Concert Season 2025 - 2026
With Thanks to our Sponsors
Conductor - Neil Mantle MBE
Note: All evening concerts commence at 7:30pm
in St Cuthbert's Church, Lothian Road
Tickets for all concerts are available for online booking from CultureEdinburgh.com, or by telephone (0131 228 1155) and in person from the Usher Hall Box Office.
Sunday 1st February 2026 at 7:30pm
Wagner and Tchaikovsky
Wagner: Suite from ‘The Mastersingers’
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
soloist: Natasha Day
Tchaikovsky: Tatyana’s Letter Scene from ‘Eugene Onegin’
soloist: Natasha Day
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major ‘Polish’
We welcome in 2026 with excerpts from two very different but equally well-loved operas: Wagner’s most serenely lyrical and warm hearted work: "The Mastersingers", and Tchaikovsky’s story—based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin. The so-called Letter Scene, where Tatyana expresses her feelings for the hero of the opera, is the most celebrated passage in the opera. Natasha Day has appeared with Scottish Sinfonia on several occasions, as soloist in Strauss Four Last Songs, Mahler Symphony No 4, and Mozart Exsultate Jubilate. Natasha, who was awarded a scholarship to study at The Royal College of Music, where she graduated with first class honours, is a prize winner in competitions in Warsaw, Poland and Prague. She is also a past Britten-Pears Young Artist. We are delighted to welcome back this fine artist to perform with us.
Tickets, price price £17.00 (concessions: £15.00; Student: £8.00; accompanied schoolchildren: free), are available now from CultureEdinburgh at the Usher Hall Box Office.
Sunday 3rd May 2026 at 7:30pm
Berlioz, Debussy, Faure and Saint-Saëns
Berlioz: Overture: Le Carnaval Romain
Fauré: Incidental Music: ‘Caligula’
with Linlithgow Ladies Choir, director Kirsty Ball
Debussy: Dances - Danse sacrée et Danse profane
soloist: Helen Thompson (harp)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ Symphony’
We conclude this, our 55th season, with a French evening. The concert opens with Berlioz’s most brightly coloured overture: The Roman Carnival. The pace then relaxes to provide you with an opportunity to hear little-known works by Fauré and Debussy. For the latter, we feature our principal harpist, Helen Thompson, in this hypnotic and typically sensual work. The crowning glory concluding this performance, and bringing our season to a roof-raising conclusion, is Saint-Saëns' thrilling Organ Symphony. St. Cuthbert’s boasts a magnificent four-manual JW Walker organ which has the necessary power and range to counterbalance and even compete with the large orchestral forces in this epic work. We look forward greatly to welcoming you—either as a long standing loyal patron or as a new audience member—to join us in our exciting series of live performances!
Tickets, price price £17.00 (concessions: £15.00; Student: £8.00; accompanied schoolchildren: free), are available now from CultureEdinburgh at the Usher Hall Box Office.
Concert Season 2026 - 2027 — Advance Information
Detailed programme information to be advised when available. Meanwhile, please save the dates!
Sunday 30th August 2026 at 7:30pm
Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Sunday 22nd November 2026 at 7:30pm
Dyson, Delius, Bruch and Brahms
Sunday 7th February 2027 at 7:30pm
Vaughan Williams; Strauss Alpine Symphony
Sunday 9th May 2027 at 7:30pm
Korngold and Mahler
Future dates and programme details will be announced here as they become available.
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