Timelapse footage of the set-up of Faust, at the the Lowland Hall.

Here is a time-lapse video of The Hub, Edinburgh, being set up for the Edinburgh International Festival 2009.

Göttingen International Handel Festival re-imagine Admeto's classical Greek world as the world of the Japanese samurai.

This extraordinary youth orchestra performs with period instruments and for this concert has tripled its usual size, boasting 60 players. Credit: Different Films

Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit.

A scene from the premiere of Optimism at Malthouse Melbourne. Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, is tranformed into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.

Part three of Jonathan Mills video introduction to Festival 09

Part two of video introduction of Festival 09

The first of three part Festival introduction by Director Jonathan Mills

Watch our trailer and get a flavour of what's on offer in Festival 09.

Silviu Purcarete's wild adaptation of this iconic tale is a large scale work with industrial music, remarkable staging and a huge cast. Macabre theatre on a grand scale.

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.