MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
on squeeze boxes and fiddles.
Tuesdays
I Fjaere Nilssen Queen Street Oyster Bar. Hanover and Queen Street. 9pm. Free. Transatlantic songwriter/guitarist.
I L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Famous Other Band Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. free.
Wednesdays
I Mistits St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9.30pm. Free. Great female duo.
I Miro Leith Oyster Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9.30pm. Free. Irish and Celtic music.
I L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
Thursdays
I Earthbeal BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World Music programme.
I L'Attache Basement of RutlandHotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
top oingh Street. 9pm. Free. 1 I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976.
9pm till late. Free. Informal music with
Sam Whalem.
Sundays
I Sandy Bells Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
I Fiaere Nilssen Bridges Bar. formerly L‘ Odeon. George IV Bridge. 9pm. Minnesotan lass with guitar.
I Muckle Ado L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm-12.30am. Free. Singalong Scottish folkies.
I Full Shilling Band Ryrie‘s Bar. Haymarket. junction of Dairy Road. 9pm. Free. Alternate weeks. songs and tunes. I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top oingh Street. 9pm. Free.
I Bannerman's Music Bannerman‘s Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Fiddle music with Sophie and Robin.
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 Scottish folk scene. I Taditional Music Bannermans Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Fiddle. Irish pipes. flute and more.
I L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665.
Circus. 9pm. Free.
I Little Green Monkeys Bannerman‘s Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Vocals. guitarand fiddle. contemporary duo.
I Number One Music Cellar No 1. Chambers Street. 220 4298. Free.
Freddie Triay with friends and dancers.
EDINBURGH : FESTIVAL CHORUS :'
AUDITIONS 1991/92
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I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. i Evening. Free. Traditional Scottish music i
I Accordion Night Glcncairn Hotel. Royal 5
Basement wine bar has flamenco guitarist .
CLASSICAL :
Concerts are listed by date. then by city. Classical Listings compiled by Carol Main.
FRIDAY 28 ';
Glasgow
I Scottish Proms Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £2—£15. Sarah Walker. in a night off from Scottish Opera. is soloist in Elgar‘s Sea Pictures. in a programme which also features the young Scottish
pianist David Horne. the RSO Chorus and
Richard Armstrong as conductor in works by Walton. Lambert and Borodin.
Edinburgh
I Barber oi Seville Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. top of Leith Walk. 557 2590. 7.15pm. £5—£20. Scottish ()perain revival of the ever-popular Rossini opera. Simon Kecnlyside sings Figaro and Kathryn Cowdrip plays Rosina.
I Joshua Bell/Steven lsserlis Queen‘s- Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £10 (£7). The National Art Collection Fund presents the first collaboration between British cellist Steven lsserlis and American whizz-kid violinist Joshua Bell. Music by Handel. Bach. Ysaye and Ravel.
SATURDAY 29 5
Glasgow
I Scottish Proms Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 3323123. 7.30pm. £2—£15. Typical last night ofthe proms with popular favourites including Elgar. W ood's Fantasia on Britt's/1.8141 Songs and Scottish reels. Sir Alexander Gibson is conductor and soloists include singers Linda Ormiston and Donald Maxwell.
I Call That Singing City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 7.30pm.£3(£l.50).Thcrc's no stopping Glasgow's singing audience. formed for 1990 but now well into 1991. who are still inviting you to join them in an evening of melody where everyone has the chance to sing.
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I Cappella Nova Glasgow Cathedral. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. Extra date: Sunday 30. Edinburgh. £6 (£3.50). Medieval pop song L 'Hmnme arme as set by Scotland‘s greatest Renaissance composer. Robert Carver. along with works by some ofhis English and Scottish contemporaries.
Edinburgh
I Falstatt Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. top of Leith Walk. 5572590. 7.15pm. £5—£20. Last chance to see Scottish Opera’s deliciously lightsome Verdi. the last opera he wrote. Gordon
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g THURSDAY 4
Sandison is a fine Falstaff with strong supporting roles. particularly from Sarah Walker. Fiona Kimm and Maria Prosperi as the three merry wives. Justin Brown is conductor for this performance.
SUNDAY 30 Glasgow
I Organ Concert Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 357 3929. 2.30pm. Free. Part of series of fortnightly promenade organ recitals.
Edinburgh
I Cappella Nova Greyfriars Kirk. Candlemakcr Row. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen‘s Ilall Box Office). 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). See Saturday 29. Glasgow.
Edinburgh
I Orchestral Concert Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. Pupils ofSt George's School for Girls in end ofterm conccrt. Tickets available through school only. Works by Beethoven. Dvorak. Mozart and Vivaldi.
WEDNESDAY 3 Edinburgh
I Lunch and Listen Church of St Andrew and St George. George Street. Tickets: at door. 12.30—1pm. Organist ofEdinburgh University. John Kitchen. plays ashort concert ofmusic for organ. Light lunches available in the L'ndercroft.
I Organ Recital St M ary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Admission programmes: at door. 8pm. £2. Robert Munns (London).
Glasgow
I Merchants Music Merchants Hall. 7
West George Street. Tickets: 2275511 I (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. E £2.50 (£2). Sasha Abrams. soprano.and ; Peter Alexander. piano. in a programme I of popular classics and piano solos entitled f They 'rc Playing Our Song.
WEDNESDAY 10 Edinburgh
I Lunch and Listen Church of St Andrew and St George. George Street. Tickets: at door. 12.30—lpm. Lindsay Sinclair. director of music at the church. gives today's short lunchtime recital. Light lunches available in the lindercroft.
I Edinburgh Quartet I Iopetoun I louse. South Oueensfcrry. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen's Hall Box Office). 8pm. £10. Last concert in EO‘s summer series at Hopetoun continues to celebrate the anniversaries of Mozart and Dvorak with string quartets K421 and Op 51 . Tickets include canapes and wine.
I Lamp 01 Lothian I Ioly Trinity Church. Haddington.'l’ickets:(168 2019 (Queen's Hall Box Office). 8pm. £5.50(£4’£2). Violinist Marat Bisengaliev andJames Kirby. piano. play Bach. Brahms and 'I'chaikovsky.
I Organ Recital St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Admission programmes: at door. 8pm. £2. John Kitchen (Edinburgh University).
Glasgow
I Merchants Music Merchants Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227551 1. 12.45pm. £2.50 (£2). Pianist Brian Davidson in an hour of Schubert and Liszt.
54The List 28June— 1 1 July 1991