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Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh

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AddressEdinburgh
Scotland
EH1 2EA
United Kingdom
Google maps55° 56' 49.766" N 3° 12' 17.859" W
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EdinburghBach St Matthew Passion

© Christopher Bowen
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nick Pritchard; Matthew Brook; Hilary Cronin

EdinburghShostakovich Five

© C&G Pictures
Bach, Schnittke, Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Lawrence Power

EdinburghWest Side Story

© Sony Music Entertainment
Copland, Price, Still, Bernstein
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Kellen Gray; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

EdinburghMax Richter+

© Jonathan Vivaas Kise
Richter, Glass, Adams
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; David Brophy; Chris Ekers; Mari Samuelsen

EdinburghBrahms’ Violin Concerto

© Martin McCready @ Upfront Photography
Byström, Brahms, Saariaho, Sibelius
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Emilia Hoving; Maya Iwabuchi

EdinburghChildren’s Classic Concerts: Creepy Carnival

© Children’s Classic Concerts
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Barrett; Unknown; RSNO Children's Chorus; Paul Whittaker

EdinburghShostakovich Seven

© John Gress
Copland, Auerbach, Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Bassem Akiki; Philippe Quint

EdinburghVerdi Requiem

© Mate Steirer
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer
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Søndergård’s final RSNO season opens with majestic Mahler

Thomas Søndergård © Martin Shields
The RSNO season launches with Mahler's Sixth Symphony, while Alexander Malofeev joins them for Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto. 
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Scriabin and Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker © Courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
The Berliner Philharmoniker closes the Edinburgh International Festival in the classiest way imaginable with Beethoven and Scriabin.
*****
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BBCSSO in Edinburgh: Mahlerian melodrama, Schubertian shadow

Donald Runnicles © Bettina Stoess
The Edinburgh International Festival roll out their A-team for Mahler's early Das Klagende Lied, with shadowy textures and quivering darkness in Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
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Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha reappraised in Edinburgh

Nicky Spence © André Godinho

Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with soloists Francesca Chiejina, Nicky Spence and Christopher Maltman at the Usher Hall.

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National Youth Orchestra of the USA pass the test in Edinburgh

Karina Canellakis conducts the NYO-USA © Jess Shurte
Breathtaking talent from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA on display at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Edinburgh International Festival opens with monumental Marsalis work

Wynton Marsalis and James Gaffigan © Andrew Perry

James Gaffigan conducts the RSNO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a swinging EIF opener: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise.

****1
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Beethoven 9 ends the RSNO’s season with blockbuster flair

Patrick Hahn rehearses the Royal Scottish National Orchestra © RSNO | Clara Cowen
The wider RSNO family give their all in a blockbuster Beethoven Ninth Symphony to end their season.
*****
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Elgarian emotion from the Benedetti, Karabits and the RSNO

Nicola Benedetti and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra © Sally Jubb
Nicola Benedetti’s Elgar is a slow burn in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, but Kirill Karabits’ Firebird instantly ignites.
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