Event listing: Belshazzar's Feast | Usher Hall | Sat 1 Sep 2012 at 20:00

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Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Ives, Charles (1874-1954)	The Unanswered Question
Feldman, Morton (1926-1987)	Coptic Light
Walton, William (1902-1983)	Belshazzar's Feast

Performers

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Robertson	Conductor
Neal Davies	Baritone
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Christopher Bell	Choirmaster / chorus director

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Edinburgh International Festival: RSNO play Ives, Feldman and Walton with David Robertson

Alan Coady, 1st September

This, the final indoor concert of the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival (the closing Fireworks Concert takes place under the Castle Rock in Princes Street Gardens), was bookended by possibly the loudest and quietest sounds in the festival.Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question opens with a delicate mist of pianissimo strings.

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