MUSIC CLASSICAL
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I Madame Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Wed 6. Wed 18 Dec. Fri 20 Dec- Glasgow; Wed 11 Dec. Fri 13 Dec- Edinburgh. £3—£36. Scottish Opera in Puccini classic. Terrific production by Spanish director Nuria Espert stars Maria Prosperi as Cio-Cio San. Sir Alexander Gibson is back to conduct.
Edinburgh
I Hindustani Classical Music Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Lunch-hour concert followed by afternoon
RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Admission free by ticket. Grieg's Sonata in C minor played by Leon Spierer. violin, and Jack Keaney. piano.
I Stakis Masterclass Stevenson Hall. RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free at door. Violin masterclass directed by Leon Spierer.
I Call That Singing! Bishoploch Residents Hall. Auchingill Road. Easterhouse. Tickets: 773 0705. 7pm. Glasgow's singing audience continues its series ofevents in local community halls.
I Cannon Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Tue 5.Tue 17 Dec. Thurs 19 Dec. Sat 21 Dec- Glasgow; Tue 10 Dec. Thurs 12 Dec—
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I Kilmardlnny Music Circle Kilmardinny House Arts Centre. 50 Kilmardinny Avenue, 943 0312. 7.45pm. Ensemble 90.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Peter Backhouse of St Mary’s Cathedrai.
I 880 Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 2. Glasgow. £4-£ 17.50 (standby £3.50). Miracle in the Gorbals by Bliss. Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 and Prokofiev‘s Symphony No3. Dmitri Alexeev is soloist.
SATURDAY 2 Glasgow
I Die Waikure Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 5.30pm. Extra date: Sat 9. £3—£40. See Wed 30.
I BSD Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4—£17.50 (standby £3.50). See Fri 1. Edinburgh.
I An Evening With Mr Mozart Merchants‘ House. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. Extra dates: Sun 3. £15. See Wed 30.
SUNDAY 3 Glasgow
I An Evening With Mr Mozart Merchants‘ House. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £15. See Wed 30.
I Paragon Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.45pm. Extra date: Mon 4. £6(£3.50). Young composers Gordon McPherson and Tim Ewers feature in Unusually Mozart, the composer of the title being represented by his music for glass harmonica played on vibraphonc and Steve Martiand‘s witty arrangement Wolf Gang. Gordon McPherson in Conversation at 6.45pm.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Concert Band Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Charity concert in aid of Sick Kids Task Appeal, with Caledonia Brass as special guests and Neville Garden as master of ceremonies. Stephen Callaghan conducts.
I Edinburgh Players Mayfield Church. Mayfield Road. Newington. Tickets: at door. 7.45pm. £2 (£1). Concert ofmusic by Mozart. Haydn. Vivaldi (Recorder Concerto) and Tippett in aid of the Mental Health Foundation (Scotland).
MONDAY 4 Edinburgh
I Paragon EnsembleSt Bernard's Church. Saxe Coburg Street. Stockbrige. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen‘s Hall Box Office). 7.45pm. £6 (£3.50/frec). See Sun3. Glasgow.
TUSDAY 5 Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert Hutchesons‘ Hall,
2 John Street. Tickets: at door. 1.15—2pm. £1.50. Very varied recital of works for solo piano played by Peter Arnstcin. As well as his own compositions, there are pieces by Chopin, Bartok. Ravel and Debussy.
I Carmen Theatre Royal, Hope Street, 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Tue 17 December. Thurs 19 December. Sat 21 December - Glasgow; Tue 10 Dec. Thurs 12 Dec — Edinburgh. £3—£36. See Tue 29.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1 . 10pm. Free at door. The
Redcliff Ensemble with Stravinsky’s The Soldier's Tale.
WEDNESDAY 6 Glasgow
I Percussion Workshop Strathclyde University. 552 4400 ext 3444. 2—5pm. An afternoon intended for percussionists with some band/orchestral experience. but all are welcome. Peter Evans directs. Advance reservation is essential.
I Stakis Masterclass Guinness Room. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free at door. Stafford Dean directsa masterclass for singers.
I Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extradates: Wed 18 Dec. Fri 20 Dec — Glasgow; Wed 11 Dec. Fri 13 Dcc- Edinburgh. £3—£36. See Thurs 31.
I sco City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 9. Edinburgh. £2.50—£1 1. Premiere of How Slowth Wind by Takemitsu. specially commissioned as part of the Japan Festival 1991. Alexei Sultanov is soloist in Ravel‘s Piano Concerto. J ukka-Pekka Sarastc conducts.
Edinburgh
I Nielsen Wind Consort Queen‘s 1 tall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 3pm. £4. Afternoon tea concert with music for wind quintet by Bach. Mozart. Faurc’. Strauss and Gershwin. Price includes tea ctc.
THURSDAY 7 Glasgow
I Merchanls' Music Merchants‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45—1.45pm. £2.5()(£2). They're Playing Our Song. an hour of popular classics and piano solos from Sasha Abrams and Peter Alexander.
I Lunchtime Concert Concert 1 tall. Glasgow University. Free at door. 1.15pm. Bartok‘s Sonata for two pianos andpercussion played by Jay Allen and Eric Hendry (percussion) and Peter Seivewright with Bernard King. pianos. who also play the Concerto for two pianos by Stravinsky.
I Call That Singing! Pollokshaws Burgh Hall. Pollokshaws Road. Further info: 337 3336. 3pm. £1. Glasgow‘s singing audience continues its series ofcvcnts in local community halls.
I La Clemenza di Tito Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm.£3-£36. New Scottish Opera production of Mozart‘s story of power and forgiveness in the time of the Roman EmperorTitus. Sung in a new English translation with Glenn Winsladc in the title role.
I Academy Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Takuo Yuasa conducts student orchestra in first performance of William Sweeney‘s St Blane’s Hill. a special RSAMD commission. along with Mendelssohn‘s Italian Symphony. Stravinsky and Ravel.
I Kilmardinny Music Circle Kilmardinny House Arts Centre. 50 Kilmardinny Avenue. 9430312. 7.45pm. Ballads. Songs and Snatchcs.
I Leda Piano Trio Milngavie Town Hall. Further info: 956 1572. 7.30pm. Beethoven. Shostakovich and Ravel for Milngavie Music Club.
Edinburgh
I Mary Stuart Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 6682019. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Scottish Opera Go Round and their travelling version of Donizetti’s version of Mary. Queen of Scots and Elizabeth 1 ofEngland.
I Song Recital St Bernard’s Church. Saxe Coburg Street. Stockbridge. Tickets: at door. 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Music by Vivaldi. Schubert. Ronald Stevenson. Mozart and Ravel performed by Susan Hamilton (soprano) and Peter Evans (piano).
44 The List 25 October — 7 November 1991