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I Alan Skidmore Tron Jazz Cellar. Edinburgh. 28 Feb. This leading British jazzmaii owes a great stylistic debt to Coltrane (but who doesn‘t).

I Trilok Gurtii Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Glasgow. 4 Mar. Queen‘s Hall. Edinburgh. 23 Mar. MacRobert Centre. Stirling. 5 Mar. Ex-Oregon and John McLaughlin Trio percussionist leads his own band.

I Danish Radio Big Band Festival Theatre. Edinburgh. 5 Mar.Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 24 Mar. This highly- regarded contemporary big band are regular visitors to Scotland.

I Wayne Krantz Trio Queen’s Hall. Edinburgh. 10 Mar. American guitarist

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I Warsaw State Philharmonic Orchestra Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson These C0"?¢"~‘1hcmldlhc “N "f the i Street 529 6000. 12 Mar. one of the brilliantly inspired series of .S‘troi/ie/vde .

Concertos by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

world‘s most celebrated orchestras is 3 _ _ , i joined by pianist Yoiity Solomon for ' mm me SCO and [he wmposcr mmscn

Chopin-S Iii-mm mevm, NO I. which is conducting. “9th true diplomacy no one

framed by [hc Adam-U from MahlcfS instrument is avoured -- it's a ('o/ieerio . . Sun 15 F riends of Scottish Opera Mon 16 Chamber Group of Scotland

.S'vniplioiiv No l() and the Sl'nip/iulll' No 5 13"‘0'Y'IJU-YWU. . bv Prokofiev. I Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Rothesay.

I Chaplin Operas Glasgow mm Theatre, 5-8 May. Popular traditional jazz festival.

Rose Street. 333 3133. 1() March. : I life with an Idiot Theatre Royal. ; Paragon Ensemble present Chaplin as l Ola-9110‘"- 332 9000- UPC”8 1 1 M11)“ 1 ' o ynu‘w never hem-d him before in l Strong stuff from Schnittke in this black ' 1 8

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three Silent Classics _ 1;“). 3mm The . Scottish Opera warn that it contains some ' r 1 9 Adventurer and The Immigrant, I language which could cause offence. Ah . - - - I the [and of countemane Usher Han‘ E we'll. :wteeélchange from lo/ont/ie. M Lothian Road. Edinburgh. 228 1155. 25 f I in 0 I18 Edinbm‘sh- Mid-May. No i Mar. Howard Blake. composer of The ; PWCiSC (lilies Yet for ASSCmMY [mouth : SHOW/Hill! and its hit tune ll’o/king in the ', CUJNCJUPOTHFY jill'l- CV01”.

Air. is heard in a new cycle of settings I Glasgow Intemational Jazz Fesm’al n

from Robert Louis Stevenson‘s A C/ii‘ltl's ; Glasgow. 30 Jun—9 Jul. New director

(ion/en or‘l’erses. The world premiere is Dcrck GOt'man is working through an i

given by the choir and orchestra of the extensive ‘shopping-list' at the moment , commissioner. the Mary Erskine School. 5 WhiCll Will l'lClUdL‘ llk‘ “Will (lUOlil “i big I Herb Miller Orchestra Usher Hall. names.

Edinburgh. 29 Mar. American Glenn I Jess” Harman Glasgow Royal Concert .

Miller revival band. with a special guest Hall. 227 5511. 6 Jul. The great diva {

' \_ ' a; i \‘.1..- ‘k.‘~‘ , . GI: .. ' o o in ex Miller ind Goodmin clarinettist ma cs a welcome return to lisgow i

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I RSNO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 227 I Kirov Opera Edinburgh Festival

551 l/UShCI‘ Hall. Edinburgh. 328 1155. Theatre. Aug. Edinburgh International , 13/14 Apr. Stunning stuff with Adrianne Festival welcomes the world famous

Picczonka alld Jean Rigby (Ls SOlOiSlS in Kirov for a short season at this year's . Festival. . FEBRUARY

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. With the RSNO Chorus. Neeme Jarvi conducts. I TOK Round Midnight Jazz Festival

I The Sinking oi the Titanic Edinburgh Queen‘s Hall. Edinburgh. 28 Aug—2 Sept.

Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 A regular Contributor to the Festival i 1

6000. 15 Apr. Multi-media music : mania. it always features some big names.

I phenomenon by Gavin Bryars. composer I Dunoon Jazz Festival Various venues 2

of Jesus" [310ml Never Failed Me Yet, in in Dunoon. 13—15 Oct. An imaginative

an exclusive Scottish performance to event which offers a highly enjoyable 3 H

commemorate the anniversary of the ; WCCkUld. sin'in o ie'iianic. ' J 0' t. 7ssem) v irec wi . :fitra’ihgllytdehoncerto N010 Queen's 3 :tmaczlithigfi‘cAittiniiiih-Wintt:i‘gzrieslof H . 4 a .Edinburgh.668 2019. 5/6 May. international concerts in October. Sun 5 The Queen's Hall Open Day l Sun 5 Scratch Mikado Mon 6 ECAT Tue 7 Michael Chance

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The List 13—26 January l99517