Music
Live Music in Edinburgh
Almost one hundred and forty singers from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus joined a full…
The programme began with Sibelius’ Valse Triste and Scene with Crandes (from incidental music to Kuolema)…
The streets are decked, the markets are open, and the skaters gliding in circles around the Melville Monument…
It was a rare sight, and exciting, to see two top cello players perform the solo parts in a work by the older…
It is always a pleasure to be invited to a Hans Gál Society concert and discover more of his music.
Einar Englund's Suite from Pojat got the concert off to a chirpy and intriguing start. In its ten minutes we…
Sir Thomas Allen's production of The Marriage of Figaro was such a success in 2010 that it is no surprise to…
In 1914 Sergi Prokofiev won an important competition in Moscow with his first piano concerto. It had needed…
Formed in 2009, Nordic Fiddlers Bloc have spent the time since developing a unique melding of distinctive…
AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young strutted along its balcony.
It’s a hundred years since the phizz-whizzing Roald Dahl was born and Owen & Olly’s Beastly Bash…
Summerhall is back with the third edition of its soulful Hogmanay, hosted by Edinburgh’s own The Soul…
As the Crow Flies, created by award-winning artist Greg Sinclair, imaginatively brings together music,…
Classical choral music performance of “…of sweet harmony” by the Scottish choral group Reid Consort…
Every year the Swiss Cultural Fund UK chooses a group of musicians from Switzerland to come to Edinburgh to…
Berlioz' parents were determined he was going to be a doctor but instead Berlioz pursued his passion for…
At both the otherwise fascinating pre-concert talk and again in the conductor's opening remarks we were given…
Khachaturian's Waltz from Masquerade with its oompah start was an inspired choice to open a concert of…
Some good things have come out of the University of Ulster, as this reviewer can attest from some brief time…
A Christmas carol service, held around the Nativity scene in St Andrew Square, marks the start of Advent.