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Academy of Ancient Music
Date	Location
The Academy plus its Choir, under conductor Richard Egarr, plays a programme of Handel's royal music, as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee: the Coronation Anthems, the Water Music Suite, Music for the Royal Fireworks and the 'Hallelujah!' and 'Amen' from Messiah. Fun fact: the Water Music was composed for George I, who enjoyed it so much that he made the unfortunate musicians play the whole thing three times. View full details
4 Jun 7.30pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Alfie Boe: The Bring Him Home Tour
Date	Location
West End hits and light opera from tenor Boe. View full details and ticket info
25 Mar 7pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Date	Location
Alim Qasimov has been described as one of the world’s greatest vocalists. His performances of Azeri mugham – the classical music of Azerbaijan – are recognised worldwide for their searing intensity and raw emotion. Qasimov shares the stage with his daughter Fargana, their soaring voices combining in dramatic vocal duets on themes of love and devotion. Supported by the Aga Khan Foundation. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people can buy any… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Alpine Symphony
Date	Location
Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra return to the Festival with two transcendental evocations of nature and landscape - Beethoven's Symphony No 6 'Pastoral' and Strauss' monumental Alpine Symphony. Sponsored by Arup. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Andrew Caskie
Date	Location
Organ recital, featuring a variety of works by Phillips, Lemare, Boellmann, Ireland, Karg-Elert and Duruflé, plus Richard Ayres' Toccata on 'All you need is love'. View full details
2 Jun 1.30pm	St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

Anne Schwanewilms, Malcolm Martineau
Date	Location
German lyric soprano Anne Schwanewilms is one of today’s finest opera singers, and her imaginative insight, dramatic flair and lustrous tone are equally apparent in her bewitching song recitals. Joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau, she performs a selection from Hugo Wolf’s settings of highly charged poems by Eduard Mörike, as well as pieces by Richard Strauss and Debussy. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Antonio Meneses, Maria João Pires
Date	Location
Portuguese-born pianist Maria João Pires combines spellbinding poetry and utter sincerity. She is joined by Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses, formerly cellist of the renowned Beaux Arts Trio, who is admired for his luminous, refined playing. Together, their elegant interpretations let the beauty of the music they play shine through. Supported by Donald and Louise MacDonald. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
14 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Aquillos Ensemble
Date	Location
A programme that includes Ibert's Trois Pieces Breves, Malcolm Arnold's Three Shanties, and a selection from Farkas's Hungarian Dances, as well as opening with an arrangement of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's overture from his opera Le Devin du Village. View full details
9 Aug 6pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Arcangelo and Iestyn Davies
Date	Location
Exciting young period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo makes its Festival debut with the acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies. Handel and Porpora were two great rival composers in the 18th century. Both composers strove for ever greater feats of expression, as displayed in the simmering passions of their chamber cantatas performed today. Supported by The Binks Trust. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people and Students – Half price now! Young… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
16 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Auricle Ensemble: Mini Mahler
Date	Location
Just fifteen players from the Auricle Ensemble come together to perform a stripped-back version of Mahler's Symphony No 4 and Songs of a Travelling Wayfarer, as well as Debussy's Prélude à L'après midi d'un faune. View full details and ticket info
20 Aug 7.30pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh

Australian Chamber Orchestra
Date	Location
Acclaimed for its vibrant, stylish delivery, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble like no other. Its performers stand to play, giving the orchestra the huge sense of energy that defines its elegance and verve. Violinist Richard Tognetti is the driving force behind the orchestra and it is his dramatic orchestral arrangement of Grieg’s heartfelt String Quartet that forms the concert’s climax. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
31 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Bach: B Minor Mass
Date	Location
Ludus Baroque. Lauded for their 'energy … vigour' and 'exuberant performance' (Independent), Ludus Baroque's annual performance of Bach's B Minor Mass has become one of the staple events of the summer. Under the direction of Richard Neville-Towle, this unmissable performance features some of the UK's finest baroque instrumentalists alongside soloists Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Tim Mead (counter tenor), Ed Lyon (tenor) and William Berger (bass), in the atmospheric… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
9 Aug 7pm	Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act I
Date	Location
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde mixes up Celtic mythology and a rather silly extra-marital affair of Wagner's into a intoxicating but delectable goulash of doomed love with a generous dollop of Schopenhauerian pessimism. It's so famously strenuous that at least two conductors have died during performances. Perhaps out of concern for the welfare of Donald Runnicles and his lead couple Nina Stemme and Ian Storey, the BBC SSO has wisely spread this concert performance over the course of several… View full details
30 Sep 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act II
Date	Location
Act II of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde sees the two lovers finally getting together, but this being a tragedy, their happiness can't last. This concert performance also features excerpts from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliette. Donald Runnicles conducts, with Nina Stemme and Ian Storey as the eponymous Wagnerian couple. View full details
11 Nov 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act III
Date	Location
Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen introduces the third and final act of Wagner's epic tale of doomed love. Tristan is seriously wounded – but is that Isolde's ship on the horizon? If so, will she make it to his side? And even if she does, is everyone going to live happily ever after? Perhaps not. Donald Runnicles conducts, and Robert Dean Smith and Petra Maria Schnitzer take up the title roles. View full details
14 Apr 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Belshazzar's Feast
Date	Location
The Festival’s concert programme concludes as it began: with grand, celebratory British choral music performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Walton’s much-loved Belshazzar’s Feast is one of the composer’s most acclaimed pieces, telling of the Jews’ miraculous regaining of their freedom following the fall of the Babylonian King Belshazzar. Welsh-born baritone Neal Davies, a regular visitor to the Festival, takes the demanding solo part in a thrilling… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Sep 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Berkshire Choral Festival Concert
Date	Location
The London Symphony Chorus, Huddersfield Choral Society and Scottish Festival Orchestra play Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor and Handel's Chandos Anthem No 4 'O sing unto the Lord'. Joseph Cullen conducts. View full details
23 Jun 7.30pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Bragernes Kirkes Ungdomskor
Date	Location
Recital by Norwegian church choir. View full details
22 Jun 12.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Brigitte Harris
Date	Location
Organ recital featuring music by baroque composers Clérambault, Muffat and Bach. View full details
21 Jun 12.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Date	Location
Conductor Iván Fischer founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra 29 years ago and today it is one of central Europe’s most prestigious ensembles, its unmistakable sound combining Magyar fire with thrilling spontaneity. Tonight's concert features Bartók's Hungarian Peasant Songs and Violin Concerto No 1, for which the Orchestra are joined by József Lendvay, along with Mahler's Symphony No 5. Sponsored by Capital Solutions. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
26 Aug 7.30pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Calder Quartet
Date	Location
The players of the Calder Quartet from Los Angeles are as at ease performing with rock musicians Airborne Toxic Event and Andrew WK as they are in their incisive interpretations of the classical repertoire. They have collaborated extensively with British composer Thomas Adès, and their lyrical performances of his nostalgic Arcadiana, seven exquisite miniatures evoking idyllic memories of places real and imagined, have been widely acclaimed. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Calton Consort: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Date	Location
Jason Orringe directs Brahms' magnificent, sombre and not-really-religious-at-all act of remembrance for the dead. With soprano Emma Morwood, baritone Nicholas Morris and pianists Ingrid Sawers and Andrew Johnston. View full details
16 Jun 7.30pm	Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Cappella Nova 30th Anniversary Concert
Date	Location
The vocal ensemble celebrate their 30th anniversary with a selection of choral music including some 'best bits' by Robert Carver, James MacMillan, John Tavener, Hildegard of Bingen and Arvo Part as well as live art, created by Maria Rud, projected onto a screen above the singers. View full details and ticket info
31 May 7.30pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Catriona Hewitson, Rebecca Anderson & Philip Sawyer
Date	Location
Recital by sopranos Hewitson & Anderson and pianist/organist Sawyer. View full details
8 Aug 4pm	St Michael & All Saints' Church, Edinburgh

Celebrity Organ Recitals 2012
Date	Location
Giampaolo di Rosa and Peter Backhouse. Experience the majestic power and glory of the Rieger organ in the historic St Giles' Cathedral in a series of inspiring and uplifting concerts. All ages. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–8 Aug Wed 8–9.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Choral Celebration
Date	Location
St Giles' Cathedral Choir. St Giles' Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Harris, with Peter Backhouse, organ, in a celebratory concert including Handel's coronation anthems and music by Walton and Parry. Vibrant choral music and the spectacular Rieger organ fill the ancient splendour of St Giles' Cathedral. All ages. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug 8pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Christ Congregational Chancel Choir
Date	Location
Recital by choir from Maryland. View full details
15 Jun 12.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Date	Location
Often considered to embody the spirit of Finnish nationalism, Sibelius’s Second Symphony is one of the composer’s warmest pieces. The violin concerto Offertorium by Tartar-born composer Sofia Gubaidulina has become a modern classic. It is just the piece to showcase the lyricism and emotional depth of Latvian-born violinist Baiba Skride’s playing to the full. Conducted by Andris Nelson. Baiba Skride's performance supported by Mr and Mrs James Anderson. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
28 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Classic Ensemble: Bastien und Bastienne
Date	Location
Every music fan knows a tune or two from Mozart's four or five greatest operas, but few realise that he actually wrote 22 of the things. Bastien und Bastienne was written when he was 12, and even then it was his third. It's an enjoyable piece of pastoral silliness featuring a boy and girl shepherd and a fake soothsayer, presented here by the Friends of the Music of St Giles' Cathedral and directed by Iain McLarty. View full details
8 Jun 8pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Clemency
Date	Location
Scottish Opera's Clemency puts a contemporary twist to a Biblical tale, creating the spiritual intensity and reflection for which James MacMillan’s work is so well known. MacMillan’s richly coloured 50-minute work is for the intimate forces of five singers and string orchestra and is a haunting piece with a potent lasting impact. Supported through the Scottish Government's Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Scottish Opera: Book all 3 performances for £60 and save 20%. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
31 Aug–1 Sep Fri 8–8.50pm; Sat 4–4.50pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Cleveland Orchestra 01
Date	Location
Franz Welser-Möst and his mighty Cleveland Orchestra bring their power and precision to Smetana's Ma Vlast in a welcome return to the Festival. They also perform Lutoslawski’s colourful Concerto for Orchestra, a virtuoso showpiece that shines a spotlight on the individual talents of Cleveland’s exceptional players. Supported by Edinburgh International, Festival Friends and Patrons. Performance of Lutoslawski supported by Adam Mickiewicz Institute. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Cleveland Orchestra 02
Date	Location
Franz Welser-Möst concludes the Cleveland Orchestra’s account of Smetana’s Má Vlast with the powerful final movements, which depict the glories of Bohemian pride in music of blazing defiance. Compelling German pianist Lars Vogt is the soloist in Lutoslawski’s Piano Concerto, a piece full of energy and shimmering colours that proudly displays the inspiration its composer took from Chopin and Rachmaninov. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Friends and Patrons. Performance of… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
22 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Concerto Caledonia
Date	Location
One of Scotland’s premier early-music ensembles, Concerto Caledonia has an enviable reputation for reviving little-known but important music from the country’s past. Joined by tenor Thomas Walker, the group explores subtle instrumental gems and songs by 16th-century Scottish composer, viol player and soldier Tobias Hume, which display his extraordinarily fertile imagination. Supported by The Binks Trust. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Conversations: Emerson String Quartet
Date	Location
The members of the incomparable New York City-based string quartet discuss their music and closing The Queen’s Hall recital series for Festival 2012 with composer John Harris. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
31 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Hebrides Ensemble and Synergy Vocals
Date	Location
Members of Scotland’s foremost contemporary music group, Hebrides Ensemble, and vocalists from unique voice ensemble Synergy Vocals, discuss presenting a world premiere at Festival 2012 with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Les Vents Français
Date	Location
The five members of France’s celebrated wind ensemble discuss their work, fresh from their Queen’s Hall recital, with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
15 Aug 2.30pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Nicola Benedetti
Date	Location
Brilliant young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about performing at the Edinburgh International Festival with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev, in conversation with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug 2.30pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Tom Cairns
Date	Location
Director of Opera North’s The Makropulos Case Tom Cairns talks about his new production of Janáček’s popular 1926 opera to BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Jamie MacDougall. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
12 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: William Christie
Date	Location
William Christie, the American born conductor and musician, and founder of the French ensemble Les Arts Florissants, talks to John Kitchen about presenting Charpentier’s 1688 opera David et Jonathas at Festival 2012. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Dalmatica
Date	Location
Paris-based vocal ensemble Dialogos brings alive some of the earliest known music, in performances renowned for their purity and spirituality. Dalmatica is a collaboration between the six female singers of Dialogos and Kantaduri, a choir of six traditional Croatian male cantors. They each explore the extraordinary richness of Dalmatian chant and religious music, creating a glowing sound fresco of colourful, compelling pieces. Supported by The Binks Trust. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
14 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Daniil Trifonov
Date	Location
One of the most exciting new names in pianism, young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has been praised for his astonishing technical command, his overwhelming energy, and his total absorption in his music. He performs pieces by three of his compatriots – Scriabin, Medtner, Guido Agosti, as well as Debussy and Chopin. Supported by The Inches Carr Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
24 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

David et Jonathas
Date	Location
David et Jonathas is one of Charpentier’s most dramatic stage works, full of stirring music and passionate arias that convey its achingly poignant story of love, jealousy, witchcraft and war. Conductor William Christie and his exceptional period ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, have a reputation second to none for interpreting the works of the great French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. His cast are some of the top names in early opera and the production is by acclaimed German… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–20 Aug Mon, Fri & Sun 7.15–10pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

David Goodenough
Date	Location
Organ recital. View full details
8 Aug 7.30pm	Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh

Deborah Voigt, Brian Zeger
Date	Location
The celebrated American soprano Deborah Voigt has been lauded for her vivid characterisation and soaring voice. She returns in a concert contrasting richly Romantic songs from Europe with a diverse selection of dazzling American vocal works, accompanied by her regular collaborator, US pianist Brian Zeger. Supported by Classic FM. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
12 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Dennis Deas
Date	Location
Organ recital in aid of the Vine Trust. Featuring works by Krebs, Saint-Saëns, Vierne, Sousa, Stanley, Massenet and others. View full details
7 Jun 7.30pm	Barclay Church, Edinburgh

Dennis Townhill Memorial Recital
Date	Location
Organ recital by Peter Backhouse, John Kitchen and Simon Nieminski. View full details
22 Jun 7.30pm	Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh

Dietrich Henschel, Steven Osborne
Date	Location
German baritone Dietrich Henschel brings his wide experience on the opera stage to his dramatic, heartfelt concert performances, in which he truly embodies the emotions of his songs. He is joined by the acclaimed Scottish pianist Steven Osborne, praised widely for his dazzling pianism in a programme of songs by Wolf, Korngold, Martin and Mahler. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
27 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Dorothea Harris
Date	Location
Organ recital featuring works by JS Bach, Franck and Mendelssohn. View full details
8 Jun 12.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Drake Music Scotland: Technophonia
Date	Location
Technophonia is a new work by Oliver Searle, specially commissioned for Drake Music Scotland, the innovative charity that works with the disabled to enable them to play and compose music. Part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. View full details
15 Jun 7.30pm	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Duo Allemand
Date	Location
Peter Wendland (viola da gamba) and David Roblou (harpsichord) play works by Kuehnel, Hoeffler, JS Bach, Richmann, Handel, Mente, Abel, CPE Bach and Hammer, covering the transition from the baroque to the classical period. View full details and ticket info
7 Jul 7.30pm	St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh

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