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EdinburghVerdi Requiem

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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer

GlasgowVerdi Requiem

© Mate Steirer
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer

EdinburghOpening Concert: All Rise

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Marsalis: All Rise (Symphony No. 1)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Wynton Marsalis; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Edinburgh Festival Chorus; James Grossmith; Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

EdinburghThis Shining Night

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Oldham, Barber, Copland, Shaw, Muhly, Frank, Ames, Thompson, Esmail, Paulus, Dawson, Erb, Lauridsen
Sofi Jeannin; Edinburgh Festival Chorus; James Grossmith

EdinburghColeridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha

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Coleridge-Taylor: The Song of Hiawatha, Op.30
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Rafael Payare; Francesca Chiejina; Nicky Spence; Christopher Maltman; Edinburgh Festival Chorus

EdinburghMahler’s Das klagende Lied

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Schubert, Mahler
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Kathleen O'Mara; Catriona Morison; John Findon; Nicholas Brownlee
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Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish

Jennifer Davis, Karen Cargill and Sir Donald Runnicles © BBC | Martin Shields

Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. 

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A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival

Christopher Maltman © Andrew Perry
The festival’s closing concert brings drama from the RSNO and conductor Thomas Søndergård, but Christopher Maltman's Elijah brings the presence of greatness. 
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Canellakis brings sparkle and shine to Stravinsky and Bernstein

Karina Canellakis and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © Jess Shurte
Karina Canellakis brings a riot of Technicolor to the Edinburgh International Festival, but countertenor Hugh Cutting threatens to steal the show in Chichester Psalms.
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Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival

The Veil of the Temple © Andrew Perry

John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie. 

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Sir Mark Elder bows out with Mahler 5 in Edinburgh

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé © Maxime Ragni
Lili Boulanger evokes the abyss and Mahler struggles out of it, as Sir Mark Elder bids his final farewell to the Hallé. 
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