Tag: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Temporary home for Brunton classical music programme
The Brunton’s programme of classical music has a temporary home in the beautiful and atmospheric Northesk Parish Church in Musselburgh.
The concerts are programmed by James Waters, also artistic director of Lammermuir Festival and the...
Review: RSNO Digital Season – full orchestra season so far…
From April to June the Royal Scottish National Orchestra returns for their Spring/Summer 2021 digital season. Following the success of their 2020 season, which made the very best of the tricky situation Covid-19 has...
Review – RSNO Beethoven 5 / Britten / Walker
Last Friday, those who tuned in were treated to a wonderfully diverse programme in the final performance of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's inaugural ‘Digital Season’, a series of concerts broadcast online from the...
Brigadoon reinterpreted by contemporary Edinburgh Kiltmaker
Howie Nicholsby of 21st Century Kilts dresses Patricia Ward Kelly
While most people think of dance when they think of Gene Kelly, music was central to his work. It influenced him; inspired him; and, in...
Royal Scottish National Orchestra in China for Hogmanay
The Reporter's very own David Kettle accompanied the RSNO on their New Year trip to China.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its music director Peter Oundjian have had a pretty hectic Hogmanay. It was...
RSNO win Arts and Business Scotland Awards
Scotland’s national orchestra takes both honours in ‘First in a Lifetime’ category
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s (RSNO) relationships with the corporate community were commended at the annual Arts & Business Scotland Awards ceremony yesterday evening at...
Edinburgh International Festival 2012: What to see
It might not have an overarching theme, but this year’s Edinburgh International Festival looks set to be one of director Jonathan Mills’s richest offerings, with ten plays, eight dance offerings (nine if you include...
Review: RSNO Naked Classics: Sibelius 5 (****)
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Naked Classics series has a laudable aim: to pick apart a well-known classical piece and explain its inspiration and construction, and then to present a performance of the piece...
What’s on Valentine’s Special!
Friday, 11th February
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Romantic Valentine’s Classics
The Usher Hall holds a nationwide series of concerts presenting the most romantic classical compositions. No matter which composer is your definition of love: Tchaikovsky, Ravel...