For the first time, Lie Down and Listen – is coming to Edinburgh at the stunning St Giles' Cathedral in April 2026 with the deeply relaxing sound healing and lying down classical concert experience like no other, offering an opportunity to deeply relax and shift perspective through sound and music.
Sink into soft luxurious mattresses and gaze upwards towards your higher self. You'll leave feeling deeply relaxed and perhaps transformed.
Friday 17 April 2026
7.30pm (90mins duration)
Saturday 18 April 2026
7.30pm (90mins duration)
St Giles' Cathedral, High Street,
Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
When you attend a Lie Down and Listen session, you open yourself up to receiving inner peace, freedom and light.
Lie Down and Listen:
Duration: 90mins experience
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Sounds: Tibetan Bowls + Classical Piano with Lie Down and Listen founder / pianist Christina McMaster who will guide you through a deep relaxation, followed by Tibetan bowl sound healing and a blissful live classical piano concert experience as you lay down in the stunning Cathedral surroundings.
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All mattresses, cushions, blankets included for your comfort.
"Utterly Blissed Out"
The Financial Times
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"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
The Evening Standard Magazine
Meet Pianist/Founder Christina McMaster
Christina McMaster is a pianist, composer and founder of Lie Down & Listen – a truly creative spirit fascinated by deep listening and sound. She has performed at numerous festivals U.K and worldwide, featured on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3, Classic FM.
She attended the Purcell School and was selected as a young artist in residence at St John’s Smith square. She studied with Joanna MacGregor at The Royal Academy of Music and was later appointed an Associate. She has been a mentor for Geneva International Music Competition, UNESCO Day of the Girl, and given talks at Universities in the U.K and U.S, including at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Christina has collaborated with numerous visual artists, leading composers and artists - including composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Freya Waley-Cohen, Folk music legend Peggy Seeger and electronic artist Tom Middleton.
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“An incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
- Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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"One of the most talked about concerts of our festival."
Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
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She was a Visiting Associate at Kings College in London, developing the ‘Sound Mind’ project with Dr Sally Marlow which evolved into Lie down & Listen. In April 2023, Christina premiered her composition ‘Inner Temple’ inspired by 12th Century Priestess Hildegard Von Bingen. In December 2024, she premiered another of her compositions - ‘Sound Journey to Mars’ - created for Artist Luke Jerram’s ‘Mars’ installation at the Painted Hall in London. Christina has a particular interest in 20th Century French Music – and spent many summers studying in Aix-en-Provence with Bernard Flavigny.
