RSNO finances and the future  It has come to everyone’s notice that the RSNO, one of the finest orchestras in the UK, has recently been in the news, as a result of the diminution of its grant from ...

Library of Mistakes Edinburgh Saturday 31/10/26 6.45 - 9pm Scottish Public Interest Journalism Initiative Internationally-acclaimed Scottish guitarist and composer Graeme Stephen will perform an ...

Saltire Society 90th Anniversary Concert at St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh on Saturday 14th November 2–4pm This 90th anniversary concert will celebrate the Saltire Society’s commitment to Scottish ...

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony We are pleased to announce that on 29th and 30th May 2027 we will make our debuts in the Empire Theatre at Eden Court and Caird Hall Dundee performing Beethoven’s Ninth ...

Scott The first thing to say about this year’s Lammermuir Festival is that it was a triumph. I covered 14 performances and nothing was less than excellent. It followed the usual format of top class mu ...

PFT announces full cast list for 'My Fair Lady' Pitlochry Festival Theatre is delighted to announce the full cast for their forthcoming production of Lerner and Loewe’s musical 'My Fair Lady.' which ...

The first performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Leipzig's Nikolaikirche took place on Good Friday, 1727. In his fine 2022 novel 'The Great Passion' about the circumstances of the work's ...

Earlier this year I mused that spring and summer are exciting times in and around Edinburgh, with news blossoming of forthcoming festivals and concert series. This fruitfulness continues well into the ...

“What a great piece – well constructed, concise, ironic in places, nicely satirical!” Thus was I greeted at the interval of this RSNO concert by a good friend, whose ideas about music I, to a large ...

“New work is the lifeblood of the Company!” Scottish Ballet’s Artistic Director Christopher Hampson thus introduced a stellar double bill championing the voices of women in choreography. It paired a ...

Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Patrick Hahn, conductor. This performance of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 4, ‘Heroes’, by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow, under the baton of ...

Music lovers were treated to two contrasting experiences from Music in Peebles last week, with an evening exploring how Border ballads have inspired Scottish classical composers from The Bubblyjock ...