emmanuel…
Peter Oundjian's opening remarks set the scene. Two works about the sea but very different from one another.
There was a large audience for Tuesday’s Concerts at the University series keen to hear some serious clarinet…
Experience the beauty and drama of Bach’s St John Passion in the inspiring surroundings of Canongate Kirk in…
This year's Valentine's concert opened with trumpets resembling the bugle call Tchaikovsky had heard every…
The concert began with Beethoven’s rousing Overture, Coriolan, which musically charts the raging emotions of…
The Edinburgh Singers present a programme of heavenly a cappella music spanning five centuries, featuring…
Sally Beamish’s audacious reworking of Debussy’s La Mer is the centrepiece of these concerts.