James Lind: Why do we need evidence?
Aim: To honour James Lind, a Scottish physician (born in Edinburgh) who conducted a controlled clinical trial in 1747 (to treat scurvy) and to discuss why evidence matters in decisions about treatments, interventions, vaccinations, and prevention. Speakers: Mr. Iain Milne, Sibbald Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh: “James Lind’s biography – […]
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Loretta Napoleoni @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
On Terrorism’s Money Trail The people-smuggling and kidnapping business in the Middle East is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. In Merchants of Men, journalist and economist Loretta Napoleoni draws on first-hand interviews with hostage negotiators and hostages to show how much of this money is funnelled back into terrorism. An eye-opening exploration from […]
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Filarmonica della Scala 2 @ Edinburgh International Festival
Filarmonica della ScalaRiccardo Chailly Conductor Edinburgh Festival ChorusChristopher Bell Chorus Master Verdi Stabat materVerdi Te DeumRespighi Fontane di RomaRespighi Pini di Roma The sumptuous splendours and vivid colours of Italian music bring the two-concert residency from the Orchestra of Milan’s famed La Scala opera house to a dazzling close, under vibrant Music Director Riccardo Chailly. […]
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Filarmonica della Scala 1 @ Edinburgh International Festival
Filarmonica della Scala Riccardo Chailly Conductor Julian Rachlin Viola Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D Op 11 No 2Bartók Viola ConcertoShostakovich Symphony No 12 ‘The Year 1917’ The Filarmonica della Scala, the orchestra of Milan’s world-renowned opera house La Scala, has been lauded as Italy’s finest symphony orchestra. Its partnership with the historic opera house’s Music […]
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La bohème @ Edinburgh International Festival
La bohème Giacomo Puccini / Teatro Regio Torino / Gianandrea Noseda / Àlex Ollé The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to present this Opera’s greatest, most heartbreaking love story. La bohème is a sumptuous, visually magnificent new production direct from the Teatro Regio, Turin – the opera house that gave the opera its very first staging, back […]
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Verdi’s Requiem @ Edinburgh International Festival
Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio TorinoGianandrea Noseda ConductorClaudio Fenoglio Chorus Master Erika Grimaldi SopranoDaniela Barcellona Mezzo sopranoPiero Pretti TenorMichele Pertusi Bass From pounding drums and blazing trumpets predicting the final judgement, to serene prayers begging for release: Verdi’s Requiem is a choral blockbuster of staggering power, bringing all the drama of the opera house to […]
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Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione are promoting their collaborative album Compared to What. They have both been compared to an impressive array of musical geniuses including Janice Joplin and Tom Waits (vocally) as well as Jimi Hendrix (instrumentally) and exude a wonderful chemistry when performing together. The album includes songs of conscience, wry comedy, […]
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Antonio Manzini @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
J M Gulvin & Antonio Manzini Police out of their confort zone Fish-out-of-water investigators tie together the new crime books from J M Gulvin and Antonio Manzini. Gulvin’s Texas Ranger John Q is out of his depth in a hostile Louisiana as he tries to solve the mystery of a missing blues singer in The […]
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Macbeth @ Edinburgh International Festival
Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi / Teatro Regio Torino / Gianandrea Noseda / Emma Dante A major new production of Verdi’s dark operatic thriller, given by the International Festival’s 2017 resident company Teatro Regio of Turin, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Emma Dante. The opera was the very first to be performed at the […]
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Revolution
Naples, 1647. Masaniello leads the first popular revolt of the modern era. Russia, 1917. The proletarian revolution overthrows the czar and ushers in communism. Edinburgh, 2017. One actor explores what it means to be free. A solo drama by Manuele Morgese and Rolanso Macrini, with an original soundtrack by Rasmus Zschoch. Aug 14-19, 21-26 For […]
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