Classical
The first piece on the Scottish Chamber Orchestra programme was Beethoven’s Corioloan overture with Richard…
The concert began with one of César Frank’s macabre symphonic poems, in English, The Accursed Huntsman. It…
Rameau’s ‘Suite from the Boreades’ was the opening composition in this concert.
The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union is Edinburgh's oldest choir, founded in 1858. It was given Royal status in…
As the Festival Season begins it is sometimes easy to forget just how dependent Edinburgh is on its many fine…
This was the Romantic Valentine’s Concert with the men of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in white…
For their Romantic Valentine’s concert the ladies of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra were in colourful…
His Excellency Mr Anton Thalmann, the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom, introduced the concert…
The winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006 was the soloist for the second of Brahms' two…
The U.K. premiere of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina was cannily placed between two firm favourites,…
There’s one musical instrument that is permanently at the back of the stage of the Usher Hall - its organ. It…
What a lovely programme to start a new season of Friday nights at the Usher Hall with the Royal Scottish…
It was in August 1911 that King George V commanded that the Edinburgh Choral Union be henceforth styled…
Red lighting and a suspended Union Jack set the scene for the second Concert of Remembrance in The Usher Hall…
Dvorak’s Notturno for strings was the first piece on the programme at the Queen’s Hall concert. It began life…
Most of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s programme at last night’s performance featured twentieth century…
Haydn's oratorio The Seasons came three years after his particularly well received The Creation.
The first half was dominated by the personalities of the conductor and the soloist. Kristjan Järvi is the…
Of all the music composed by Gabriel Fauré his Pavane is the most popular. Fauré was the leader of his…
In earlier days the Brussels Philharmonic, founded in 1935, was known as the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra and…