Marin Alsop Exudes Authority in Bernstein’s Music on his Centenary
26/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [16] – Bernstein: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2018. (SRT)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop (conductor)
Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles… is the Biggest Discovery So Far of EIF 2018
23/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [15] – Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Noè Rodrigo-Gisbert (glockenspiel), Bence Major (xylorimba), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Usher Hall, 22.8.2018. (SRT)
Matthias Pintscher © Felix Broede
A Real Sign of Collaboration from the Pavel Haas Quartet at the EIF
22/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [14] – Schubert, Shostakovich, Ravel: Pavel Haas Quartet, Queen’s Hall, 22.8.2018. (SRT)
Pavel Haas Quartet (c) Marco Borggreve
Röschmann’s Dramatic Skill and Vignoles’s Always Impeccable Pianism at the EIF
21/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [13] – Schubert, Schumann, Wolf: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), Queen’s Hall, 21.8.2018. (SRT)
Dorothea Röschmann © Harald Hoffmann
Aimard’s Antics Create a More Receptive Listening Environment at the EIF
20/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [12] – Obouhow, Scriabin. Debussy, Chopin, Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Queen’s Hall, 20.8.2018. (SRT)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (c) Marco Borggreve
Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker are a Powerful Success at the EIF
18/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [11] – Mozart, Schubert: Christian Blackshaw (piano), Soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker (strings), Queen’s Hall, edinburgh, 18.8.2018. (SRT) Read more
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Brings Grace and Vitality to Edinburgh with the Elgar Cello Concerto
18/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [10] – Stravinsky, Elgar, Ravel: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Usher Hall Edinburgh, 17.8.2018. (GT)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (c) Lars Borges
Catch The Beggar’s Opera at the EIF if You Can
16/08/2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [9] – John Gay, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord’s The Beggar’s Opera: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / Florian Carré (conductor). King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 16.8.2018. (SRT)
Benjamin Purkiss (Macheath) (c) Patrick Berger
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