Sala: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

A traditional Lieder programme at the Edinburgh International Festival brings songs concerned with love, celebrating its joys but more often lamenting its loss and its pains.

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Super Schubert saves the day: SCO with Isabelle van Keulen

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Simon Thompson, 27 mar

Schubert's Third Symphony is treated like a masterpiece by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under director Isabelle van Keulen.

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Tremendous Sibelius from Geneva Lewis and the SCO

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David Smythe, 16 ene

Joseph Swensen conducts a soul-searching, introspective programme of Sibelius and Bacewicz at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

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Václav Luks conducts a sprightly Christmas Oratorio

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David Smythe, 28 nov

A month early, perhaps, but Václav Luks conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's joyful celebration of the Christmas story.

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Three centuries of music from Andrew Manze and the SCO

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Simon Thompson, 14 nov

A typically omnivorous programme from Manze and the SCO in which principal flautist André Cebrián dazzles in a Mozart concerto. But it was all nearly upstaged by a solo lament for the Valencia floods.

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Northern Lights: Nordic Music Days festival visits Scotland

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Simon Thompson, 31 oct

Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra provide Northern Light from two Swedish composers, but sinister darkness from two Scots.

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Music of the 20th and 18th centuries in dialogue

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Simon Thompson, 10 oct

Chilly neoclassical elegance and fizzing Baroque excitement from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh.

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