CLASSICAL MUSIG
Morley Whitehead. organ. plays Six Pieces by Herbert Howells and Marceau de concert ()p 24 by Guilmant.
I B80 Usher ilall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 15. Glasgow. £4—£17.50 (standby £3.50). James MacMillan's piano concerto. The Berserking. is centrepiece of Matthias Bamert's programme completed by the Hebrides ()verture and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony.
SATURDAY 15 Glasgow
I La Traviata Theatre Royal. 1 lope Street. 332 900(1. 2.15pm. Extra dates: Thurs 2(1. Wed 26. Fri 28 Feb (Glasgow); Tues 10. Thurs 12. Sat 14 March (Edinburgh). £3—£36. Nuria Espert'soriginal production makes a return to Scottish Opera's repertoire with Takuo Yuasa conducting. Anne Williams-King sings Violetta. Marek Torzewski is Alfredo and Jason iloward sings Germont.
I B50 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4—£17.50(standby £3.50). See Fri 14. Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
I Early Romantic Chamber Music St Cecilia‘s Hall. Cowgate. Tickets: 6682019 (Oueen's l lall Box Office). 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Works for classical violin. fortepiano and hand horn by Steibelt. Schubert. Hummel and Dussek.
I SCO Oueen's l lall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. Extra date: Fri 27 Mar. Glasgow. £3-—£ l 2 (standby £2.50). SCO Affiliate Conductor. James .‘vlaci‘viillan. conducts his Iixorcism of Rio Sumpul framed by Elgar's Introduction and Allegro and 1 ladyn's Symphony No 99.
SUNDAY 16 Glasgow
I City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4.50-£ 15. Valentine .' An liveningfor Romance. lf lie/she’you forgot about Feb 14 then here's the chance to make up forit with a concert of romantic music. Special guests are Claire and Antoinette Cann in Ge rshwin's Rhapsody in Blue. I Hebrides Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.45pm. Extra date: Mon 17. Edinburgh. £6.50 (£2). First class chamber group with Sea [fag/e by Peter Maxwell Davies. the . Road to A rdtalla by James MacMillan and Webern‘s arrangement ofSchoenberg‘s Chamber Symphony.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Cantata Singers St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A programme of 20th century music drawing a variety of styles from Gregorian. Russian and Byzantine chants to Lutheran chorale and Estonian folksong. including the first Scottish performance ofspecial arrangements by Cyrillus Kreek. 1986 Organist of the Year. Jane Watts. is guest soloist.
MONDAY 17 I Edinburgh
I Hebrides Ensemble St Bernard's Church. Saxe Coburg Street. Stockbridgc. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen‘s Hall Box Office). 7.45pm. £6.50(£2). See Sun 16. Glasgow. I Songmalters‘ Almanac Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £4—£9.50 (standby £3). Specially devised programme for Sheila Armstrong (soprano). Sarah Walker (mezzo).
Richard Jackson (baritone) and Graham Johnson (piano) of settings of Shakespeare texts by Schubert and Strauss.
TUESDAY 18 Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Young professional duo of Veronica Henderson. cello. and Katharine Durran. piano. return tothcir native city to perform Beethoven. Henze and Debussy.
WEDNESDAY 19 Glasgow
I Billy Budd Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 3329000. 7. 15pm. Extra dates: Sat 22. Tues 25. Thurs 27 Feb. £3—£36. Brilliant production. originally by Graham Vick. Paul Maloney directs this revival with Rieha rd Armstrong as conductor. Laurence Dale sings Captain Vere and Simon Keenlyside is Budd. with Gidon Saks as Claggart.
I Oalvait Singers Kilmardinny House.50 Kilmardinny Avenue. Bearsden.943 0312. 7.30pm. Cheese and wine follow choral recital conducted by Jean Graham. I Glasgow University Orchestra Bute Hall. Glasgow University. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). Arensky's Variations on a theme by 'I‘chaikovsky and Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony.
Edinburgh
I Alhalia St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston PIaCe. Tickets: 6682019 (Queen's 1 [all Box Office) or 2281155 (UsherHall Box Office). 7.30pm. Extra dates: Thurs 20. Fri 21. Sat 22. £4.50/£6 (£3r'£-i). Continuing in its bold tradition of presenting the unusual. [Edinburgh University Opera Club stages Handel‘s dramatic oratorio based on Racine‘s play which gives the work its title. St Mary‘s becomes Solomon's Temple in this story of the victory of the Jews over the pagan queen Athalia.
THURSDAY 20 Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert Concert Hall. Glasgow University. 1.15pm. Free at door. Contemporary music for keyboards. flute and mezzo-soprano by Steven Reich. Steven Montague. Philip Glass/Paul Simon with Michael Barnett. Nicky Hind. Sophia Duncan and Vivienne Farris.
I La Traviata Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Wed 26. Fri 28 Feb (Glasgow): Tues 10. Thurs 12. Sat 14 March (Edinburgh). £3—£36. See Sat15.
Edinburgh
I Chamber Music at Oueen Street BBC Broadcasting House. 5 Queen Street. Tickets: BBC Reception (Edinburgh or Glasgow). 1pm—2pm. Free. Outstanding young Scottish pianist in American programme ofJohn Corigliano. Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.
I Edinburgh University Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Student composers' workshop concert.
I Athalia St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Tickets: 6682019 (Queen's Hall Box Office) or 2281155 (Usher Hall Box Office). 7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 21 . Sat 22. £4.50/£6 (£3/£4). See Wed 19.
FRIDAY 21 Glasgow
I Peter Lawson (Piano) McLellan Galleries. Sauchiehall Street. 331 1854. 12.30—2pm. £5 (£3). Continuingthe recitals linked to the Alan Davie
retrospective exhibition. Peter Lawson gives a rare performance of Charles Ives C oncord Sonata. as well as pieces by Webern. Cage. Satie. Cowell and Paul Robinson.
.I Midday Colleen Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Admission free by ticket. The Academy of Ancient Music in theatrical flourish with Pureell‘s Airs for the Theatre. Sullivan‘s Echoes of tire Savoy and pieces by Bach. Handel and Christopher Steel. Solo trumpet is Crispian Steele-Perkins and Ann Page plays organ.
I Staltis Masterclass Guinness Room. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057.
2.30pm. Free at door. A demonstration/workshop on Baroque brass instruments directed by C rispian Steele-Perkins.
I Marriage ol Figaro Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Sat 29 Feb (Glasgow): Wed 11. Fri 13 March (Edinburgh). £3—£36. Scottish Opera in Mozart favourite. subtitled A Day of Madness. Robert Poulton is Figaro with fine supporting cast including Claire Daniels. Elizabeth McCormaek and Jane Webster.
I Piano Recital Milngavie Town Hall. Further info: 956 1572. 7.30pm. Benjamin Frith plays pieces by Beethoven and Prokofiev as the guest of Milngavie Music Club.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Concert McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 1 . 10pm. Free at door. Organ recital by Iain Ogg who plays Dupre. Bach. Parker (Horatio. not Charlie) and Karg-Elert.
I BSO Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat22. Glasgow. £4—£17.50 (standby £3.50). Matthias Bamert is still with the R80 this weekend and brings more music from this century. Paul Crossley is soloist in Britten's Diversions 0p 2] for Piano (left hand). in a programme headed by Schoenbe rg‘s Verklarte Nacht. Beethoven‘s Fifth in second half.
I Athalia St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen's Hall Box Office) or 2281155 (Usher Hall Box Office). 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 22. £4.50/£6 (£3/£4). See Wed 19.
SATURDAY 22 Glasgow
I Billy Budd Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Tues 25. Thurs 27 Feb. £3—£36. Sec Wed 19.
I B80 Glasow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4—£l7.50 (standby £3.50). See Fri21. Edinburgh.
I Young Kilmardinny Music Circle Kilmardinny House. 50 Kilmardinny Avenue. Bearsdon. 943 0312. 7.30pm. Concert.
Edinburgh
I Athalia St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Tickets: 6682019 (Queen‘s Hall Box Office) or 2281155 (Usher Hall Box Office). 7.30pm. £4.50/£6 (£3/£4). See Wed 19.
SUNDAY 23 Glasgow
I Strathclyde University Big Band Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). 24-piece ensemble playing jazz standards and contemporary charts. John Davies is director. .
MONDAY 24 Edinburgh
I Altemoon Tea Concert Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 3pm. £4. Danish
singer Johannes Mannov. whose future plans include Onegin with Scottish Opera. Maybe there‘ll even be Danish pastries instead of scones.
TUESDAY 25
Glasgow
I Billy Budd Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Thurs 27 Feb. £3—£36. See Wed 19.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1 . 10pm. Free at door. Performance by studentsof the Faculty ofMusic.
WEDNESDAY 26 Glasgow
I Choral Workshop Strathclyde University. 552 4400 ext 3444. 2pm—5pm. For all who enjoy singing in choirs and would like to improve their music reading ability. Alan Tavener is director. Advance booking is essential.
I La Traviata Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Fri 28 Feb (Glasgow): Tues 10.Thurs 12. Sat 14 March (Edinburgh). £3—£36. See Sat 15.
Edinburgh
I BBC 380 Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £2.50—£13.50 (standby £2.50). 23-year-old Isabelle van Keulen. winner ofthe Eurovision Young Musician ofthe Year at the age of 16. is soloist in Brahms‘s Violin Concerto. which under the baton of Alexander Rahbari is partnered with Bartok‘s ("oncertofor Orchestra.
ITurandot King's Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201 . 7.30pm. Extra dates: Thurs 27. Fri 28. Sat 29. £3-£10(conc £2off). Edinburgh Grand Opera in Puccini‘s last opera. its famous Nessun Dorma now known to millions through its use in the Pavarotti version during the World Cup. Christopher Bell conducts and Gerry Mulgrew makes his operatic debut as director. Alternating casts.
THURSDAY 27 Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert Concert Hall. Glasgow University. 1.15pm. Free at door. Soprano Patricia MacMahon and Kenneth Elliott (piano) in a programme to include Lieder/(reis 0p 39 by Schubert.
I Billy Budd Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3~£36. Sec Wed 19.
I BSD Glasow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 28. Edinburgh and Sat 29. Glasgow. £4—£17.50 (standby £3.50). Borodin‘s In the Steppes of Central Asia. Schumann‘s Piano Concerto (soloist Christian Blackshaw) and Rachmaninov‘s Symphony No 2. Jansug Kakhidze conducts.
Edinburgh '
I Turandot King's Theatre. Leven Street. 2291201.7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 28. Sat 29. £3—£10(conc £2 off). See Wed 26.
I Youth Recital Series Stockbridgc House . Cheyne Street. 315 2236. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1). Pupils ofSt Margaret‘s School in Edinburgh perform for Edinburgh and Leith Old People's Welfare Council.
I 800 Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £3-£12 (standby £2.50). Virtuoso Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardcnberger stars in the Trumpet Concerto by Stamitz. Gilbert Varga is conductor and the programme also includes Schubert's Symphony No I and La Boeufsur le Toit by Milhaud. Please note change of date from Saturday 29.
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