Young and old prepare to take a bow at first Provost's concert

THE Capital's first Lord Provost's People's Concert is set to take place at the weekend.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) will perform The Voice of a City by the late Edward Harper, a musical portrait of Edinburgh with references to the One o'Clock Gun, Jean Brodie and Sean Connery.

Alongside the SCO's 37 performers will be a 140-strong choir of primary school children, comprised of members of the Edinburgh Voice Academy and pupils at Towerbank Primary School. There will also be an adult community choir.

More than 100 pupils from the Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools choirs will perform The Land of Counterpane by Howard Blake as part of the piece.

The one-hour family concert, which Lord Provost George Grubb will attend, will take place at the Usher Hall on Saturday at 3pm.

Organisers hope the concert will become an annual event.