Music
| 04 August 2009
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
4–5 September, 7.15pm
Bach never wrote an opera, but that didn’t stop the late director Herbert Wernicke imagining that he had by piecing together six sacred cantatas and performing them on a four-storey stage.
| 04 August 2009
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
28, 29, 31 August, 7.15pm
Handel's opera about the king of Thessaly is performed by the FestespielOrchester Göttingen in Doris Dörrie's production which re-imagines the classical Greek world in terms of Japanese samurai.
| 04 August 2009
Queen's Hall
31 August–1 September, 11am
Two performances by the leading string quartet. The first includes the world premiere of Nigel Osborne's Tiree, alongside Beethoven and Ligeti. The second features Schoenberg and Webern.
| 04 August 2009
Greyfriars Kirk
Selected dates, 5.45pm
Some of the world's greatest musicians – including the European Union Baroque Orchestra and the Ricercar Consort – take turns to work their way through JS Bach's cantatas in this EIF series.
| 04 August 2009
Princes Street Gardens
6 September, 9pm
Because of the tram works, Princes Street is out of bounds, so for the best views of the fireworks head to Calton Hill or the Royal Botanic Garden. And bring a radio to hear the Scottish Chamber Orchestra doing Handel.
| 04 August 2009
Pleasance Dome
5–31 August (not 12, 19), 10.45pm
Until last year, no one had seen the potential of delivering barber-shop harmonies on an operatic scale. Barbershopera proved it could be done – and entertainingly so. Barbershopera II is the inevitable consequence.
| 04 August 2009
Assembly Rooms
6–21 August (not 12), 3.20pm
The actor best known for his Kenneth Williams impersonation pays tribute to the master of English reserve. For more Coward capers check out the similar show by Alistair McGowan.
| 04 August 2009
Corn Exchange
21 August, 7pm
The Ayrshire rockers drive home the taut rhythms and sweet harmonies of new album Puzzle to kick off an autumn tour in frenzied festival fashion.
| 04 August 2009
Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh
17–18 August, 7.30pm
Queen's Hall
19 August, 10pm
Fiery fiddles from the Scottish favourites who draw tunes from across the nation.
| 04 August 2009
Studio 24
13 August, 7pm
The Britpop veterans have been keeping the faith since the mid-90s success of Slight Return and other top 40 faves. Expect a night of melodic guitar pop.
| 04 August 2009
Queen's Hall
17 August, 7pm
The much-touted Edinburgh band combines an indie sensibility with instruments more usually seen in an orchestra. Find out why they were voted Best of the T Break Stage at last year's T in the Park.
| 04 August 2009
Cabaret Voltaire
25–26 August, 7pm
As a producer, he was a key figure in the Liverpool sound of the 1980s. As the man behind the Lightning Seeds, he made some of the most perfect pop of the 1990s. Now he's back with more melting moments.
| 04 August 2009
Edinburgh Playhouse
8 August, 7pm
The Dumbarton-born godfather of rhythmic pop eccentricity and graduate of the Talking Heads sets pulses racing in one of the Fringe's most starry gigs.
| 04 August 2009
The Hub
20, 22, 24 and 26 August, 9.30pm
The eclectic Concerto Caledonia pays homage to Scotland's music in the run up to the 18th century in a series of concerts in which Rabbie Burns is the elephant in the room.
| 04 August 2009
Queen's Hall
19–20 August, 7pm
Fronted by Karen Matheson, the Scottish supergroup blends traditional Gaelic folk and world music, before heating up the mix with contemporary beats.
| 04 August 2009
St Bride's Centre
29 August, 6.30pm
Baxter was one of a trio of musicians who won the prize for best use of music in this year's Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. She joins Brown for an evening of harp and cello.
| 04 August 2009
Assembly Hall
20–22 August, midnight
The former Orange Juice frontman is back on fighting form after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage in 2005. Prepare for a late-night helping of gorgeously offbeat pop.
| 04 August 2009
HMV Picture House
27 August, 7.30pm
Atmospheric soundscapes from the St Albans quartet, sharing their Common Dreads and love of everything hardcore from punk to rave.
| 04 August 2009
Traverse Theatre
2–5 September, 8pm
The rhythms of the workers of a small Italian village take centre stage in Giorgio Battistelli's pioneering symphony. As hammers pound and eggs crack, an actor reads extracts by Enlightenment philosophers.
| 04 August 2009
Corn Exchange
25 August, 7pm
Together again and back in Scotland for the first time in a decade, Faith No More are one of the Fringe's hottest tickets thanks to their alt-metal crossover appeal.
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