Music

Live Music in Edinburgh

High expectations were met and more. This all too short Edinburgh run consisting of 3 performances of ‘Porgy…
We were treated to the first performance of Savourna Stevenson’s three-movement Concerto for Harp.
There are parts of northern Europe where the sun never sets in mid-summer and these are called White Nights.
A music and light show set against the mighty stone walls of Tantallon Castle is one of the highlights of…
This year's Edinburgh Fringe promises “more artists performing more work, in more venues, than ever before…
The concept of a house concert was a new one to me but a check on the web site house-concerts-42.posterous.…
The curtain rose and we were within the basilica church in Rome I used to walk past on my way from the…
It is not often we in Edinburgh get the chance to hear the scholars of the Royal Conservatoire’s in full…
A cold, wet evening in May (aye, May) is not the best atmosphere for being at the wrong venue for a launch. …
Every chair was taken in the historic Greyfriars Kirk. The audience was facing the organ loft and looked…
Calton Consort, directed by Jason Orringe, with Emma Morwood (Soprano), Nicholas Morris (Baritone), Ingrid…
If you believe Stéphane Denève’s opening words, and why shouldn’t we - the night’s programme was three works…
“Where’s Hookay?!” goes up the lone cry near the start of tonight’s performance in a packed Usher Hall. …
Conducted by director Patrick Liebergen with works by Purcell, Pitoni, Tye, Tallis and Haydn. This free…
Michael Brecker was an incredibly talented musician: a hugely influential saxophonist with a distinctive…
A former Scottish church may seem like an odd venue to re -create a Weimar style cabaret, but the phenomenal…
‘Sacrifice the virgins!’ screamed a young lady standing next to me in the tightly packed throng,…
Paul Rissmann failed to convince me that Mendelssohn did any more than decide to write a third symphony…
‘Kelly’ catches the eye in an all-star cast that dazzled last night’s audience at the Playhouse. While Ali…
There were smiles all round to welcome back the Estonian born Neeme Järvi, who was the Royal Scottish…