900 Years

Capella Edina Orchestra

Wow, what a great concert. We returned to Usher Hall, this time for a concert by Edinburgh's Capella Edina Orchestra. The city was founded in 1124 and this concert was part of the ongoing 900th birthday celebrations. The program was packed with works from Johann Strauss and others. As good as those works were, the biggest crowd pleasers (and our favorites) were a couple of traditional Scottish pieces where the orchestra was accompanied by a pipe band. Nothing says Scotland more than bagpipes and snare drums.

Interestingly, we were seated immediately behind the VIP section where the Right Honorable Lord Provost of Edinburgh (similar to a city mayor in the US) was seated with a delegation of dignitaries.