BBC SSO: Songfest & Rhapsody in Blue

The BBC SSO brings its season opening concert to Edinburgh tomorrow, and it’s all about America. After Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and a new work by Augusta Read Thomas come Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (with soloist Marc-andré Hamelin) and Bernstein’s opulent celebration of America, Songfest. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, tomorrow, 0131-228 1155