MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
Clyde Street. 24831“_ Dwrsopcnxpm. occasional song from members and friends i
music at 9pm. £4. Edinburgh
I Nitten Folk Club Dean Tavern. Newtongrange. From 2pm. Informal session and song.
I Tibetan Benelit Stockbridge House. (‘heyne Street. Stockbridge. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Bar. Three course dinner. veg and non-veg. drinks extra. All proceeds
towards humanitarian aid and sponsorship
ofstudents from the exiled Tibetan community in India. Mixed bagof performers and eeilidh dance music.
Tickets in advance from 2264384.
I Ceilidh Dance Downstairs at the Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 8.30pm. £4. Live band.
I International Ceilidh Band Walpole Hall. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 alter 8pm. Performers free. Ceilidh Dance. bring your ow n drink. and please don't
_ smoke.
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Glasgow
I The Attic The Studio. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and
; concessions.£2.50everyone else.
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Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 8879991.
MONDAY 23
Linlithgow
I Lorraine Jordan Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. Linlithgow Folk Club. Talented
songwriter guitarist based in the Borders.
TUESDAY 24
Glasgow
I Gill Bowman Paisley Arts Centre. New
Street. Paisley. 887 1010. Free. Edinburgh
songwriter and guitarist. I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre.
Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. See Tue
17.
Edinburgh
I Penicuilt Folk Club Navaar I Iotel. Penicuik. 8pm. Singaround.
WEDNESDAY 25
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street.
552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Ex Battlefield piper and flute player Dougie Pincoclt with Derek Williamson.
I The Attic The Studio. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and concessions. £2.50 everyone else. Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 887 9991.
Edinburgh
I Palaver Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2).
Edinburgh Folk Club Unaccompanied song.
solo and up to fouropart harmony from Scotswomen Aileen Carr. Maureen Jellts. Gordeanna McCullough and Chris Miles.
THURSDAY 26
Glasgow
I Gaberlunzie Cumbernauld Theatre. Braehead Road. Cumbernauld. Tickets 0236 732 887. 7.45pm. £4.75 (£2.25). Gordon Menzies and Robin Watson are Scotland's longest surviving folk duo.
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside MitcheIlTheatre. 8pm. £2. Scottish folk music from Cruachan.
Edinburgh
3 I Guld Crack Club Tron Ceilidh I louse.
Ilunter Square. Basement bar. Free. 7.30pm. Club night. Stories and the
of Scotland‘s story-telling club.
I Salerno Folk Club Kestrel Hotel. Harlaw Q
Road. Balerno. £3 (£2). Scalded Cats. I Nitten Folk Club Dean Tavern.
Newtongrange. £2 (£1 ). 8pm. Singaround. :
FOLK & WORLD
The loltowing details are lor regularweeltly dates: see main listings tor one-cit shows. Gigs are listed by city. then by day.
‘ Residencies will be listed. provided that
> GLASGOW
up-to-date details are supplied to us. Follt
Norman Chalmers.
Fridays
; I Victoria BarStockwelI
Street Bridgegate. Evening. Free.
Informal Irish ‘Scottish instrumental session.
Saturdays
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street'Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish Scottish instrumental session.
Sundays
I Scotland’s Music BBC Radio Scotland. 2.02—3.30pm. Thirty-part series on the history of Scottish music.
I Babbin Bowsters Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 9pm. Free. Informal music in the bar.
I Session Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde
Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular afternoon of songs and music.
I Parlt Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session in Highlanders' pub.
Mondays
I Irish Session Sharkey‘s Bar. beside Citizens Theatre. Gorbals. 429 3944. 8.30pm. Free. The McCues and other top Glasgow Irish musicians.
Tuesdays
.' I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre.
New Street. 887 1010. Free. Live soloists. occasional groups. 8pm.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Singer/songwriters take the floor.
Wednesdays
I Hall Bar Woodlands Road. 9pm. Free.
I Fiddles. flutes. accordions. banios etc.
: EDINBURGH
; Fridays
I Fairmile Inn Biggar Road Fairmilehead. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Open Session Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 8.30pm—midnight. Free.
Singers and instrumentalists welcome.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion and guitarin the bar.
I North Sea Gas Platform One. Caledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.
I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. topoingh Street. 9pm. Free.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Free. Downstairs. songs with guitar etc. upstairs bar with piano.
Saturdays
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place . 225
and World Residencies Listings compiled by
3656. 9pm. Free. Highlanders' haunt. Accordion/guitar in the bar.
I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9pm. Free.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal music.
Sundays
I Scotland's Music BBC Radio Scotland. 2.02—3.30pm. Thirty-part series on the history of Scottish music.
I Sandy Bells Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
I Tron Ceilidh House Ilunter Square. High 5 Street. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Full Shilling Band Ryrie's Bar. Ilaymarket. junction of Dairy Road. 9pm. i Free. Alternate weeks. songs and tunes. I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. topof High Street. 9pm. Free.
I Bannerman's Music Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Nancy Nicholson Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Singer and melodeon player.
Mondays
I Session Green Tree . Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Irish/Scottish.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High i Street. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. 229 2665. Free. Traditional Scottish music on squeeze boxes and fiddles.
Tuesdays
I Open Session Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 8.30pm—midnight. Free. Singers and instrumentalists.
I Famous Other Band Bannermans Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. free.
Wednesdays
I Misfits St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9.30pm. Free. Acoustic guitars and harmony. top female duo from Glasgow.
I Miro Leith Oyster Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9.30pm. Free. Irish and Celtic music.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
Thursdays
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Flute player and singer Cathal MacConnel with guitarist Spilte Wright. Residency.
I Famous Other Band Christies. West Port. 9pm. Free.
I Number One Music Cellar No 1. Chambers Street. 220 4298. Free. Basement wine bar has flamenco guitarist Freddie Triay with friends and dancers.
CLASSICAL ma-
Concerts are listed by date. then by city. Classical Listings compiled by Carol Main.
FRIDAY 13 Glasgow
I HSAMO Brass Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Admission free by ticket. Maurice Temple conducts his talented young students in Dukas' Fanfare — La Peri. George Lloyd's November J ourneys and Three Brass Cars by Chris Ilazell.
I BBC SSO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £3—£ 15. The orchestra‘s horn section is to
the fore in Schumann's KonzerLs'ruck.
followed by pianist Nikolai Demidenko as soloist in Liszt‘s Piano C oncerro N02. Late symphonies by Haydn — No 92. Oxford and Mozart — No 41. Jupiter provide the framework.
I SCO City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 14. Edinburgh. £2.50—£1 1. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the world premieres of his two latest .S'Iraihclyde Concertos. No 5 for violin and viola and No 6 for flute. HisAn ()rkney' Wedding. with Sunrise gives a lighthearted finale.
Edinburgh
I Marriage of Figaro Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.15pm. £5—£25. Last chance to see Scottish Opera‘s current revival ofJohn Cox's original production of this Mozart favourite. Robert Poulton is in the title role. Claire Daniels is Susanna andJane Webster is the Countess.
I The Mikado King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 14. £3.50—£7. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Edinburgh celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth ofSir Arthur Sullivan with a new production ofthis most popular opera.
I HSO Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 14. Glasgow. £4—£I7.50 (standby £3.50). The complete Midsummer Night's Dream music by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky‘s Piano Concerto No l . Walter Weller conducts and Andrei Gavrilev is soloist. I Edinburgh University Chamber Choir St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. Tickets: at door. 7.45pm. £3.50 (£2). NicholasJones conducts a programme of unacompanied vocal music.
SATURDAY 14 Glasgow
I RSAMO Junior Department Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. Admission free by ticket. Wind Orchestra and Brass Ensemble.
I 880 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4—£17.5(). See Fri 13. Edinburgh.
I Noteability Kilmardinny House Arts Centre. 50 Kilmardinny Avenue. 943 0312. 8pm. Bearsden and Milngavie Arts Guild present a programme ofopera. operetta. songs from musicals and Burns songs performed by Lynne Harvey-Allan. Lewis Alland and David Murray on piano.
Edinburgh
I The Mikado King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 2.30and7.30pm. £3.50—£7. See Fri 13.
I La Traviata Playhouse Theatre. 2 Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.15pm. £5—£25. The end of their Spring week in Edinburgh is marked with Scottish Opera in Verdi's La 'I’rat'iaia. Anne Williams-King is Violetta in Katherine Twaddle's revival of the production by Nuria Espert. Takuo Yuasa conducts. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. I SCO Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £3—£12. See Fri 13. Glasgow.
SUNDAY 15 Glasgow
I Glasgow University Choral Society and Orchestra Chapel. Glasgow University. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £3 (£1 .50). Kenneth Elliott conducts Charpentier‘s Mars and Monteverdi's Gloria.
I City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £4.50-£15. Pops at the Philharmonic and a St Patrick‘s Celebration with Irish-American tenor Robert White in a selection of musicals. light opera. Broadway and popular Irish songs.
38 The List 13 — 26 March 1992