Anna Stegmann (recorder) & Corina Marti (harpsichord)  Music in the 16th century was closely connected to the human voice, even when played on instruments. The art of diminution, ornamenting a simple line, allowed performers to shape music with expression and individuality. In La Fontegara (1535), Silvestro Ganassi presents the recorder not just as an instrument, but as a means of speech, capable of expressing a variety …

Please note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. Beethoven's Op. 18 No. 6 captures the composer at his most playful and searching, its extraordinary final movement — marked La Malinconia — a glimpse …

Jean-François Madeuf (natural trumpet) & The Rossetti Players  Barbara Konrad, first violin Yun-Kyung Kim-Fernandez, second violinSylvestre Vergez, viola François-Emmanuel Douchy, bass violinMario Sarrechia, harpsichord “Formerly, the trumpet had its place in noisy military music; now, having learned to play softly, it knows how to accompany the most tender flutes and perform in duets with the most delicate voices.” (Godfrey Keller, Six Sonatas…, dedication to …

Música d’Outrora:  Conor Gricmanis, violin    Pablo Devigo, harpsichord & organ    Louis Moisan, baroque guitar & theorbo    Timothy Lin, viola da gamba & cello    Chun-Yuan Yang, lirone    Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy explores the radical, improvisatory world of the seventeenth-century stylus phantasticus. Through works by Castello, Stradella, Fontana, Buxtehude and others, Música d’Outrora traces a world of sudden contrasts, rhetorical freedom and intense expression. The programme …

Please note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. The Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra (EMGO) is delighted to be playing at St Cecilia's Hall once again. The orchestra features mandolins, mandolas, guitars and …

Please note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. Tanaka Denjiro VII and musicians from the Kabuki Theatre Step into a world where sound paints vivid portraits of ancient Japan. This evocative performance explores …

Please note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. Denjiro Tanaka Vll and musicians from the Kabuki Theatre Experience the raw energy and beauty of Japan's most prestigious musical traditions. Tanaka Denjiro VII and …

Please note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe, Scotland’s national instrument. The musicians, Sean McKeown, …