Simon Thompson – Seen and Heard International

Cumnock Tryst’s Mozart and MacMillan proves it really is a true ‘meeting place for music’

04/10/202603/10/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Cumnock Tryst 2026 – Mozart, MacMillan: Jess Gillam (saxophone), David Childs (euphonium), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Kanako Ito (leader and director), James MacMillan (conductor). Barony Hall, Cumnock, 2.10.2026. (SRT)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam and conductor James MacMillan with the BBC SSO © Stuart Armitt

Tenebrae sing at the Lammermuir Festival: little short of heavenly

16/09/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2026 [2] – Tenebrae: Nigel Short (director). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 15.9.2026. (SRT)

Choral epiphanies and anniversary Britten at the Lammermuir Festival

12/09/202612/09/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2026 [1]: (SRT)

Douglas Boyd conducting mezzo-soprano Charlotte Clapperton and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera © Sally Anderson

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra arrives in Edinburgh to close the International Festival in style

10/09/202631/08/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [8]: (SRT)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Petrenko at Usher Hall

The EIF’s Rising Stars of Voice sing at the Queen’s Hall

19/08/202619/08/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [4] – Rising Stars of Voice with Louise Alder: Louise Alder (soprano, mentor), James Baillieu (piano, mentor), Francesca Lauri (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2026. (SRT)

If you go up to The Hub tonight, you never know what you’ll find

18/08/202618/08/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [3]: The Hub, Edinburgh, 16 & 18.8.2026. (SRT)

Nicola Benedetti at Up Late with Mark O’Connor © Andrew Perry

Venetian light and Gesualdan darkness: both sides of the Baroque at the EIF 2026

16/08/202615/08/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [2]: Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14 & 15.8.2026. (SRT)

Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival © Julie Broadfoot

After some Edinburgh choral delights, it was the tribute to John Wallace that was most heartwarming

14/08/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [1]: (SRT)

Jason Max Ferdinand conducting the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

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