Highlights of the Edinburgh International Festival 2008, featuring performances given in the Usher Hall
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) with Ivari Ilja (piano) in romantic songs by Tchaikovsky, Medtner and Rachmaninov.
DetailsPetroc Trelawny presents a performance of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt from the Edinburgh International Festival. Plus an Edinburgh archive recording of Ravel's Scheherezade.
DetailsPetroc Trelawny introduces Les Arts Florissants in French arias and orchestral music from the French Baroque, including works by Rameau, Lambert and Charpentier.
DetailsBudapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer in Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 3; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 15; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; and Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor.
DetailsThe Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer in a programme featuring folk-influenced music from middle-Europe and Dvorak's Symphony No 7.
DetailsWith Petroc Trelawny. The Dresden Staatskapelle perform at the Edinburgh Festival 2008. Featuring Weber's Overture to Oberon and Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, plus Beethoven and Lang.
DetailsPresented by Petroc Trelawny. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Oliver Knussen in Scriabin Settings, Janacek's On the Overgrown Path and Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss.
DetailsMartin Handley presents a performance of Michael Tippett's profoundly moving oratorio A Child of our Time, given at the Edinburgh International Festival.
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