CLASSICAL & OPERA MUSID
CLASSICAL &OPERA '
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical & Opera listings compiled by Jonathan Trew.
Glasgow
I Copenhagen Boys Choir (.illillock South Church. liastwood Toll. l‘.;l.\l\\ ood. 638 6511. 7.30pm. £3.50. The respected choir gives a recital that will include Faur'e's Requiem.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Usher Hall. Lotlrian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £6—£ 19. Walter Weller conducts the orchestra in Strauss' l‘antasv arld liin Heltlenlelren. Truls Mork is the soloist in Miaskovsky‘s (it’l/(I Cottt't't'tu.
I Jam Ouartet St Mark's Unitarian Church. Castle Terrace. 7.30pm. The Scottish—Finnish Society host an evening‘s entertainment comprising Leo Brouwer's ('u/mn lxtttrls‘r‘tt/te wit/r Rlllll/ltl. Celso Maclrado's l-‘onr Brasilia/t l’iet'es. Piazzolla's ll'ierno l’orteno and Adios Noni/to. .‘vlikko Heinio‘s ,l/iniinha /. Jorge Morel‘s Snite t/e/ Stir and Brouwer's St'l'ellttt/e.
SATURDAY 22
Glasgow I Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall 3 Street. 227 551 l. 7.30pm. £6—£19. See Fri ' 21.
I Copenhagen Boys Choir Glasgow Cathedral. 12.30pm. Free. The choir gives a recital that includes works by Tchaikovsky. Bach and l.P.li. l-lartmann. I Glasgow Phoenix Choir Broom Parish Church. Old Mearns Road. 7.30pm. £3. An evening ofclassic and popular songs under the direction of Marilyn J. Snritlr.
I The Organist Entertains Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 221 9600. 2.30pm & 3.30pm. Free. Nigel Ogden gives a recital.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £3—£l5. Swiss Heinz Holliger conducts the SCO in two works by his fellow countryman Honegger — Svnrphonv No 4 and Cello Concerto. for which Boris Pergamensclrikow is the soloist. The programme also includes Dvorak's Rom/o and Haydn‘s .S‘vnrp/ronv No /()-l.
I Kevock Choir Usher Hall. Lothiarr Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £2—£6 pltrs concs. The choir performs choral music from Bruckner. Mozart. Strauss and Handel. Guest soloist lain Paton. from Scottish Opera. performs Loud as the Thunder: Come lute/t to Smelt/o and Maria among other pieces.
I Messiah St John's Church. Princes Street. 229 3758. 7pm. £3. Dr Dennis Townhill leads the audience in a scratch version of Handel's Messiah. Proceeds go to The Royal School of Church Music appeal fund. Hire the music on the day or bring your own Watkins-Shaw copy.
Glasgow
I Felicity lott Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£l4.50.
Graham Johnson will accompany the
renowned soprano in a selected programme of songs by Schubert. Wolf. Gounod and Chabrier.
I Scottish Voices Trio RSAM l). Rerrfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £6 (£4). Lynda Cochrane accompanies Alice Dumas (soprano). Amanda Morrison (soprano) and Tracey Wilson (lller-sopl'ano) in Peter Maswell-l)avies' Leo/ntrtli Fragments. Wilma Paterson's Three Poems of Li ('lii'ing (Into. a new work by Jane Gardner and Luigi DillltlpiCCOltlS (It'et'k l.\'rit'.v, Sit/ft) l.\‘t‘it‘\‘. xlttttr‘t‘eon
Stiller and .-l/t (tens Songs.
I The Telemann Ensemble Burrell Collection Lecture Theatre. The Burrell Collection. 331 1854. 2.3(lpri). £4 (£2 ). The linserrrble perform works by Vivaldi. Handel and 'l'elemarm.
I Sunday Promenade Organ Recitals Art Gallery and Mnseum. Kelvmgrov e. 221
. 9600 3.30pm .g 3,30pm. Free. Stephen
Doughty of St Marys Parish Church.
‘ l-laddinglon gives a recital.
v Edinburgh
I English Chamber Orchestra titlinhurgh
Festival Theatre. Nicolsorr Street. 529
_ 6000. 7.30pm £5.50—£l4.50
(£4.50—£ l 2.50). Stephanie Gonley (director/violin) leads the FC() in Handel‘s (‘Ullt't’l'lti (from) ()p 5' Nil 2. Rossini's String Sonata No /. Vaughan Williartrs' 'I'lre Lark Ascending. Parts l-‘ratrev. Tchaikovsky’s 'I'he S'ei‘eirttrlt'joi' Strings and two pieces from Walton's score for the ()livier' film Henrv l".
I St Columba’s Church Queen's Hall.
Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline l
667 7776. 7.45pm. £7.5(1/£l()(£~l/£5). Pianist Malcolm Mar'tirreau returns to Edinburgh with soprano Patricia
MacMahon and Lorna Anderson to give a l
FRIDAY 28
Glasgow
charity concert for the church's appeal fund.
I Friends or Scottish Opera Queen‘s- Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 3pm. £2.50. Derek Watson talks about the current productions of Verdi's [1t Fulfil t/t'l Desi/no and Alfred Schrrittke's Li/e ll’it/t An lilio'.
I St Giles’ At Six St Giles' Cathedral. 225 4363. 6pm. Free. The Hadley Court Singers give a recital.
MONDAY 24
Glasgow Edinburgh
I Copenhagen Boys Choir Greenside
Parish Church. Royal Terrace. 7.30pm. £2. The choir gives a recital that includes Faure's Requiem and works by
"Tchaikovsky. Bach and 1.P.1€. Hartmann.
Glasgow
I Rebecca Tavener and Michael Barnett Hutcheson‘s Hall. John Street. 552 4400 est 3444. 1.15pm. £1.60. The soprano and pianist perform songs by Ravel and Satie as well as the world premiere of Michael Barnett‘s Three Strange Songs.
Edinburgh
I The Edinburgh Ouartet Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. The quartet performs the premiere of Alistair lidwards' String Quartet and Moeran's String Quartet.
WEDNESDAY 26
Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. 7.30pm. Free tickets from 580 Concerts Secretary. BBC Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. Glasgow G 12 800. Enclose an SAE. Osmo Vanska
conducts the Orchestra in Beethoven’s Leottore No 2. Joonas Kokkonen‘s interludes from The [art Temptation and Dvorak's Symphony No 9.
I Rebecca Tavener and Michael Barnett Iii-Service Suite. Jordanhill Campus. 552 4400 ext 3444. 1.15pm. Free. See Tue 25.
THURSDAY 27
Glasgow
I Maylest. See separate listings.
I The Fairy Oueen Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Rerrfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Three hundred years after the death of Purcell. Catherine Mackintosh directs the Academy Chamber Choir and members of the Early Music Course in the composer‘s opera.
I The Morley String Ouartet Merchants' House. 7 West George Street. 639 3176. 12.45pm. £3.50 (£3). Michael Kellet (violin). Frances Price (violin). Pat Field (\ iola) and Stephen Adam (cello) perform Haydn's String Quartet 0/) 74 No 3 and a number of arrangements by Adam - Jealousy 'Iango, Loni/ont/errv Air and Check lit (heck.
I lunchtime Concert Concert Hall. Glasgow University. 339 8855 ext 4092. 1.15pm. Free. Recital by student performers.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £3.5()—£15. lvor Bolton conducts the SCO in Haydn's The Seasons. Joining the SCO Chorus will be soprano Yvonne Kenny. tenor John Mark Ainsley and bass Alistair Miles.
I Maylest. See separate listings.
I La Forza del Oestino Theatre Royal. l-lope Street. 332 9000. 6.30pm. £3.50—£44. Scottish Opera bring Verdi's tragic epic to Glasgow under the watchful eye of Richard Armstrong the music director. Leonora is played by Lisa
I Gasteen and Penelope Walmsley-Clark.
Preziosilla by Clare Shearer and Alvaro by Deng.
Edinburgh
I One Voice Ensemble Queen‘s- Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Jeremy Cull directs the Ensemble in James MacMillan's Three Dawn Rituals. Nigel ()sborne's Trio: Sarajevo. Geraint Wiggins‘ [Elements and Michael Torke‘s The Yellow Pages.
SATURDAY 29
Glasgow
I Maytest. See separate listings.
Edinburgh
I The Klng’s Consort Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £7/£9 (£5/£6). The consort performs incidental music from Purcell's The Indian Queen and Boduca; the suite from The Gordian Knot Untied, The Duke of Gloucester’s Sonata. Purcell's Theatre Avres. music to The Old Bachelor and the trumpet suite from King Arthur. The consort is Crispian Steele-Perkins (natural trumpet). David Woodcock (violin), Miles Golding (violin). Jane Norman (viola). Jane Coe (bass violin). David Miller (theorbo) and Robert King (chamber organ/harpsichord).
I The Klng‘s Consort Masterclass Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. Noon. Admission free with ticket to evening concert. Crispian Steele-Perkins and Robert King give a masterclass on period
performance techniques for wind and brass.
I No More lilroshimas St Mark's Unitarian Church. Castle Terrace. 315 2896. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Young performers from both Britain and Japan along with guest pianist Peter Evans perform Brahms‘ Sonatafor Piano and Violin 0p 78 and Beethoven‘s Sonata among others. The concert is in aid of the No More Hiroslrirnas campaign.
SUNDAY 30
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
Edinburgh
I The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Ouartet Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 2.30pm. £3.50—£8 (£3). The SCO Quartet performs Haydn‘s String Quartet 0/) 76/1. Bar'tok's String Quartet No I and Dvorak’s String Quintet 0p 97. Simon Rawsorr plays the viola.
I Jubilo Choir and The Edinburgh Players Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Walter Thomson conducts the joint choral and instrurrrerrtal forces. with leader Philip Taylor. in Haydn‘s The Creation.
I St Giles’ At Six St Giles' Cathedral. 225 4363. 6pm. Free. Craigmourrt High School pupils give a concert.
MDNDAY 1
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
TUESDAY 2
Glasgow
I Mayrest. See separate listings.
I Philip liorris and Lynda Green Hutcheson‘s Hall. John Street. 552 4400 ext 3444. 1.15pm. £1.60. Tire cellist and pianist perform Beethoven‘s Sonata No 4 and Martinu's Sonata No l as well as the world premiere of Norris' Cascade.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Concert by students of the Faculty of Music.
WEDNESDAY 3
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. From 1 lam. Free. As yet un-named musicians give an informal recital.
THURSDAY 4
Glasgow
I Mayrest. See separate listings.
I Academy Row! Festival Stevenson Ha11.RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 505 /. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Peter lnness and Richard Jeffcoat conduct the academy‘s students in Berio’s Klavierstucke and A-Ronne. Gordon McPherson's Prosen and the premiere ofJanet Bear’s Joie de Vivre. The programme also includes the first performances of specially commissioned pieces by student composers Joseph Evans. Matthew Roddie and Edward Rushton.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. From 1 lam. Free. See Wed 3.
Edinburgh
I Voice House Concert Assembly
Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. 8pm. £3 (£1.50). The 70-strong ensemble ofa capella singers perform a programme of songs and chants from around the world. l
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