Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghFirst performed in 1894, Massenet's Thaïs is one of opera's most striking examinations of the relationship between religion and sensuality, and a love story of unique strangeness. In 4th-century Alexandria, the monk Athanaël de... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghFestival programming sometimes allows us to hear different – and contrasting – performances of the same work. So it has been in Edinburgh with Mahler's Rückert Lieder, played first by Bo Skovhus and Stefan Vladar at the Quee... more info

The Telegraph — Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal's first concert was interesting to hear for about ten minutes but unfortunately it went on for 30, says Ivan Hewett. more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghMartha Argerich and Nelson Goerner's duet concert was, unsurprisingly, one of the hot tickets for this year's festival. To argue that it represented a departure for Argerich would be foolish, but given her tendency to limit herse... more info

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The Telegraph — The opening concernt for this year's Easten-inspired Edinburgh International Festival typified so much of the 19th-century European fantasy version of the Orient. Rating: Paradies: * * * */Duo: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghDuring his time (2005-2008) as composer-in-association with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Jonathan Harvey composed a trilogy of works dealing with Vajrayana Buddhist concepts of purification for the orchestra and its then chief cond... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghThe over-arching theme of this year's international festival is the cultural relationship between the east and Europe. In terms of theatre and dance, the emphasis falls strongly on visiting companies from the far and near east. T... more info

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