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CLASSICAL & OPERA
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: Concerts are listed by date, then by city.
Classical & Opera Listings compiled by Jonathan Trew.
Glasgow
I The Harmonie Band Tramway. Albert Drive. 227 55 I l. S.30pm. £7 (£5). Friday the 13th . . . cue the eerie music and watch the shadows dance on the silver screen. Relatively rare chance to see FW. Murnau‘s Abs/Want ( I922). the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s llraeula. The Band will provide suitably atmospheric music to accompany Mas Slircck‘s lurking about. A spot of light reliefcomes from the Buster Keaton comedy Sizer/ark Junior ( I926).
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. Ipm. £2.50 (£I.50). Academy Nowl conducted by David Davies gives a recital of Nikiprowctzky's 'li Irakrvs and William Sweeney’s lz'l Pmdmr
I Kilmardinny Music Circle Kilinardinny
Home Arts Centre. Kilmardinney Avenue.
Bearsden. 943 (I312. 7.45pm. Free. Scaramuccia play Telemann. Vivaldi. (ieminiani. Sclnnel/er and Bach.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra
l'sher Hall. l.othian Road. 22% 1 I55.
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7.30pm. £6—£ l9. Walter Weller conducts the Orchestra in Wagner's Prelude and Lie/restedfrom "Irina/i and Im/de' and Strauss' Deal/i and 'I'ransj/igm'anrin. John [.01 is the pianist in Brahms‘ l’iana Cullt‘t'l'm NU /.
I All You Ever Wanted To Know About Opera! Edinburgh Festival Theatre. NiColson Street. 5296000. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Peter Knapp. Glyndelmurne ()pera singer and artistic director ot"l'ravelling ()pera. will entertain and inform the audience with a musical evening which follows the story of opera from Monteverdi to Puccini.
SATURDAY 14
Glasgow I Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall
Street. 227 55l I. 7.30pm. £6—£I9. See Friday l3.
1 I Iolanthe Theatre Royal. 2S2 Ilopc
9 Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm and matinee at
2.I5pm. £3.50—£44. Scottish ()pera get their teeth into Gilbert and Sullivan's
satire of Victorian Britain's legal and
parliamentary systems. lilizabeth Ilarlcy is the Queen of the Fairies; Elizabeth McCormack is lolanthe: the role of
Phyllis is sung by Ann .-\rchibald; that of liarl Tolloller by Harry Nicoll and liric Roberts takes on the role of Iiarl Mountararat. Stephen Clarke is the conductor and Keith Warner the director.
Glasgow
2 I Chamber Group of Scotland Stevenson
Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 8pm. £7 (£2/£3.50). Continuing the Rains and l’runs series. the CGS present the
' premiere of Magnus Robb's 'I‘lie Anrrenl
language a} the Birds. Bcrio‘s ('luunlier .ilusie. l)oirlile and I)i.\’('() by Louis
Andriessen and ('iamnna. In!er/ne::a e
SBBC Scottish Symphony
Adagio and Due Sludi by Dallapiccola.
Edinburgh
I Friends or Scottish Opera Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 20I9. credit card hotline 667 7776. 3pm. £2.50. John l)oig talks about his work as leader of the
a Scottish Opera Orchestra.
I Peter Argondizza St Mark‘s. Castle
. Terrrace. 6pm. £5 (£3) from St Mark‘s or 1 Queens Hall. 668 20l9. .-\rgondi‘/./.a demonstrates his guitar skills with works
by Walton. iilliott Carter. IS. Bach and Carlo l)omeniconi.
I Consort Oi Voices St (iiles‘ Cathedral. 225 5147. 6pm. Free. James Waters leads the Consort as part of the St (.iiles' at Six series.
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Glasgow
I Masterclass Guinness Room. RSAMD. 332 5057. Free. Trumpet masterclass
g directed by Martin Winter.
Edinburgh
I Chamber Group of Scotland Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £7 (£3.50. students £2). See Sunday 15.
TUESDAY 17
Edinburgh
I lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. I.l()pm. Peter Seivewright gives a piano recital of IS.
Bach's 'Iiieeala in I). lnness‘s Sonata.
Grainger's Handel In The Strand. ()rer T/lt' Hills and Far Away and ('aunrrv
l Gardens and M.‘.yerl's Shallow ll'alerx and l ilrlarigald.
' THURSDAY 19
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 551 I. 7.30pm. £7—-£2l. Something of a Mozart evening featuring the overture from The .ilagn' Flute and also his Ix’er/uie/n. John Cashing is the clarinet in the composer‘s ('larine! (’nneerru. Walter Weller conducts. Lynda Russell is soprano. Fiona Janes mezzo soprano. Horst l.aubenthal the tenor and Stafford Dean bass.
I Kenneth Hamilton Merchant's House. 7 West George Street. l2.45pm. £3.50 (£3). Hamilton will tinkle the ivories with Schumann's l-‘anlaxv in (‘ ()p /7 and Lis/t’s Hungarian R/Itl/).\‘()tl_\' Na 2.
I Lunch-Time Concert Concert Hall. Glasgow L'niversity. I.l5pm. Free. David .\lc('lenaghan will give a horn recital.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. (‘lerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £3.50—£l5 (£3 on the day). Ivor Bolton conducts the SC() in Vivaldi's Coneerln .\"a 5.
‘ Siravinsky's Hansex (‘nneelanler and
Nylnan's Suite 1mm ‘l’mspem '.\‘ [inn/U".
John Ilarle is the saxophonist in Nyman's
.S'atn/i/uine Canr‘erm. David Nicholson is the tlautist. Robin Williams the oboe and
l‘rsula l.eveau.\ the bassoon.
FRIDAY 20
Glasgow
' I Omitri Hvorostovsky Theatre Royal.
232 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.I5pm. £3.50 £44. ()ne of the most sought after vocalists of his generation performs a Russian recital of songs by 'l'chaikovsky. Raclnnaniniov and Mussorgsky.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall.
Candlei‘iggs. 227 55 l l. 7.30pm. £3.50—£l3. See Thurs I9.
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 332 5057. Ipm. £2.50 (£1.50). Dominique Merlet gives a piano recital of Chopin's I’antaisie in I" minor ()1) 4‘). .\"aelurne in liflal ()p 9/2 and 'Ii'ais Name/[es eludes and Debussy's Trait eludes and Images [San/v 2.
I Masterclass Guinness Room. RSAMD. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free. Dominique Mcrley gives a piano masterclass.
I Milngavie Music Club Milngavie TDW'II Hall. 7.30pm. Free. The Club give a performance entitled ‘Reeds United‘ featuring the sounds of the clarinet. oboe. bassoon and piano.
Edinburgh
I Steve Martlaml Band and the Smith Ouartet Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8.30pm. £7.50—£12.50 (£5.50-£l().50). Britain‘s riposte to the Kronos Quartet promises to kick up a storm by blending pop. jazz and electronic elements with the string quartet format. Amplification. light effects and a healthy dose of iconoclasm sounds like fun.
I Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Meliwan Hall. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Alan Buchan gives an organ recital of Franck‘s l’anraisie in A. PC. Scott's Cunt/ta.