Classical

After the setbacks and the multi-million pound cost over-runs, the new wing at the Usher Hall is ready to be…
Neeme Järvi was the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Principal Conductor from 1984 to 1988 when he was in…
Berlioz has a reputation for grandiose pieces, involving a multitude of musicians, but L’Enfance du Christ is…
The U.K. premiere of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina was cannily placed between two firm favourites,…
We welcomed to the podium Sir Andrew Davis who, for the past nine years, has been the Music Director and…
This was an evening of French music and the full house included our bejewelled Lord Provost and his entourage…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert at the Queen's Hall was led by renowned Australian conductor Sir…
A cracking performance by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra of his favourite symphony, Beethoven’s No 7,…
This year in Vienna their Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated the New Year under the baton of a distinguished…
In this pre-Christmas week the RSNO tours Scotland’s concert halls, but only the Usher Hall shows its festive…
The prospect of a rousing overture, the return of a brilliant young French violinist and a favourite symphony…
Vibrato was forbidden and the orchestra repositioned because, for this concert, Sir Roger Norrington was very…