This weekend, Music, Classical

• 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.

• Directed by: Bjorn Bantock (cond)
• Written by: Bantock

Bjorn Bantock conducts Holst's A Moorside Suite, Bantock's From The Far West, Alwyn's Sinfonietta For Strings, Finzi's Romance For String Orchestra, Ireland's Elegiac Meditation and Britten's Variations On A Theme By Frank Bridge.

• Written by: E. Grieg

The orchestra performs Vivaldi's Concerto For Violin No 4 In A Minor, Ponchielli's Concerto In F For Trumpet, Bach's Double Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, Corelli's Concerto Grosso In D, Faure's Pavane and Grieg's Holberg-Suite.

Antonin Dvořák's Cello Concerto is one of the great concertos, odd since its composer claimed not to like the cello as a concerto instrument and always swore he'd never write one (and when he did, he promised the solo part to his cellist friend Hanus Wihan but then gave it to somebody else). Here, the soloist is Norwegian…

The French early music ensemble plays sacred and secular pieces by Monteverdi, Lassus, Frescobaldi and others.

Young musicians in recital.

• Directed by: Pavel Kogan (cond)
• Written by: Shostkavich

Pavel Kogan conducts Rimsky-Korsakov's Introduction And Three Miracles from Tsar Saltan, Shostkavich's Cello Concerto No 1 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 In B Minor 'Pathetique'. With cellist Nina Kotova.

The wonderful cellist Pavlos Carvalho treats us once again to two evenings of Bach & an opportunity to hear Bach's complete solo suites for violoncello. This evening we will hear the ever popular & magical first cello suite in G, followed by the dramatic D minor suite & then the joyous suite in D major. True…

• Directed by: David Pestell (cond)

Conductor David Pestell makes his debut with a programme of popular classics and lighter pieces from composers including Eric Coates.

Brilliant young cellist Pavlos Carvalho continues his survey of Bach's mesmerising solo cello suites. This evening's concert includes the suites in C & C minor along with the warm & lyrical suite in E flat. Sumptuous music in sumptuous surroundings.

From Coates to Ellis and from Wood to Sullivan, light music is enduringly popular and the Edinburgh Light Orchestra gives regular concerts celebrating this evocative repertoire.

The violinist performs various works.

For 40 years, the Meadows Chamber Orchestra has been one of the leading amateur orchestras in Scotland.

• Directed by: Marios Papadopoulos (cond)
• Written by: Shostakovich

Marios Papadopoulos conducts Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 In A Minor, Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite and Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite.

• Written by: Smetana

The orchestra performs works by Smetana, Wagner and Rachmaninov.

Following last year's memorable performance, popular local pianist Rachel Fryer is providing another opportunity to hear Bach’s extraordinary Goldberg Variations in their entirety, as made famous by Glenn Gould. Full of contrast, the Variations last 80 minutes.

• Written by: Beethoven

The pianist performs works by Beethoven, Gershwin and others.

• Directed by: Paul Brough (cond)
• Written by: Gesualdo

Paul Brough conducts Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responsories, Paul Crabtree's Tenebrae Responsories On Songs By Bob Dylan, Ravel's Trois Chansons, Vitols's The Castle Of Light, Bernard Hughes's The Death Of Balder and Kodaly's Matra Pictures.

The soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and pianists perform various works.

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.

• Written by: Shostakovich

The cellist and pianist Beethoven's Sonata For Cello And Piano In C, Shostakovich's Sonata For Viola And Piano and Rachmaninov's Vocalise.