MUSIC
music and disguised as Lachie and the Puffins.
WEDNESDAY 20 Edinburgh
I Hamish Bayne and Martin Cole Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royalc Upstairs. West Register Street. 5574792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Hamish. the original McCalman. now a concertina maker. whistle player. singer etc. in duo with guitar maker and mandolin player Martin Cole.
REDEM— Glasgow
I Charity Ceilidh City Halls. Candleriggs. 227 551 1 . £7.50. Bar till 12.30am. Support Sense in Scotland. the National Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association. Music from the Assembly Players. A caller will keep you in step.
I The National Acoustic Band Star Folk Club. Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside MitchelITheatrc. 8pm. £2.
Residencies
GLASGOW Fridays
I Victoria BarStockwell Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Informal Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681.8.311pm. Free. Live groups.
Saturdays
I Pier Lights and Guests Traders. Glassford Street. 8.30pm. Free. Folk and rock.
I Victoria BarSiockwcll Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
I Neilan Jessie's Gallowgate. Evening. Free. Live acoustic/electric band.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Live music.
Sundays
I Session Riverside. Fox Street. offCIyde Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular afternoon of songs and music.
I Park Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session in Highlanders‘ pub.
1 Mondays
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30—9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the folk scene.
I Irish Session Sharkey‘s Bar. beside Citizens’ Theatre. Gorbals. 429 3944. 8.30pm. Free. The McCues and other top Glasgow Irish musicians from Comhaltas.
Tuesdays
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm.
Wednesdays
I Glasgow Songwriters Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Live music.
- EDINBURGH Fridays
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion and guitar in the bar.
I North Sea Gas Platform One. Caledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.
I Mhairi D'Reilly Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9pm. Free.
I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—lam. Blues.pop.
folk and more from Irish pianist.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening. Free. Downstairs songs with guitar etc. upstairs bar with piano.
Saturdays
I Black Orpheus Queen Street Oyster Bar. Junction of Queen Street and Hanover Street. 1-4pm. Free. Cosmopolitan music on accordion and guitar.
I Gaudi Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Celtic music on guitar. mandolin and fiddle.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Highlanders‘ haunt. Accordion/guitar in the bar.
I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—lam. Blues. pop. folk and more from Irish pianist.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal music in the upstairs and downstairs bars.
Sundays
I Sandy Bells Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
I Muckle Ado L'Attachc. basement of Rutland Iiotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Singalong Scottish folkies.
I Full Shilling Band Ryric‘s Bar. Haymarket. junction of Dairy Road. 9pm. Free. Alternate weeks. songs and tunes.
I Nancy Nicholson Royal Oak, Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Singer and melodeon player.
Mondays
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30—9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the folk scene.
I Miro L‘Attache. basement ofRutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Wild Irish and Celtic instrumental music.
I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—lam. Blues. pop. folk and more from Irish pianist.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. 229 2665. Free. Traditional Scottish music on squeeze boxes and fiddles.
Tuesdays
I Just the Very Donkeys L'Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. 9pm. Free. Electric blues.
I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—Iam. Blues.pop. folk and more from Irish pianist.
I The Famous Other Band Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 556 3254. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Black Orpheus Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Eclectic duo on guitar and accordion.
I Miro Leith Oyster Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Irish and Celtic music. I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—1am. Blues. pop. folk and more from Irish pianist.
I Eat the Seats L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. 9pm. Free. Blues and bluegrass.
Thursdays
I Earthbeat BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World music programme.
I Zydeco L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Bluesy electric cajun rock.
I Martin Burns Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. Free. 8pm—1am. Blues.pop. folk and more from Irish pianist.
I Little Green Monkeys Bannerman’s Bar. Cowgate. 556 3254. 9pm. Free. Vocals. guitar and fiddle. contemporary duo.
I Number One Music Cellar No 1. Chambers Street. 2204298. Free. Basement wine bar has flamenco guitarist Freddie Triay with friends and dancers.
CLASSICAL
FRIDAY 8 Glasgow
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Admission free by ticket. Evelyn Glennie along with SNO timpanist Martin Gibson. percussionists Pamella Dow and Louise Paterson and pianists Jack Keaney and Jean Hutchison. plays the Sonatafor two pianos and percussion by Bartok and Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miku.
I Stakis Masterclass Stevenson Ilali. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free at door. Percussion masterclass directed by Evelyn Glennie. I BBC SSO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall . 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £3—£13.50(conc available). The Glasgow Series continues with Rachmaninov‘s Symphony No 2 . Mozart's Piano Concerto N027(soloist Tatian Nikolaieva) and Beethoven‘s overture Ruins of A thens.
I Mozart from H New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 9. £4 (£3/£2/£1.50). The RSAMD Opera School presents a kaleidoscope of Mozart‘s operatic music from Ascanio in Alba to Die Zauberflote.
I Friends of the Samaritans Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). A varied programme of music for concert band conducted by Edgar Williams with Louise Vickerman. harp and Delia Lynch. cello.
I Glasgow University Choral Society and Orchestra Bute Hall. Glasgow University.
7. 30pm. [ind of term concert conducted by Marjorie Rycroft.
Edinburgh
I RSNO Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 9. £3—£15 (£3). James Loughran conducts Sibelius‘s Symphony No 5. Dances of Galanta by Kodaly and the Brahms Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakas as soloist.
SATURDAY 9
Glasgow
I RSAMD Junior Department Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. Admission free by ticket. Wind band and brass ensemble. 4 I Mozart from A—Z New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£3:’£2/£I .50). See Fri 8.
I RSNO Glasgow Royal Concert Ilall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £3.50—£15(£3). See Fri 8. Edinburgh.
I Lyle String Quartet Art Gallery & Museum. Kelvingrove. 7pm. Free at door. New series of free Saturdayevening recitals in splendid surroundings.
SUNDAY 10 Glasgow
I Pops at the Philharmonic Glasgow Royal Concert Ilall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £6—£15. By popular demand. the return of Classical Sensations. a programme ofclassical pops such as the 1812. Bolero etc etc performed by the City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Glasgow Singers conducted by Iain Sutherland.
I Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Stevenson
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QUEEN'S HALL CONCERT SERIES
Friday 22nd March Capercaillie . Hamish Moore & Dick Lee Quartet . Rod Paterson Sponsored by Glenkinchie Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tuesday 26th March New Celeste . Meg Davis . Amos & Rocks Sponsored by Lismor Recordings Wednesday 27th March The McCaImans & Friends . Maddy Prior & Rick Kemp . Ceolbeg Sponsored by Ellison Harte Developments plc Friday 29th March Ralph McTeIl . The Gill Bowman Band Sponsored by Scayles Music Sunday 31st March The Cauld Blast Orchestra . Mouth Music
ALSO APPEARING:
Martin Canhy & Dave Swarbrick ‘ Iiasy Club " Dick Gaughan * Dougie Mclean ‘ Michael Marra " The Singing Kettle ‘ Carolina Shout“ Jim Reid & the Foundry Bar Band “' The Gaugers " The High Level Ranters ‘ Lizzie Higgins “ The Poozies "‘ Eat the Seats " Bob Fox & Stu Luckley “ Goodacre Brothers “ Sisters Unlimited " Moller & Knowles "‘ Iain MacDonald “ Danny Kyle "' Kith & Kin ‘ Melanie Harrold & Ollie Blanchflower ‘ Zut La Chute " and a host of other talent . . .
Tickets and Programme Information available from Queens Hall Box Office 031 668 2019,
Fringe/Science Festival Box Office, High St 031 226 5259
m Further Enquiries EFF 031 220 0464
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