3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (108+ words) Holy Trinity Church Haddington 9/9/26 Chatting with a colleague after the recital, we mused over how Samrat Majumder and Sean Shibe have different artistic and stage personas, yet both are equally charismatic and effective communicators. Certainly Samrat Majumder completely captured the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (144+ words) ‘Theme and Variations – Cautionary tales of a 2nd Violin’ by Peter Markham I would like to have learned more about the preparation for performances, and a little more about the music, which I felt tended to get slightly lost in the…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (75+ words) Kincraig Community Hall 27/8/26 Charlie McKerron and Friends Mary-Ann has had a very long and varied career in show business. Her professional journey has taken her from west end dancer and TV actress to air stewardess, business woman, secondary school teacher,…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (53+ words) The Hub, 27/8/ 2026 Routes to Roots, Catriona Price, El Guapo David was formerly Director of the Traditional Music Forum, a national network of traditional music organisations, which promotes knowledge, understanding and access. Your definitive guide to the best classical, folk and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (129+ words) Usher Hall 24/8/26 and 25/8/26 Sinfonia of London, John Wilson conductor Louise Dearman vocals, Matthew Ford vocals The magic touch of arranger Conrad Salinger or pure John Wilson? The tooting horns of Gershwin’s 1951 ‘An American in Paris’ end this fascinating and thoroughly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (204+ words) ‍ Festival Theatre 18/8/26 ‍ Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève ‍Jasser Haj Youssef Music Director & viola d’amore, Gaël Cadoux piano, Nizar Rohana oud, Gabriele Miracle Bragantini percussion, Fadia Tomb El-Hage & Mohammed El Arabi Serghini vocals The sensitive and creative lighting, beautiful flowing…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (155+ words) The Hub, 14th August Jasser Haj Youssef, composer and viola d’amore, Nizar Rohana, oud, Gabriele Miracle Bragintini, percussion. With ears trained on western modes, I found it difficult to understand the intention of the composer and the musicians without a translation…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (137+ words) ‍ Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13/8/26 ‍ ‍Sean Shibe (guitar) The forenoon of 13th August offered charismatic Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe in a programme that ranged from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Attendance was very satisfactory. The concert was recorded for later broadcast on BBC…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (397+ words) The Hub, Edinburgh - 12/08/26 Domo Branch (drums) and Joe Webb (piano), with Anthony Hervey (trumpet), Summer Camargo (trumpet), Joe Webb (piano), Paloma Ximena (saxophone) and the Rising Stars of Jazz – Liam O'Neil (trumpet), Arda Daltaban (alto sax), Zoe Downs (tenor sax),…...