MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
accordion maestro Freeland Barbour and dance caller liarin Ingram.
I Scottish lntemational Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
TUESDAY 1 Edinburgh
I Celtic Dance St Ann's Centre. Cowgate. 7.30pm. Irish and Breton dance group. Information 7167 8744.
I Scottish lntematlonal Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
WEDNESDAY 2
Glasgow
I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4. Information 636 1450. Tutor lain Fraser leads workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for beginners and more advanced players.
Edinburgh
I lorraine Jordan Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £4 (£3). Scottish resident musician performs her own songs accompanied on guitar and cittern. including some from her album C razy Guessing Games.
I Scottish international Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
THURSDAY 3
Glasgow
I llew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4 (£3). Songs. squeeze box and a carry on from Charlie Harrigan and Gordon llotchltiss.
Edinburgh
I Maurice Dickson Aberdour Folk Club. Woodside Hotel. Aberdour. Fife. 8.30pm. Belfast-bom blues and contemporary folk song writer.
I Sangs and Stories Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). A programme devoted to the ballads. or 'muckle sangs'. one of Europe's greatest art forms. preserved for centuries in the Scots oral
FOLK & WORLD Imma-
The following details are for regular weekly dates: see main listings for one- ott shows. Gigs are listed by city, then by day. Residencies will be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk and World Residencies listings compiled by llonnan Chalmers.
Fridays
I Sharkey’s Bar 51 Old Rutherglen Road. behind the Citizens' Theatre. 9pm. Free. Irish traditional and country.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free.
Scottish and Irish session with Roger the Fonds.
I Brazen Head 1 Cathcart Road. 9pm. Free. Irish music from Urban Gypsies. Wed 19; Charlie and the Bhoys. Wed 26. I Parit Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Gaelic bar has vocals and accordion with Donald MacRae.
Saturdays
I Moran Ceol Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 9pm: Free.
I Brazen Head 1 Cathcart Road. 9pm. Free. Irish music.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Woofnicks.
I Hebridean Dumbarton Road. Parotid. 9pm. Free. Bill Bryce and Leslie MCColl. I Sharkey‘s Bar 51 ()Id Rutherglen Road. behind the Citizens' Theatre. 9pm. Free. Black Ridge.
Sundays
' I Clutha Vaults 167 Stockwell Street.
I 552 7520. 3.30pm. Free. Traditional and i celtic music front guitarist Tony
MacManus and Friends. Live bands in the a evening. music starts 8.30pm.
i I Brazen Head 1 Cathcart Road. Free.
f 3—6pm. Celtic Connections; later
! folk/rock from Hair of the Dog at 8pm.
r I Itchy Fingers Victoria Bar. Stockwell
l Street/Bridgegate. 8.30pm. Free.
I I Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell
3 Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
1 I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 3—6pm. 5 Free. Hair of the Dog.
I Mullens Bar Dumbarton Road. 8pm.
I Free: alternate weeks Peat Diggers and
; Moran Ceol.
; I Mcllees Showbar Victoria Road.
1 3-6pm. Free. Blarney Pilgrims.
| I Old Toll Bar Paisley Road Toll. 8.30pm. l Open session. all welcome.
3 I Babbity Bowster l6 Blackfriars Street. . 9pm. Free. Informal sessions.
I I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin
Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal
- Highland music.
Mondays
I Victoria Bar 159 Briggait. 9pm. Free. live groups and soloists.
I Shamey’s Bar 51 Old Rutherglen Road. behind the Citizens’ Theatre. 9pm. Free. Irish traditional session.
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Urban Gypsies.
Tuesdays
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Slip Jig.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Abbot‘s Highland Fling Abbot's Inch. Arkleston Road. Renfrew. 886 4988. £12.50. Twice weekly dinner. Scots singer. ceilidh band and piper. Also Wednesdays.
Wednesdays
I Brazen Head 1 Cathcart Road. 8.30pm. Free. Hair oi the Dog.
I Pierlights Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Big George.
I The Abbot’s Highland Fling Abbot’s
£12.50. Twice weekly dinner. Scots singer. ceilidh band and piper. Also Tuesdays.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Brazen Head 1 Cathcart Road. 8pm. Free. Keltchar.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Jiveass and Friends Clutha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Trad and Chicago Blues.
Inch. Arkleston Road. Renfrew. 886 4988.
EDINBURGH Fridays
I John Stewart Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9pm. Free. .
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. 7 Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I Thistle Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Live groups.
I live Bands Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm.—midnight. Free.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Live music session.
I lllo Sea Gas Platform One. Caledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.
Saturdays
I Graeme Pearson Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9pm. Free.
I Morrison’s Bar Morrison Street. 3.30-6.30pm. Free. Prodigal Sons.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Scotsman Cockburn Street. 2—5pm. Cruiken; 9pm. Live Band. Free.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
Sundays
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewan. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9—1 1pm. Free. Fine accordionist in an open session.
I Jim Knight and Friends Wine Glass. Newington Road. 9pm. Free.
I Bannerman’s Bar Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Rubbish.
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
Mondays
I llobles Constitution Street. Leith. 9pm. Regular instrumental session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I little Green Monkeys Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free.
Tuesdays
I Green Tree Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Patsy Mack Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9.30pm. Free.
I Open Session Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free. Singers and instrumentalists.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays
I les Partisans Bar High Street. 9pm. Free. Flute and fiddle from Rebecca Knorr and Tim D’ leary.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Free. Jam session.
I Tron Ceilidh llouse Hunter Square. High Street. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
Thursdays
I Did Coach lnn Canonmills. 539 8123. 8.30pm. Free. Session with members of Miro.
I Muckle Ado Milne's Bar. Hanover Street. 9pm. Free.
I Patsy MaCk Les Partisans Bar. High Street. 9pm. Free. Acoustic session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 9pm. Free. Informal sessions.
CLASSICAL & OPERA
LISTINGS
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical 8r Dpera listings compiled by Jonathan Trew.
FRIDAY 21
Glasgow
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). The Medea Quartet comprised of Duncan Ferguson on viola. Judith Rees on cello and Morven Bryce and Andrew Storey on violin. give a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet in [3 Flat 0/) 18/6 and Schumann’s String Quartet in I7 0;) 41/2.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish llational Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £6—£19. Julius Rudel conducts the orchestra in Ginastera‘s Variacimtes Coneertantes and Beethoven‘s Symphme No 7. Christine Brewer is the soprano in Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
I D’Dyly Carte King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. £6.50—£17.5() plus concs. After the success of last year‘s production of Orpheus in the Underworld. D‘Oyly Carte return with Strauss’ Die Flerlermaus aka The Revenge of the Bat. I Music at the Mound National Gallery. Mound. 556 8921. 12.45pm. Free. The Lammermuir Consort and counter tenor. William Forbes-Jones will give a musical examination of the relationship between J.C. Bach. Karl Abel and Gainsborough. I Drgan Recital McEwan Hall. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. As part of Edinburgh University’s lunch-hour recitals series John Kitchen gives a recital of Widor's Symphony No 4 and Hollins Concert Overture in C.
SATURDAY 22
Glasgow
I Fidelio Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 2.15pm. £3.50—£44. Scottish Opera animate Beethoven’s only opera. telling of Leonore's daring bid to save her husband. Florestan. from a tyrant's merciless clutches. Tim Albery directs. Michael Pabst plays Florestan and Elizabeth Whitehouse assumes the mantle of Leonore/Fidelio. The production was highly acclaimed at the Edinburgh Festival.
I Royal Scottish llational Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £6—£l9. See Fri 21.
Edinburgh
I D’Dyly Carte King’s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. £6.50—£l7.50 plus concs. See Sat 21.
SUNDAY 23
Glasgow
I Scottish Voices Trio Guinness Room. RSAMD. 332 5057. 8pm. £6 (£4). Directed by Graham Hair. sopranos Alice Dumas and Amanda Morrsion will join with mezzo-sopranos Tracey Wilson and Marie-Louise Edmondson to perform Edward McGuire's Celtic Knotwork. Judith Weir‘s Songs from the Erotic. Nicky Hind’s The Gentle. Janaceck's Rikalda (Nursery Rhymes ). Schumann's Romanzen and Hair's All About Anna.
I lielvlngrove Organ Series Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 331 1854. 2.30pm. Free. Angela Ferguson continues the tradition of recitals on the organ built
48 The List 21 October-3 November 1994