After 5pm, Music, 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.

• Directed by: Jeffrey Vaughan Martin (cond)

Jeffrey Vaughan Martin conducts Kent Concert Orchestra led by John Perkins with the Maidstone Singers for an evening of classical favourites building to a fireworks-laden finale.

• Written by: Barber

The flute and piano duo performs Martinu's Scherzo For Flute And Piano, Flute Sonata and Vocalise, Barber's Canzone, Copland's Duo For Flute And Piano, Schubert's Introduction And Variations On 'Trock'ne Blumen' and Poulenc's

• Written by: Heitor Villa-Lobos

The ensemble performs Alberto Ginastera's Zamba, Carlos Guastavino's Meciendo, Erich Wolfgang Korngold's My Mistress' Eyes and Heitor Villa-Lobos's Samba Classico.

Composer Tod Machover, conductor Peter Oundjian and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra take us through the creation of a new piece of music celebrating the City of Edinburgh and its Festival and co-created by members of the public.

A concert of warmth and lyricism that draws on the refined playing for which the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is renowned. Principal conductor Robin Ticciati is joined by the remarkable National Youth Choir of Scotland and two exceptional solo vocal talents. Sir Thomas Allen is one of Britain’s best-loved singers…

Bach to Berio, Lutoslawski to Puttin’ on the Ritz performed by Iain Archibald and Andrew Connell-Smith (trumpet), Martin Murphy (horn), Gordon Seith (trombone) and Fraser Russell (tuba).

Join the city of Edinburgh in a celebration of summer festivals, inspirational music and breathtaking pyrotechnics as the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings the Edinburgh International Festival to a resplendent conclusion. Set against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh’s iconic Castle, the evening brings together…

New sounds from student composers.

String quartets by Beethoven, Janáček and Shostakovich performed by Evelien Jaspers and Dmitry Ivanov (violin), Sylvain Dessane (viola) and Otto Bakker (cello).

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…

A performance by student musicians.

A night of rousing anthems and sing-along classics with all proceeds going to Ty Hafan via Aberdare Rotary Club.

The ERCU collaborates with members of Dublin's Tallaght Choral Society in Brahms' great Requiem, plus selected choral works of Britten. For the Edinburgh performance, accompaniment is provided by Edinburgh Pro Music Orchestra. Michael Bawtree conducts, with Emily Mitchell and Trevor Bowes as guest soloists.

The legendary, multiple Oscar-winning film scorer conducts a concert of his works, including selections from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso and The Untouchables.

The tenor and the vocal ensemble perform various works.

• Directed by: Gerard Korsten (cond)
• Written by: Beethoven

Gerard Korsten conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Symphony No 5 In C Minor. With violinist Anthony Marwood.

• Directed by: Vasily Petrenko (cond)
• Written by: Brahms

Vasily Petrenko conducts Berlioz's Overture, Le Corsaire, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini and Brahms's Symphony No 2, with Kirill Gerstein, piano.

A free, hour-long peek backstage at the inner workings, characters, scenes and high points of The Pirates of Penzance.

Celebrate the Longest Day with the Glasgow University Chapel Choir.

Olivier Messiaen: Turangalila-symphonie Messiaen's great symphonic work, first presented after the Second World War, shocked audiences with its ecstatic music and opulent orchestrations. Inspired by the Tristan myth, it channels intense feelings of ecstasy and erotic love using a culmination of all the techniques…

The ensemble performs classical music.