CLASSICAL & OPERA MUSIC
Scottish Opera revive their acclaimed Nuria Espert production oi Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly’
at the Theatre Royal. Glasgow on Fri 28 and Thurs 3.
by Lewis and Co Ltd at the turn of the century.
Edinburgh
I Bel Canto Greyfriar‘s Kirk. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50). Tickets from Queen's Hall. 668 2019 or credit card hotline 667 7776. Greyfriar's Kirk or on door. Under the watchful eye of David Buchanan- Cook. the a cappe/la vocal ensemble sings Gery de Ghersem's .tIissa are l'll'go sanctissima. Palestrina‘s Stabat Mater. Arvo Part's .llagni/icat and some Marian motets by Guerrero. Bruckner. Holst. Lassus. Howells. Taverner and Villette. I Into The Dark BBC Radio Scotland. Queen Street. 2.30pm. Free from reception in advance or on the door. Violinist James Clark will perform pieces by Sibelius and Schnittke as part of their season of concerts reflecting the shortening daylight hours. The concert will be broadcast live on Radio Scotland. I The Mother’s Union Singers St Columba-By-The-Castle. l4 Johnston Terrace. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). Billed As ‘A Garland of Song: Classical. Popular and Traditional Favourites' and in aid of the church development appeal.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles‘ Cathedral. 6pm. Free. A concert to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of William Tyndale.
Glasgow
I Edinburgh Ouartet Hutchesons' Hall. John Street. 1.15pm. £1.60. The Quartet teams up with Murray McLachlan on the piano to perform M ozart‘s Piano Concerto No [2 iii A and his Piano Concerto No [4 in 15 Flat.
Edinburgh
I The Chamber Group of Scotland Reid Concert Hall. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Part of the Edinburgh University lunch- hour recital series. Lawrence Gill. clarinet. Robert Irvine. cello and Graeme McNaught on the piano perform Nicolson's General Reid: His Dumpe and Beethoven's Trio in B Flat Op 11.
Glasgow
I Edinburgh Quartet lit-Service Suite. Jordanhill Campus. 12.30pm. £1.60. See Tue 25.
Edinburgh
I Music for Piano and Viola Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £8 (£4). Alexandra Andrievsky on the piano and Sophie Renshaw on the viola present Beethoven's Sonata in I) ntinor. Messiaen's Premiere Communion de la Vierge. Chopin‘s Ballade in G minor. Marin Marais‘ Five Old French Dances. Hindemith‘s Sonata Op 11/4 and Faure‘s Apres Un Reve.
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THURSDAY 27
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm.£7—£21.Takuo Yuasa conducts the RSNO in Prokofiev's
j Symphony No l . Mozart's Concert Rondo f for Piano and Orchestra. Shostakovich's
Piano Concerto No 2 attd Rachnutninov's .S‘ymphony No 3. Steven Osborne is the solo pianist.
I Nossek String Quartet Merchant‘s House. 7 West George Street. 12.45pm.
£3.50 (£3). Jane Nossek and Kate Evans. ! violins; Heather Wallington. viola and
3 Jennifer Langridge. cello perform
Mozart's 'l‘lunt' Quartet and Schubert‘s
Quartet in A Mittor. I Vanburgh String Ouartet Concert Hall. University of Glasgow. 1.15pm. Free. The
Quartet perform Debussy‘s Quartet in (i
ll’TlIIUI' Up”) and Bartok's Quartet No 3.
Edinburgh
I BT Scottish Ensemble Queen's Hall.
Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline i 667 7776. 7.45pm. £7/£9 (£6/£4). As well as being one of the violinists. Clio Gould
directs a programme comprised of Tartini's Concerto in I) for Trumpet and Strings. Vivaldi's C.‘otti‘t‘t‘l()jor Two Violins. Neruda’s Concertofor Trumpet and Strings. Panufnik’s Concerto in Modo Anticofor Trumpet and Strings and Shostakovich‘s Chamber Symphony. John Wallace is the solo trumpet and Edmund Coxon is the other violinist.
FRIDAY 28
3 Glasgow
I Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£44. Scottish Opera present Puccini's opera of western perfrdy and eastern stoicism in the face of adversity. Sir Alexander Gibson conducts. Anne Williams-King plays Cio-Cio San and Seppo Ruohonen plays the caddish Pinkerton. Sung in
' Italian with English surtitles.
WEDNESDAY 26 9
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). The Academy Wind Ensemble. conducted by Kim Walker. perform Gounod‘s Petite Symphonie. Ligeti‘s Six Bagatelles and pieces from The Magic Flute from the pens of Mozart and Heidenrich.
I BT Scottish Ensemble Stevenson Hall.
1 RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£5). See
Thurs 27.
I Royal Airtorce Massed Bands Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £6.50—£12.50. Under the wing (ahem) of Wing Commander Barrie Hingley. the 150 musicians of the RAF Massed Bands present a wide ranging programme of music from Tchaikovsky's 18/2 Overture to New York. IV’H' York along with a few Scottish favourites a la Bonnie Banks 0’ Loch
Lamond. All proceeds go to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £6—£l9. See Fri 27.
I Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Part of Edinburgh University‘s series of lunch-hour concerts. Christopher Nickol gives a performance of Bach‘s Toccata. Adagio and Fugue. Frescobaldi‘s Toccata per 1 'elevatione. Nivers’ Suite du 8e Ton. Bach's Seven Chorale preludes front the Orhelbuchlein and Saint-Sae'ns' Prelude and Fugue in [5 Flat Op 99 No 3.
SATURDAY 29
Glasgow
I Fidelio Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£44. See Sat 22.
I The Organist Entertains Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 331 1854. 2.30pm. Free. lain McGlinchey gives a light-hearted organ recital.
Edinburgh
I Meadows Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Peter Evans conducts. Spedding Micklem is the pianist and Emer McDonough is the flautist in an evening of works comprising Schumann‘s Piano Concerto. lbert’s Flute Concerto and Dvorak‘s Symphony No 7.
SUNDAY 30
Glasgow
I Jazz Machine I Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 6.15pm. Free by ticket. Secondary school higher music pupils. advanced music students and service users from a community resource centre join the Paragon Community team and composer Bill Sweeney to perform their own works in an innovative explanation of the crossover between jazz and classical music.
I Jazz Machine II Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.45pm. £7 (£3.50). The Paragon Ensemble Scotland get together to fuse pop. jazz and classical in what is billed as loud and loutish sounds from the hardmen of new music’. Promises to be lively. fun and iconoclastic.
I Into The Dark Studio One. Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. 2.30pm. Free from reception ill advance or on the door. Rising stars of the Scottish Opera. lain Paton and Ann Archibald. present a ghoulish Halloween programme.
Edinburgh
Omitri Alexeev is solo pianist tor the lithuanian National Philharmonic
I lithuanian National Philharmonic Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £4.50—£l7.50. Juozao Domarkos conducts this 90-piece orchestra who are drawn mainly from the Vilnius Music Academy. Dmitri Alexeev is the solo pianist. They will perform Rossini's William Tell Overture. Beethoven's Concerto No 5 and Sibelius‘
F inlandia and Symphony No 5.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles‘ Cathedral. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. lnvergordon High School perform as part of the series.
Glasgow
I Strathclyde Showcase Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7pm. £2 (£1). Hey! Hey! Hey! A three-day festival featuring some of the finest talent in Strathclyde at the moment. There will be orchestra. jazz and wind bands; traditional dance. modern dance. Asian dance. The Strathclyde Schools Orchestra. The Glasgow Wind Band. Caran Brass. Belmont Academy Orchestra. Strathclyde Orchestral Productions and so on for several pages. Suffice to say that there is literally something there for everyone.
TUESDAY 1
Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert Hutchesons' Hall. John Street. 1.15pm. £1.60. Hector Scott. violin and Neil McFarlane. piano perform Leighton's Sonata No l ()p 4 and Beethoven‘s Sonata in I) ()p 12 No I.
I Strathclyde Showcase Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 31.
Edinburgh
I The Edinburgh Ouartet Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Part of Edinburgh University‘s series of lunch-hour concerts. Miles Baster. violin. Peter Markham. violin. Michael Beeston. viola and Mark Bailey. cello perform Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Quartet and Borodin‘s String Quartet No l.
Glasgow
I Strathclyde Showcase Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 31.
Glasgow
I Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£44. See Sat 28.
I Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £10.50—£21. Neeme Jarvi conducts the orchestra in Sibelius‘ Symphony No 2. Nielsen‘s Movements from Aladdin Suite and Hakan Hardenberger is the soloist in the UK premiere of Arvo Part's lV’ll' Work/or Trumpet and Orchestra.
I Glasgow Festival Award Winners Concert Hall. Glasgow University. 1.15pm. Free. The award winners in question are Stephen Broad. piano. Stuart Forrester. treble recorder. Karlyn Hall. oboe. and accompanists Ethel Allan and Walter Blair. They will perform an eclectic programme of works comprising Bach’s Prelude in 12' Flat Minor. Chopin's Nocturne in 15 Minor. Hans Ulrich Staeps' Sonata in [5 Flat. Alessandro Marcello‘s Concerto in D Minor. Britten's Six Metamorplioses after Ovid. Madeleine Dring‘s Polka and Leighton's Sonata No 2 . (Finale).
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchstra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £3.50—£15. Truls Mork and Catherine Marwood take centre stage this evening as the solo cello I and viola respectively in a programme comprised of Nielsen's Little Suite. Shostakovich‘s Cello Concerto No I. Wolf's Italian Serenade and Resphigi‘s The Birds. Gilbert varga conducts.
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