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EdinburghSeason Opener: Mahler Six

Rachmaninov, Mahler
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Alexander Malofeev
EdinburghBerlioz Symphonie fantastique

Berlioz
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Timothy Ridout
EdinburghRSNO at the Movies: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert

Williams: Film music from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Ben Palmer
EdinburghBach St Matthew Passion

Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nick Pritchard; Matthew Brook; Hilary Cronin
EdinburghShostakovich Five

Bach, Schnittke, Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Lawrence Power
EdinburghWest Side Story

Copland, Price, Still, Bernstein
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Kellen Gray; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
EdinburghMax Richter+

Richter, Glass, Adams
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; David Brophy; Chris Ekers; Mari Samuelsen
EdinburghBrahms’ Violin Concerto

Byström, Brahms, Saariaho, Sibelius
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Emilia Hoving; Maya Iwabuchi
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Scriabin and Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh

The Berliner Philharmoniker closes the Edinburgh International Festival in the classiest way imaginable with Beethoven and Scriabin.
BBCSSO in Edinburgh: Mahlerian melodrama, Schubertian shadow

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.
Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha reappraised in Edinburgh

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National Youth Orchestra of the USA pass the test in Edinburgh

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

James Gaffigan conducts the RSNO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a swinging EIF opener: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise.
Beethoven 9 ends the RSNO’s season with blockbuster flair

The wider RSNO family give their all in a blockbuster Beethoven Ninth Symphony to end their season.
Elgarian emotion from the Benedetti, Karabits and the RSNO

Nicola Benedetti’s Elgar is a slow burn in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, but Kirill Karabits’ Firebird instantly ignites.
Stephen Hough makes a convincing case for Rachmaninov 1 with the RSNO

On a return visit to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Wilson shapes A London Symphony with melancholy sweep.
