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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
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer
EdinburghOpening Concert: All Rise
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
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
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
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
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Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival
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The festival’s closing concert brings drama from the RSNO and conductor Thomas Søndergård, but Christopher Maltman's Elijah brings the presence of greatness.
Canellakis brings sparkle and shine to Stravinsky and Bernstein
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Karina Canellakis brings a riot of Technicolor to the Edinburgh International Festival, but countertenor Hugh Cutting threatens to steal the show in Chichester Psalms.
Pappano crests the waves at the Edinburgh International Festival
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Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony is a highlight of the London Symphony Orchestra’ s programme which also includes Vilde Frang excelling in Korngold.
Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival
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John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.
Sir Mark Elder bows out with Mahler 5 in Edinburgh
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Lili Boulanger evokes the abyss and Mahler struggles out of it, as Sir Mark Elder bids his final farewell to the Hallé.