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Tondal's Vision |
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St Kilda |
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Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa |
Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa |
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Admeto, re di Tessaglia |
Admeto, re di Tessaglia |
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Actus tragicus |
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Lewis Psalm Singers |
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Huelgas Ensemble |
Dunedin Consort |
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Bach Collegium Japan |
European Union Baroque Orchestra |
Ricercar Consort I |
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Cantus Cölln |
Retrospect Ensemble |
The Sixteen |
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Faith Healer |
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
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The Yalta Game |
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Afterplay |
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Faith Healer |
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Optimism |
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The Last Witch |
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The Last Witch |
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The Last Witch |
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Peter and Wendy |
Peter and Wendy |
Peter and Wendy |
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| The Edinburgh Playhouse | | |
Diaspora |
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The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
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Michael Clark Company |
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Scottish Ballet |
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| The Hub | | |
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Triplepipes, Lust and Spilt Blood |
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Music & The Enlightenment: Classical and Vernacular Traditions |
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The Testament of Cresseid |
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| The Queen's Hall | | |
Collegium Vocale Gent, Kristian Bezuidenhout - Piano |
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Lisa Milne - Soprano, Malcolm Martineau - Piano |
Alexei Ogrintchouk, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov, Boris Andrianov |
Bejun Mehta - Countertenor, Julius Drake - Piano |
Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman - Baritone |
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall - Viola da Gamba and Director |
Elisabeth Leonskaja - Piano |
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Quatuor Mosaïques |
Christoph Prégardien - Tenor, Andreas Staier - Fortepiano |
Scottish Ensemble / Tenebrae |
Andreas Staier - Fortepiano |
Hopkinson Smith - Lute and Baroque Guitar |
Michael Volle - Baritone, Franz Hawlata - Bass, Helmut Deutsch - Piano |
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Arditti Quartet |
Arditti Quartet, Barbara Hannigan - Soprano |
Bernarda Fink - Mezzo soprano, Anthony Spiri - Piano |
Christian Zacharias - Piano |
Emerson String Quartet |
Alexis Kossenko, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden, Lars Ulrik Mortensen |
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Experimentum Mundi |
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| Usher Hall | | Judas Maccabaeus |
Sir Willard White |
Made in Scotland |
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées |
Elias (Elijah) |
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Le Concert des Nations |
Macbeth |
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Bryn Terfel |
Rinaldo |
European Union Baroque Orchestra |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich |
Roméo et Juliette |
Ivo Pogorelich |
Acis and Galatea |
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
Der Fliegende Holländer |
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin |
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists |
The Fairy Queen |
The Dream of Gerontius |
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Venue | | Fri 14 Aug | Sat 15 Aug | Sun 16 Aug | Mon 17 Aug | Tue 18 Aug | Wed 19 Aug | Thu 20 Aug | Fri 21 Aug | Sat 22 Aug | Sun 23 Aug | Mon 24 Aug | Tue 25 Aug | Wed 26 Aug | Thu 27 Aug | Fri 28 Aug | Sat 29 Aug | Sun 30 Aug | Mon 31 Aug | Tue 1 Sep | Wed 2 Sep | Thu 3 Sep | Fri 4 Sep | Sat 5 Sep | Sun 6 Sep |
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Tondal's Vision |
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St Kilda |
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Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa |
Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa |
Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa |
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Admeto, re di Tessaglia |
Admeto, re di Tessaglia |
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Actus tragicus |
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Lewis Psalm Singers |
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Huelgas Ensemble |
Dunedin Consort |
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Bach Collegium Japan |
European Union Baroque Orchestra |
Ricercar Consort I |
Ricercar Consort II |
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Cantus Cölln |
Retrospect Ensemble |
The Sixteen |
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| King's Theatre | | |
Faith Healer |
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Faith Healer |
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
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The Yalta Game |
The Yalta Game |
Afterplay |
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Faith Healer |
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Optimism |
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The Last Witch |
The Last Witch |
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The Last Witch |
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The Last Witch |
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Peter and Wendy |
Peter and Wendy |
Peter and Wendy |
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Diaspora |
Diaspora |
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The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
The Return of Ulysses |
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Michael Clark Company |
Michael Clark Company |
Michael Clark Company |
Michael Clark Company |
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Scottish Ballet |
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Triplepipes, Lust and Spilt Blood |
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Music & The Enlightenment: Classical and Vernacular Traditions |
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The Testament of Cresseid |
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Collegium Vocale Gent, Kristian Bezuidenhout - Piano |
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Lisa Milne - Soprano, Malcolm Martineau - Piano |
Alexei Ogrintchouk, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov, Boris Andrianov |
Bejun Mehta - Countertenor, Julius Drake - Piano |
Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman - Baritone |
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall - Viola da Gamba and Director |
Elisabeth Leonskaja - Piano |
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Quatuor Mosaïques |
Christoph Prégardien - Tenor, Andreas Staier - Fortepiano |
Scottish Ensemble / Tenebrae |
Andreas Staier - Fortepiano |
Hopkinson Smith - Lute and Baroque Guitar |
Michael Volle - Baritone, Franz Hawlata - Bass, Helmut Deutsch - Piano |
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Arditti Quartet |
Arditti Quartet, Barbara Hannigan - Soprano |
Bernarda Fink - Mezzo soprano, Anthony Spiri - Piano |
Christian Zacharias - Piano |
Emerson String Quartet |
Alexis Kossenko, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden, Lars Ulrik Mortensen |
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Experimentum Mundi |
Experimentum Mundi |
Experimentum Mundi |
Experimentum Mundi |
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| Usher Hall | | Judas Maccabaeus |
Sir Willard White |
Made in Scotland |
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées |
Elias (Elijah) |
Philharmonia Orchestra |
Le Concert des Nations |
Macbeth |
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Bryn Terfel |
Rinaldo |
European Union Baroque Orchestra |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich |
Roméo et Juliette |
Ivo Pogorelich |
Acis and Galatea |
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
Der Fliegende Holländer |
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin |
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists |
The Fairy Queen |
The Dream of Gerontius |
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Composer Giorgio Battistelli discusses the integration and transformation of sounds associated with traditional working environments into music.
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Date: Fri 14 Aug: 7:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Handel's Judas Maccabaeus has a star line up of soloists and promises to open the Festival in style.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
A concert of rarely performed songs by Haydn performed by the exquisite voices of Collegium Vocale Gent accompanied by rising star Kristian Bezuidenhout.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
An evening with one of the world's best loved singers Sir Willard White, including songsby Ives, Britten, Quilter, well known spirituals and Copland's Old American Songs.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Alexander Broadie, Sir Timothy Clifford, Juliana Engberg and Duncan Macmillan discuss Visual Art and the Enlightenment.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Curator Juliana Engberg in conversation with artists Gabrielle de Vietri, Nathan Coley and Greg Creek, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
The Lewis Psalm Singers present a joyful and at times plaintive concert which promises to be an intensely moving experience.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Tom Devine, Arthur L Herman and Ong Keng Sen discuss the theme Scotland Exports the Enlightenment.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Ibrahim Kalin from Georgetown University, Washington DC and SETA Foundation, Ankara, Turkey, discusses Islam and the Enlightenment.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Scotland's own internationally acclaimed soprano Lisa Milne sings songs inspired by Scotland with Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Francis George Scott.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 12:00pm
Venue: The Hub
The creative team of Optimism discuss the process undertaken to create a 21st century take on Voltaire's Candide, as part of our Behind the Scenes and Conversations series.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Maggie Gee, Knud Haakonssen, Michael Kantor and Tom Wright discuss The Ages of Optimism and Pessimism: Utopian and Dystopian Ideas.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Ong Keng Sen, director, discusses his production Diaspora, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Traditional Gaelic song, contemporary music, vintage and modern film, actors, singers and acrobats tell the story of the 'Birdmen' of St Kilda.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Traditional Gaelic song, contemporary music, vintage and modern film, actors, singers and acrobats tell the story of the 'Birdmen' of St Kilda.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Traditional Gaelic song, contemporary music, vintage and modern film, actors, singers and acrobats tell the story of the 'Birdmen' of St Kilda.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Philippe Herreweghe founded the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées to recreate the brilliance of Romantic music on original instruments.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Alexei Ogrintchouk, a young oboist blazing a trail around the world, makes his Festival debut.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 5:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug: 5:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 3:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 6:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug: 6:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The energy in the music and the inspired orchestration make Mendelssohn's final oratorio one of classical music's most popular works.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Sensational countertenor Bejun Mehta returns to the Festival with long term collaborator Julius Drake for this concert of works by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven and others.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
One of Bartók's most scintillating scores coupled with Esa-Pekka Salonen's Piano Concerto, dedicated to the pianist Yefim Bronfman, the soloist in this performance.
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Date: Thu 20 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Christopher Maltman is renowned for the intensity, character and emotion of his singing. The Hebrides Ensemble is fast becoming a Festival favourite.
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Date: Wed 19 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Accompanist Malcolm Martineau holds a public masterclass with four young singers and their accompanists, as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The work of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and James MacMillan together in a celebration of their home nation, Scotland.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present works by Brade, del Milà, Cabezon, Guerrero and Samuel Scheidt.
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Date: Thu 20 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Ballads, psalms and songs from the days of Columba to the present, rub shoulders with medieval and renaissance dance tunes and an 18th century bagpipe.
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Date: Thu 20 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
A concert of chorales by Bach and his inspirational predecessor Michael Praetorius.
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Date: Thu 20 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Le Concert des Nations are experts in performing both the familiar music of Handel and the less-known compositions of Marais.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Chopin played one of his last ever concerts in a house on Queen Street in Edinburgh in 1848. Here virtuoso pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja recreates that special occasion.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Verdi regarded Shakespeare's Scottish play as 'one of the greatest creations of man'.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Dunedin Consort performs Bach's Dialogue Cantatas along with two of Bach's chorale preludes for organ.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Onora O'Neill, John V Pickstone and Martin Rees discuss Science and Tolerance, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Silviu Purcarete, director, discusses his production of Faust, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Choreographer Christian Spuck and conductor Benjamin Pope, with dancers from Royal Ballet of Flanders, discuss and demonstrate the processes through which they created The Return of Ulysses.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Cesc Gelabert and Lydia Azzopardi talk about their work as creators of dance theatre, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Concerto Caledonia's dance band steps back in time for a colourful evening of Scottish dance music.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Gelabert's brings a joyful premiere to Festival 09.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Gelabert's brings a joyful premiere to Festival 09.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Gelabert's brings a joyful premiere to Festival 09.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The Orchestra is famous for its fresh sound, with musicians playing on period instruments and pouring their passion into the music, led by Sir Roger Norrington.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Sir Roger Norrington, John Purser and Marjorie Rycroft discuss Music and the Enlightenment: Classical and Vernacular Traditions, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Bryn Terfel and accompanist Malcolm Martineau perform a heart-warming selection of favourite songs including traditional songs from the British Isles.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Performing on period instruments, Quatuor Mosaïques are respected throughout the world for their thoughtful and authentic interpretations of Haydn's chamber music.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler and performers from Handspring Puppet Company's production of Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria reveal some of the secrets of bringing life to the art of puppetry as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Fri 21 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Christian Spuck's exhilarating production is filled with humour, wit and the down right weird.
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Date: Sat 22 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Christian Spuck's exhilarating production is filled with humour, wit and the down right weird.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Christian Spuck's exhilarating production is filled with humour, wit and the down right weird.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Christian Spuck's exhilarating production is filled with humour, wit and the down right weird.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
William Kentridge, artist, discusses his work including his collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
In the 18th century many musicians left Scotland to further their musical ambitions. They took European art styles and adapted them, weaving together elements of Scots song with the new-fangled baroque...
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 7:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The story of thwarted love in a time of war, religious strife and witchcraft contributed to the instant success of Handel's Rinaldo.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Christoph Prégardien joins fortepianist Andreas Staier to perform a concert of songs by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and a selection of rarely performed gems by Norbert Burgmüller.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Famed for its performance of Bach's works Masaaki Suzuki's Bach Collegium Japan is joined here by three outstanding singers in a concert of solo cantatas.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: Canongate Kirk
Vocal ensemble Dialogos presents this 12th century vision in a new context with medieval polyphony producing a pure and expressive rendition of this ancient story.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: Canongate Kirk
Vocal ensemble Dialogos presents this 12th century vision in a new context with medieval polyphony producing a pure and expressive rendition of this ancient story.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
This extraordinary youth orchestra performs with period instruments and for this concert has tripled its usual size, boasting 60 players.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Rona Munro, playwright, and Dominic Hill, director, discuss the creation of a world premiere, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Julian Goodare, Ruth Little, Rona Munro and Adrienne Scullion discuss On the Dark Side: Witchcraft and the Theatre, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
James MacMillan's cantata for choir and strings has become one of the composer's most loved works, for which the Ensemble is joined by chamber choir Tenebrae.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Exceptional fortepianist Andreas Staier performs a selection of pieces by Clementi, Schubert, Schumann and the Irish composer and pianist John Field.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Swedish soprano Maria Keohane performs Handel's solo cantata Silete Venti and Bach's life-affirming wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Opera singers, musicians, half life-sized puppets and animated film are used to retell the Greek myth of Ulysses.
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Date: Tue 25 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Opera singers, musicians, half life-sized puppets and animated film are used to retell the Greek myth of Ulysses.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Opera singers, musicians, half life-sized puppets and animated film are used to retell the Greek myth of Ulysses.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Geoffrey Boulton and Charles Withers discuss Science and the Enlightenment, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 9:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Burns's song Scots Wha Hae appears here in Pietro Urbani's musical depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn, as part of a feast of curiosities from Enlightenment Edinburgh.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Symphony No 70 is one of Haydn's most flamboyant pieces. In contrast, in his Seven last words of our saviour on the cross, all seven movements are slow and dark.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Extrovert and poetic music from contrasting climates: high baroque, French lute music, and evocative Spanish tunes.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: St Cecilia's Hall
Virtuoso fortepianist Andreas Staier gives a lecture and demonstration on the music of Muzio Clementi, as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Some of Bach's earliest cantatas with an outstanding line-up of singers. Directed from the viol by Philippe Pierlot, the concerts feature soprano soloist Katharine Fuge.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Brahms' Variations on a theme by Haydn is a bold and diverse work with a phenomenal triumphant finale. Berio's love of folk music is clear.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
The second of two concerts by the Ricercar Consort exploring some of Bach's earliest cantatas.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Roméo et Juliette is one of Berlioz's greatest & most original works. Often reduced to orchestral excerpts this concert offers a rare opportunity to hear the full work.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
A great opportunity to experience two wonderful singers performing with renowned pianist Helmut Deutsch.
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Date: Sun 23 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Mon 24 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Wed 26 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Thu 27 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Last Witch is based on the historical account of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Pogorelich brings his own distinct interpretations to well-known piano works such as Chopin's Nocturne and Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Acis and Galatea remains one of his most popular and enduring operas, with passion filled arias such as I rage, I melt, I burn.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The esteemed Arditti Quartet embarks on a musical journey from Beethoven through seminal works by Webern and Schoenberg to contemporary masterpieces by Ligeti and Dutilleux.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Anne Bogart, Lee Breuer, Roger L Emerson and Paul Goring discuss The Face of the Enlightenment as part of our Discussions and Talks series.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Doris Dörrie, author, filmmaker and director of the opera Admeto in conversation, as part of our Comversations of Artists series.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The concert includes Beethoven's towering achievement Grosse Fuge, Webern's delightful Bagatelles opus 9 and Schoenberg's String Quartet No 2, the quartet being joined by soprano Barbara Hannigan.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Göttingen International Handel Festival re-imagine Admeto's classical Greek world as the world of the Japanese samurai.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Göttingen International Handel Festival re-imagine Admeto's classical Greek world as the world of the Japanese samurai.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Göttingen International Handel Festival re-imagine Admeto's classical Greek world as the world of the Japanese samurai.
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Date: Fri 28 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Michael Clark wonderful company of dancers come to Edinburgh for an evening of exhilarating modern dance.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Michael Clark wonderful company of dancers come to Edinburgh for an evening of exhilarating modern dance.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Michael Clark wonderful company of dancers come to Edinburgh for an evening of exhilarating modern dance.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Michael Clark wonderful company of dancers come to Edinburgh for an evening of exhilarating modern dance.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
The highly acclaimed partnership of Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO appears at the Festival for the first time since his appointment as Chief Conductor.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Learn some rhythm from the master of movement. Dance specialist Charles McNeal presents a physical movement workshop suitable for everyone, as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Moral Universals and Moral Progress: the New Science of Good and Evil, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Illuminating concert juxtaposing two cantatas by Buxtehude with early works Bach.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Wagner's rousing re-telling of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Stewart Sutherland and Paul Wood discuss The Enlightenment and the Academies, as part of our Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink and pianist Anthony Spiri perform Dvorák's Biblical Songs and Gypsy Songs alongside a selection of songs by Schubert.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Ashley Page, Artistic Director, and Ian Spink, choreographer, in conversation, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Matthew Halls directs from the keyboard in a concert featuring Carolyn Sampson.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and with Christian Tetzlaff on violin, the music of JS Bach is central to this diverse repertoire pieces from Webern, Berg and Brahms.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Perenial Festival favourite Christian Zacharias is completely at home showing the full range of his virtuosity in this programme of works by Haydn, Brahams and Scarlatti.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 5:45pm
Venue: Greyfriars Kirk
Harry Christophers leads his renowned choir and period ensemble in a concert of cantatas written by Bach during his Leipzig years.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, his Choir and orchestra offer a fresh and inspiring interpretation of Bach's cantatas which has won them acclaim around the world.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
James Buchan and Andrew S Skinner discuss Political Economy: Adam Smith and Others, as part of our Enlightenment Discussions and Talks series at The Hub.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Lee Breuer, director and Liza Lorwin, adapter, talk about their production Peter and Wendy, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: The Hub
David Levin, director and Elizabeth Elliot, translator, discuss The Testament of Cresseid, as part of our Conversations with Artists series.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Hub
Liza Lorwin, producer and adaptor of Peter and Wendy, presents a demonstration workshop with puppeteers and performers, as part of our Behind the Scenes series.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
The multi-Grammy award-winning Emerson Quartet presents the transparent beauty of Beethoven's Harp quartet, along with Mendelssohn's earliest and last works in this genre.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 11:00am
Venue: The Queen's Hall
Four great musicians come together to bring Festival audiences music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Traverse Theatre
Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans sets them to work, producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Traverse Theatre
Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans sets them to work, producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Traverse Theatre
Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans sets them to work, producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Traverse Theatre
Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans sets them to work, producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Purcell's version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream offers an extraordinary variety of music.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 9:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Friel's expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 9:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Friel's expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 9:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Friel's expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Friel's expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 2:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Friel's expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 9:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
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Date: Tue 1 Sep: 6:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 2:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 5:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
An extraordinary chance encounter between two of Chekhov's lost souls. As we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant adaptation. A bittersweet imagining of childhood by visual artists, puppeteers and musicians.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant adaptation. A bittersweet imagining of childhood by visual artists, puppeteers and musicians.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant adaptation. A bittersweet imagining of childhood by visual artists, puppeteers and musicians.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant adaptation. A bittersweet imagining of childhood by visual artists, puppeteers and musicians.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal Lyceum Theatre
Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant adaptation. A bittersweet imagining of childhood by visual artists, puppeteers and musicians.
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Date: Sat 15 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 2:00pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Sun 16 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Mon 17 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Tue 18 Aug: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: King's Theatre
Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre and creates a mosaic of narratives that is both seductive and terrifying.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Scottish Ballet presents three works for the 2009 Festival.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 2:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Scottish Ballet presents three works for the 2009 Festival.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 7:30pm
Venue: The Edinburgh Playhouse
Scottish Ballet presents three works for the 2009 Festival.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: Usher Hall
Huge forces gather to perform Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. His masterpiece is quintessentially British from the spine tingling opening to the symphonic climax.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Bach's music offers a promise of redemption while the cast build an intricate and detailed picture of day to day life.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 7:15pm
Venue: Festival Theatre
Bach's music offers a promise of redemption while the cast build an intricate and detailed picture of day to day life.
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Date: Sat 29 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Sun 30 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Mon 31 Aug: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Wed 2 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Thu 3 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Fri 4 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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Date: Sat 5 Sep: 8:00pm
Venue: The Hub
Testament of Cresseid completes the story left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The world premiere of this epic work is commissioned by the Festival.
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