The Royal Scottish National Orchestra plays Grieg's Piano Concerto for Valentine's weekend at the Usher Hall.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra are at Usher Hall on Friday 12 February, a Valentine's weekend concert they've titled Romantic Valentine's: Grieg's Piano Concerto. The programme is built around the idea that 'music is the food of love', and the main course is Grieg's Piano Concerto, one of the most loved pieces in the romantic repertoire.
It's a fitting choice for the date. Grieg's concerto is known for its sweeping melodies and that particular kind of Nordic lyricism that sits well with the February cold, and the RSNO are marking the occasion with a full programme of romantic music to go alongside it. If you're looking for something to do over the Valentine's weekend, this is a straightforward one: a night of orchestral music in one of the city's proper concert halls.
That hall is Usher Hall on Lothian Road, which is the main home of the Edinburgh International Festival and the city's key venue for visiting national and international orchestras. It's a Beaux Arts building that dates back to 1896, when Andrew Usher gave £100,000 to the City of Edinburgh to found a concert hall; the hall itself was completed in 1914 and is still one of the city's architectural gems, with some of the best acoustics in Europe. It's a space built for this kind of music, so it's a good place to hear a full orchestra.
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The concert falls on Friday 12 February, right at the start of the Valentine's weekend, so it works as a date or just as a night out on your own. The RSNO are the main feature, and Grieg's Piano Concerto is the centrepiece of the programme. If you've never heard it live, it's a great one to start with—big, romantic, and exactly what you'd expect from a Valentine's themed evening.
