Scottish Opera: Iris
A neglected work with a fine substitute singer
Hugh Kerr
Hugh Kerr has written on music and cultural politics for the Scotsman, the Herald, the Guardian and Opera Magazine. With Nana Mouskouri he was in charge of music policy for the European Parliament from 1994-99. He has visited over 50 opera houses round the world and this is his 50th Edinburgh Festival
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RSNO: Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique
Intimations of mortality in a mournfully themed selection
Dunedin Consort: Requiem Aeternam
Music of loss and consolation based around Tomás Luis de Victoria's Requiem
SCO / Emelyanychev / Widmann
New conductor, new beginnings as the SCO welcome Maxim Emelyanychev
Prague Symphony Orchestra
A monumental Mahler afternoon conducted by Pietari Inkinen
RSNO: The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending gets top billing but the real interest is in a 'new' Vaughan Williams piece...
Taylor Wilson
Some lesser-known songs by Kurt Weill form the finale of mezzo-soprano's lunchtime concert at Edinburgh University
RSNO / Jarvi / Morison
Catriona Morison takes soloist duties as conductor laureate Neeme Järvi returns to lead a French programme
Opera Up Close: Maria Stuarda
Small scale production of Donizetti's work about Mary Queen of Scots
RSNO: Shostakovich Ten
Soon after the Moscow Philharmonic's recent performance, the RSNO give another good account of the Russian's great work