Discover what's on in Scotland right now and over the coming months. Including events, festivals, concerts, food, arts, culture & Highland games.
Discover what's on in Scotland right now and over the coming months. Including events, festivals, concerts, food, arts, culture & Highland games.
On a summer evening in Edinburgh, amid the ruins of Holyrood Castle, Felix Mendelssohn imagined the first notes of his Scottish symphony. It’s all there in the music, and when conductor Julian Rachlin returns to the Orchestra, it’ll spring vividly to life. That goes double for Mozart’s...
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe's leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950, and was awarded Royal Patronage in 1977. Many renowned conductors have contributed to its success, including Si...
Live concerts and events We currently know of no planned performances of Scottish composer Julian Wagstaff's concert or theatre music. Pleasecontact usif you know otherwise! Please alsolet us knowif you are planning to present one of Julian's works in concert. We will be delighted to help sp...
CREATION SYMPHONY IN C SHARP MINOR TheCreation Symphonywas first performed at one of Bantock's New Brighton concerts in 1899 and subsequently in Bournemouth; but composition had started in 1896 when Wallace's life-long love affair with Ottilie McLaren was opening its first buds. He was writing...
Thomas Wilson has been in the record catalogues for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's (RSNO) recordings of his symphonies [see myfirst reviewand mysecond review], of which the fourth,Passeleth Tapestry, was premiered by the RSNO at the abbey. Beautifully wrought and nicely intimate,Ther...
Wigmore Hall as he takes up the title ofECHORising Star. Further highlights comprise aUStour with tenor Karim Sulayman, performances with mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska, and theUKpremiere of Francisco Coll’sTuria, for guitar and large orchestra with Delyana Lazorova andBBCScottish Symphony Orchestra...
Also nominated for theRCSAward for Making it Happen is viola player Katherine Wren’s woodwind and string ensemble Nordic Viola, andDiversions, a project which saw disabled musicians from Drake Music Scotland’s Digital Orchestra join the Hebrides Ensemble to present the world premiere of a new wo...
Discover what's on in Scotland right now and over the coming months. Including events, festivals, concerts, food, arts, culture & Highland games.