Classical

• Directed by: Hugh Brunt (cond)
• Written by: John Cage

Hugh Brunt conducts Vivier's Glaubst Du An Die Unsterblichkeit Der Seele ('Do You Believe in the Immortality of the Soul?') as well as works by Harvey, Cage, Manoury, Feldman, Riddell and Stockhausen.

The top 10 brass bands in England go horn-to-horn to win the opportunity to represent the country at the European Brass Band Championships 2014 in Perth.

St Giles' Cathedral's regular 6pm concerts of rush hour music are always free.

Artisan Trio present a series of concerts of music by contemporary composers who studied in Edinburgh but who now live, teach and work abroad. All the composers also choose a piece that they consider an inspiration and influence to their own work.

Drawn from the finest players across the continent, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe is widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest orchestras. Its two Festival concerts are directed by the young French-Canadian Yannick Nézet Séguin, who is famed for the inspirational energy of his performances. In his…

This festival within a festival celebrates the breadth of ballet from classic to contemporary. Featuring a diverse mixture of world premières, including work from Scottish Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre and Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Under the musical direction of Brian Grant, the National Brass Band-winning ensemble plays popular classics.

Mandolinist Simon Mayor, guitarist Gerald Garcia, banjo player Richard Collins and mandobassist-vocalist Hilary James perform a mix of folk and classical.

• Written by: Michael Nyman

The group performs Michael Nyman's String Quartet No 1, String Quartet No 3, String Quartet No 2 and his String Quartet No 5.

French soprano Véronique Gens forged her international reputation as an inspirational singer of Baroque music, and she brings the same lucid purity so valued in that repertoire to a recital of Romantic, 19th-century songs from her homeland, accompanied by the delicate playing of Susan Manoff. Gens combines stylish poise…

• Written by: Albeniz

The violinist performs music by Sarasate, De Falla, Albeniz and others.

• Directed by: Philip Mackenzie (cond)
• Written by: Janacek

Philip Mackenzie conducts Janacek's Sinfonietta, Mozart's Concerto For Two Pianos In E Flat, with soloists Michael Foyle and Malcolm Forbes Peckham, and Mahler's Symphony No 2 In C Minor 'Resurrection', with soprano Cheryle Enever and contralto Jeanette Ager.

Classical superstar Andre Rieu, one of the world's most successful artists, is coming to cinemas all over Europe for an exclusive broadcast of the July 2010 instalment of his renowned Live In Maastricht concert. Arts Alliance Media, Europe's leading alternative content provider, are bringing the event via satellite to…

Two titans of the piano repertoire are performed by the formidable Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger, whose combination of luxuriant richness and steely control in his impeccable playing have earnt him worldwide acclaim. Although his earlier works had been conceived for the wooden fortepiano, Beethoven needed the modern…

Ghosts of the past and present collide through video and sound technology in this evening-long project from the internationally renowned Brooklyn-based Bang on a Can All-Stars, an electric chamber ensemble that brings together some of the world’s most adventurous musical thinkers. The Field Recordings project looks back…

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performs one of the grandest and most moving pieces in the entire orchestral repertoire: Mahler’s Second Symphony. Tracing a journey from funereal despair to the blazing light of rebirth, the Symphony combines moments of hair-raising terror with passages of poignant intimacy. The…

• Directed by: Nicholas Kok (cond)
• Written by: Sir Harrison

Nicholas Kok conducts Gustav Holst's Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda, Imogen Holst's Hallo, My Fancy, Whither Wilt Thou Go? and Sir Harrison Birtwistle's The Moth Requiem.

The group performs a classical recital.

• Directed by: Levon Parikian (cond)
• Written by: Sibelius

Levon Parikian conducts the Overture to Verdi's Force Of Destiny, Britten's Johnson Over Jordan Suite, Sibelius's King Christian II Suite, Korngold's The Seahawk, Ketelbey's Film-Play Music, Barry's Out Of Africa and Williams's ET: Adventures On Earth.

The organist, from Winchester College, performs a wide selection of popular classical pieces.