Culture
Bringing Burns and Beethoven together
Burns and Beethoven will collide in the Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland on World Opera Day. This will come in a special performance by Scottish Opera to celebrate works by some of the world’s great operatic composers, inspired by Scotland’s romantic past. The event is in association the National Museum’s critically acclaimed…
Read MoreThe world’s finest orchestras heading to Scotland
The world’s leading orchestras are to play at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall this autumn. They will perform as part of the Sunday Classics season, including the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are key players in the Usher Hall’s continuing…
Read MoreTwo exhibitions coming to the Open Eye Gallery
Edinburgh’s Open Eye Gallery is staging two exhibitions next month. The first is Impressions: Two Centuries of Printmaking, a wide-ranging exhibition featuring examples from some of the most prominent British printmakers in the last two centuries. In association with John Anderson, this show will include works by Robert Austin, Sandra Blow, Sir Muirhead Bone, Gerald…
Read MoreYoung Gaelic singers to perform in Canada
Six young Gaelic singers from across Scotland have been invited to perform at the renowned Celtic music festival, Celtic Colours, in Canada next month. This will showcase the second phase of the Fuaran project, which aims to inspire young Gaelic speakers to engage with the wealth of Gaelic culture in their local communities. The singers…
Read MoreStatue tribute to Ally Bally Bee writer
A sculpture to remember a 19th century Scottish sweetmaker who penned a world famous children’s lullaby has been unveiled. Hundreds of people attended the ceremony in Galashiels today (Friday 20 September), which saw the Coulter’s Candy statue dedicated to Robert Coltart revealed by sculptor Angela Hunter, local historian Graeme McIver and 14-year-old Liam Darling, a…
Read MoreMarine painter Rob Andrew’s work is all at sea
When it comes down to it, there are very few places that rival the love and inspiration of home. Such a phenomenon is shared by marine painter Rob Andrew who, after working in Czechoslovakia and South Africa, returned to the north east of Scotland to pursue and develop his passion for painting. Drawing on a…
Read MoreA week to go until Scots Language Awards
The inaugural Scots Language Awards are to be presented next week. In 2019, The United Nations Year of Indigenous Language, Hands Up for Trad have launched a new annual award ceremony for Scotland’s vibrant cultural calendar, celebrating the best in the Scots Language, in association with Creative Scotland. Scots Language has long been used by…
Read MoreRichard Demarco to warn of sculpture’s Scottish future
Artist and arts promoter Richard Demarco CBE will tell a special conference that Scottish sculpture is under-celebrated and faces a daunting future. However, he believes that the work of Marchmont House, represents a beacon of hope. Demarco will be among the artists, curators, auctioneers, dealers, collectors and enthusiasts due to gather at the beautiful mid-18thcentury Palladian mansion…
Read MoreThe Exorcist can still provide its share of shocks
On its original cinematic release, The Exorcist became one of the most shocking films of the 1970s. Whilst it’s hard to replicate 1973 sensibilities in 2019, The Excorcist stage production, currently at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, still manages to pull of a few moments that make it uncomfortable viewing. But let’s rewind a little.…
Read MoreGlasgow International Festival returns
The 2020 edition of Glasgow International Festival, one of the UK’s largest and most influential art festivals, will see a host of new commissions and exhibitions. These will showcase the city as a centre for the production and display of innovative contemporary art. The 2020 programme will comprise a Director’s Programme of larger-scale commissions and…
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