United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 10: Queen’s Hall. (SRT)
EIF’s rising voices at the Queen’s Hall and a star quartet pay tribute to one of their members
Edinburgh International Festival 2025
Scottish Ballet’s new Mary, Queen of Scots at the EIF tells a well-trodden story in their own, powerful way
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Company and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Martin Yates (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 16.8.2025. (SRT)
The EIF now relies more on concert opera, but if it’s all as good as Suor Angelica there’s no complaint
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [8]: Puccini, de Sabata: Soloists, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Youth Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2025. (SRT)
The EIF’s Poland strand concludes with Polish music from multiple sources and multiple centuries
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [7]: Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. (SRT)
Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau scale lieder heights in Robert Schumann and Brahms.
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [6]: (SRT)
The LSO’s principals play chamber music at the EIF and Ian Bostridge sings affectingly, sometimes
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [5]: Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Members of the London Symphony Orchestra (Benjamin Gilmore, Julián Gil Rodríguez [violins], Eivind Ringstad [viola], David Cohen [cello]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13.8.2025. (SRT)
Shuddering Shostakovich and stirring Chaminade: The Sitkovetsky Trio at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [4]: Beethoven, Chaminade, Kashani, Shostakovich: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Isang Enders [cello] and Wu Qian [piano]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.8.2025. (SRT)
Wroclaw’s NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra bring sheer richness of sound to the EIF’s Focus on Poland
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [3]: Bacewicz, R Strauss, Kilar, Bizet/Shchedrin: NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra / Alexander Sitkovetsy (leader/director). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2025. (SRT)
