BARB JUNGR SINGS NINA SIMONE
Barb’s hymn to Nina
Barb Jungr has turned to the music of Nina Simone for her latest prorect. folio\I-~.I:ng the release of her Just Like a Woman album ta title that also neatly evokes her earlier Dylan project) wrth this live show dedzcated to the woman whose voice and musical philosophy she grew up loving. She gives short shrift to those — and l have to include myself in this category — who found Ms Simone's style a wee bit over-cooked too much of the time.
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RETREAT! Indie magic from spanking new mini-fest
In recent years mini-festivals Planet Pop and Tigerfest have sought to showcase local artists to Fringe Visitors. before eventually folding or changing date and location. Now it's Retreatl's turn to try and demonstrate some staying power. With a line-up even more toil and locally-focused than any of its predecessors.
The first weeks shows feature the gentle might of Rob St John and Emily Scott l4 Augl. and folky Fence Collectivrtes The Pictish Trail Button
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Series and HMS GinafOre (6 Aug). while the next seven dates feature more traditional styles blended with folktronic experimentation. courtesy of artists such as WOunded Knee. eagleowl. Meursault and Randan Discotheque. This new cafe-based. single-venue venture from yOung Edinburgh promoters The Gentle Invasion, Tracer Trails and Hollow Heart Parlour promises 'locally sourced DIY pop and urban folk'. Doesn't that make it sotind like some kind of aural farmer's market. where only unspoiled and ethically reared acts writ flourish? We can only hope. and that it works well enough to come back again. (David Pollock. I Scott/sh Scul/erv at St John's Church Hall, 229 7565. 4 & (SAug. 7pm. £3.
ROSE STREET ENSEMBLE Eclectic orchestrations from broadminded classicalists
What might a melancholy lute piece by the English Renaissance composer John Dowland and a traditional Romanian folk tune have in common? Not a lot. except that both have been used as the basis of later works for string orchestra. In a fascinating programme which takes as its theme
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songs and tunes. plus their subsequent string orchestra developments. the Rose Street Ensemble have come up wrth half a dozen such pairings. Immediately after lutenist Peter Cooke performs the Dowland. the orchestra and Viola solorst Jessma Beeston wrll play Beniamin Britten's Lac/Iryrnae. his reflections on the Dowland original. With conductor James Lowe. who until recently held the post of RSNO Assooate Conductor. the ensemble also include Arensky's take on Tchaikovsky. Hindemith's on vocal mLISIC by Bach and Bartok's energetic Romanian Folk Dances. The performance is given in aid of the National 800er for EpilepSy. (Carol Marni
I Canongate K/rk. 226 0000, 7 Aug. 8pm. 5710 (£751.
It’s probably safe to say that Scottish Opera is the only name which appears in both the music programme of the International Festival as well as the Fringe. As part of their continuing quest to bring high quality opera to a new audience, the company performs at the Fringe for the first time and expect their touring version of Rossini’s Cinderella to go down well. Having sold out on earlier tours across Scotland in the past year, the production has been praised for the high quality of singing from the seven
young singers who present it.
In a light-hearted vein, director Harry Fehr sets Cinders in the period of its composition, the early 19th century, a time of fashion, elegance and style. It was also the time when the gilded mirrors and glittering chandeliers of the Assembly Rooms first sparkled for Edinburgh high society, so a fitting venue for Scottish Opera’s Fringe debut. (Carol Main) I Assernb/v Rooms, (S93 (9030, ()‘I Jul—2 Aug, 12.:15prn, 1‘20 (915).