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La Traviata »

La Traviata

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Scottish Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata is a veritable feast for the eyes and ears, providing feats of operatic superiority, a lavish set and affecting, emotional performances. This timeless tale concerns the forbidden love betw...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Anna Fenton | Read more »

East meets West »

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In a daring project—even for accomplished SCO—tonight’s programme sees Mozart and Beethoven grounding a diverse audience against Samaagam: a concerto for sarod, concertante group and string orchestra. Mozart’s overture to Idome...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Alexander's Feast »

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Alexander’s Feast follows a tale of Alexander the Great, who torched the city of Persepolis whilst drunk following the defeat of his great rival Darius. The emotions of the ordeal are portrayed and blended together in Handel’s setting of D...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus »

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It isn’t easy to conjure up a programme everyone will appreciate, especially as a student society. Tonight however—as always—the Edinburgh University Music Society revel in presenting a programme which is friendly to student and prof...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Edinburgh University Sinfonia »

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The deep harmonies and sheer excitement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition are enough to entice anyone to a concert, student run or otherwise. For a student orchestra however, the considerable textures of Pictures are no easy feat. Tonig...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra »

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There’s something about the elegant setting of Greyfriar’s Kirk that leads an audience to expect a memorable performance. It has been in this very setting over the past couple of years that we have seen various Edinburgh University orchestr...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Jarvis Cocker and friends »

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Birthday parties can be awkward occasions, but 30th birthday parties especially so. For a start, its unlikely anyone will play musical chairs; and will the person in question be comfortable about reaching such a landmark? In the case of Rough Trade Rec...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Chris McCall | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra »

Classical music is both an underrated and misjudged concept. For a vast majority of people, the mere mention of the genre evokes connotations of cold concert halls, seemingly endless renditions of some violin concerto and—horror of horrors—...

Sat 22 Nov 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

The Presets »

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In The Presets, Australia might just have a group good enough to consign the musical monstrosities that are Men At Work and INXS to the history books. With their brand of dirty, dance inspired electronica, this is as visceral, addictive and entertainin...

Fri 14 Nov 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »

On the horizon »

Theatre La Traviata One of the world’s most celebrated opera directors, Glasgow-born David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera to direct his first ever production of La Traviata, an authentic take on the famous courtesan’s tragic tale that...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 | Read more »

De La Soul »

De la Soul

De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, is a landmark record. Its eclectic sampling, jazz-soul-funk laced grooves, humour and laid-back rhyme style were, in 1989, a radical departure from the increasingly homogeneous and aggressive soun...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Tom Evans | Read more »

Mogwai »

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The Phoenix Nights-esque sports bar yards from Edinburgh's Corn Exchange was home to quite a few disgruntled punters at about 8pm on Tuesday night. It would seem that gremlins were running amok inside the hall – nothing was working and one of the...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »

Nizlopi @ Cabaret Voltaire »

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Pop fans of a certain vintage will have fond memories of Nizlopi. In 2004, the plucky indie upstarts stormed to the top of the UK charts with the surprise hit, 'JCB Song'. For a while it even looked like they would steal the inexplicably important Chr...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

Mumford and Sons »

Mumford and Sons

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The decadence of the recently refurbished Voodoo Rooms melds the saloon culture of the America’s cowboy frontiers with the refinement of contemporary Britain. Mumford and Sons come across as this venue’s conceptual twin, dressed for a Levi&...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Dan Moss | Read more »

Departure Lounge: Bonobo and Underling »

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The idea behind ‘Departure Lounge’ at the Caves was to provide an “original, friendly and unique space for open-minded souls to enjoy a mix of music that can't be found anywhere else”. This rather pessimistic view of the Edinburgh club scene no...

Fri 17 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Faking it »

It is one of many unspoken assumptions made by our self-conscious, appearance-obsessed generation that the bigger the earphones, the broader the musical knowledge contained between them. Sizing up the bloke at the bus stop with the holy grail of aural ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Jacqui Kavanagh | Read more »

Roots Manuva »

Roots Manuva

Rodney Smith had an inkling of the reception that awaited him on the bursting Liquid Room dancefloor when he took to the stage, cheerfully intoning, “I’m home, Edinburgh”. To rapturous whooping, Roots Manuva and his collective, led by...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Dan Moss | Read more »

Departure Lounge: Bonobo »

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The idea behind ‘Departure Lounge’ at the Caves was to provide an “original, friendly and unique space for open-minded souls to enjoy a mix of music that can't be found anywhere else.” This rather pessimistic view of the Edinbur...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Alexander Randall | Read more »

Xplicit: DJ Hype vs Skream »

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Hype (self proclaimed jungle purist) versus Skream (the lynchpin of drum 'n' bass's precocious younger sibling, dubstep). Skream and Hype are headliners, the real deal. Both are pioneers of their sound, at the vanguard of the scenes we know today. Asid...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Rosie McLean | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra »

The SCO: a repuation for innovation and quality.

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After an extensive summer tour, it is a delight to welcome the SCO back to Edinburgh for what promises to be an exciting new season. Tonight, under conductor John Storgårds, they present one of Beethoven’s signature works alongside one of ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

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