EIF 2015 concerts: top ten
The opening night. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus in Brahms's choral works and Strauss's Ein Heldenleben. Usher Hall, August 8
Andrew Davis conducts a concert performance of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Usher Hall, August 12
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Lelio with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the National Youth Choir of Scotland. Usher Hall, August 13
Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mozart's Requiem. Usher Hall, August 18
Christine Brewer sings Strauss, Clara Schumann, Schubert and American songs. Queen's Hall, August 22
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Usher Hall, August 22
Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. Usher Hall, August 24
Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang play Brahms. Queen's Hall, August 26
Pianist Daniil Trifonov and baritone Matthias Goerne perform songs by Berg, Schumann and Brahms. Queen's Hall, August 29
Rudolf Buchbinder plays Beethoven's complete piano sonatas across nine concerts. Playfair Library, August 8-26
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