CLASSICAL & OPERA MUSIC
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Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical a Opera listings compiled by Jonathan Trew.
FRIDAY 2
Glasgow
I IVO Pogorelich Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £7.50—£15. The pianist who shot to fame when he won first prize in the International Music Competition in Montreal. Canada in 1980. comes to Glasgow. The full programme has yet to be announced.
I Classical Music Cottiers. H yndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. Classical musicians give an informal recital in the relaxed environs of Cottiers.
Edinburgh
I ll Seminario Musicale Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 225 5366. 8pm. £6—£10 (£4—£8). Come 1690 and the Glorious Revolution. James VII of Scotland and II of England found it prudent to take an extended overseas break and shifted to Saint-Germain-en Laye outside Paris. In order to counter the glums he listened to rather a lot of Italian music. The Seminario recreates these cantatas and arias with the help of Gerard Lesne (contralto). Blandine Rannou (harpsichord). Bruno Cocset (cello) and Pascal Montheillet (theorbo).
I The Pirates oi Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. The Edinburgh Music Theatre Company present the Broadway version of Gilbert and Sullivan‘s work.
SATURDAY 3
Glasgow
I North Ayrshire Youth Brass Band Walker Hall. Kilbirnie. 01294 274166. 7.30pm. Phone for prices. The band celebrates their twentieth Anniversary with this concert. Part of the Cunninghame Festival.
Edinburgh
I RSND Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4-£19. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra Prom season kicks off with a Viennese Evening. James Loughran conducts the orchestra in works by Schubert. Mozart and Strauss including The Gypsy Baron, Egyptian March, Thunder and Lightning Polka, the Blue Danube and the Pizzicato Polka. Julian Evans is the pianist.
I Purcell and his Time St Cecilia’s Hall. Niddry Street. Cowgate. 650 2423. 8pm. £6 (£4). The University of Edinburgh Music Faculty presents a programme of vocal and instrumental chamber music by Purcell and some of his contemporaries. The evening’s musicians are Christopher Field and Sally Butt (baroque violins). Alison Crum (bass viol). John Butt (solo keyboard). John Kitchen (chamber organ). Robert Phillips (archlute) and Roger Savage (speaker).
I The Pirates oi Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8; 2.30pm £3/£5. See Fri 2.
SUNDAY 4 ~
I Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 357 5288.
. Storv.
Niddry Street. Cowgate. 650 2423. 8pm..
1 vocal and instrumental chamber music by Purcell and some of his contemporaries.
The evening‘s musicians include Alison
| Crum (bass viol). John Bryan (chamber
. organ) and the Rose Consort of Viols.
g I Unglingaltor Seliosskirltia St Giles‘
Q organist gives a recital on the cathedral’s
Glasgow 3 I largs Choral Group Public Hall. West ’ Kilbride. 01294 462418. 7.30pm. £3.50
7.30pm. £5 (£3). The orchestra. in association with the lnstitut Francais de Glasgow. present Maxwell-Geddes' Dances at Threave. Saint-Saens‘s Symphony No 2 and Ravel‘s Le Tombeau de Couperin. John Grant is the soloist in lbert’s Flute Concerto.
I Trio Ecosse Burrell Collection Lecture Theatre. Burrell Collection. 331 1854. 2.30pm. £4 (£2). The trio perform a programme of modern Scottish music.
I Sunday Promenade Organ Recitals Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 221 9600. 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Free. Morley Whitehead gives an organ recital.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Children’s Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7pm. £4 (£2). Lewis Morrison conducts the orchestra in a range of well known and popular music ranging from Handel’s Water Music to Bernstein's West Side
I Purcell and his Time St Cecilia's Hall.
£6 (£4). The University of Edinburgh Music Faculty presents a programme of
Cathedral. 225 5147. 6pm. Free. The
magnificent Rieger organ.
MONDAY 5
(£3). The chorus give a performance ; entitled ‘Variations‘ which features works 1
Madrigals and music by popular l composers.
, I la Forza del Oestino Edinburgh
‘ Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529
6000. 6.30pm. £4—£44. Scottish Opera
pump up the volume for their production
by Haydn. Faure. Beethoven. Waldteufel as well as Scottish songs. English
Edinburgh
I The Pirates of Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. (£4/£6). See Fri 2.
TUESDAY 6 Edinburgh
of Verdi’s tragic epic which is sung in Italian with English subtitles. Outstanding tenor Deng plays the role of Alvaro. Richard Armstrong conducts and Roberto Goldschlager directs from the original production by Elijah Moshinsky.
I RSND Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4—£19. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra glides and pirouettes with excerpts from Tchaikovsky‘s Sleeping Beauty. The Nutcracker and Swan Lake; Khachaturian's Spartacus as well as Prokofiev‘s Romeo and Juliet.
I Music ior Pentecost St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 8pm. £5. Timothy Byram-Wigfield gives a performance on the 1879 Father Willis Organ. The programme comprises Bach's Fantasia super K omm, heiliger Geist. Messiaen’s Messe de la Pentecote and Durufle's Prelude, Adagio et Choral varie sur Veni Creator.
I The Pirates of Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. (£4/£6). See Fri 2.
WEDNESDAY 7. -
I Cecilia Bartoli Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511.
7.30pm. £17.50—£33.50. In her debut appearance in Scotland. Bartoli will be singing works by Verdi. Beethoven. Rossini. Donizetti and Bellini.
I Cappella llova Glasgow Cathedral. Castle Street. 227 5511. 8pm. £7-£10 (£5/£6.50). Alan Tavener directs the choir in an evening of sacred music and courtly songs from France and Scotland to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Auld Alliance and the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to the Dauphin Francois.
Edinburgh
I The Marriage oi Figaro Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £4—£44. Lusty operatic comedy from Scottish Opera as they produce their version of Mozart‘s work. Timothy Lole conducts and David Leveaux directs.
I RSND Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4—£19. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra opens up the throttle for an evening of Essential Opera taking in highlights from Tosca, Aida. William Tell and La Wally.
I The Pirates oi Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. (£4/£6). See Fri 2.
I Fiona Kimm Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. lptn. £2. Kimm. Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro. will be in conversation with a special guest interviewer and will answer questions from members of the audience.
THURSDAY 8
Glasgow
I lev Atlas and Phillip Silver Merchant’s House. West George Street. 639 3176. 12.45pm. £3.50 (£3). The viola player and the pianist. who form two thirds of the Rachmaninov Trio. perform Schubert‘s Arpeggione Sonata. Brahms’ Sonata and Enesco's Concrensttarke.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 2.
Edinburgh
I life With An Idiot Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £4-£44. Jonathan Moore directs Scottish Opera's production of Alfred Schnittke’s contemporary opera about a young couple who are forced to live with Vova. a lunatic. with extreme results. While not to everybody's taste Life With An Idiot certainly makes a change from lolant/ze. Richard Armstrong conducts. I RSND Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road.
3 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4—£l9. The Royal
Scottish National Orchestrajoins up with Dundee Rep for a semi-staged performance of Roald Dahl‘s Little Red Riding Hood scored by Paul Patterson as well as music from Disney's Snow White and Pinocchio.
I The Pirates oi Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. (£4/£6). See Fri 2.
FRIDAY 9 ‘ Edinburgh
I Edinbugh Competition Festival Association Nelson Hall. McDonald Road Library (off Leith Walk). 225 5584 ext 233. 7.15pm. Free. Singing and chamber music from the prize winners of the 1995 competition.
I RSNU Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4—£19. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra performs an evening of popular classics with Takuo Yuasa conducting the musicians in Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and Rimsky- Korsakov's Scheherazade as well as Others.
I The Marriage of Figaro Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £4—£44. See Wed 7.
I The Pirates oi Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8. (£4/£6). See Fri 2.
SATURDAY 10
Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Brass Ensemble and the Irvine and Oreghom Brass Band Trinity Church. Irvine. 01294 274166. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Double band action featun’ng music from Scotland and America.
Edinburgh
I Music On it Summer’s Evening St Catherine's Convent. Lauriston Gardens. Info and tickets on 331 4609. 7.30pm. £12.50 including buffet supper. Louise MacDonald (mezzo-soprano) and Jeremy Silver (piano) give a performance including Purcell’s The Blessed Virgins Erpostulation. Mahler‘s Lieder Eines Fa/trenden Gesellen as well as works by Barber and arrangements of spirituals by Burleigh. All proceeds go to The Save The Children Fund.
I RSND Proms Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £4—£19. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra joins forces with the Whistlebinkies and lets down its hair for the traditional last night of the proms high jinks. The programme includes Arnold’s Tam O'Shanter Overture. Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves. Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever. Randalls‘ Ceilidh and. of course, a spirited rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
I The Little Prince Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. £2.50 (£1.50). Antoine de Saint- Exupery‘s story is set to music by Matthew Peacock with performers from the University of Edinburgh.
I La Forza del Oestlno Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 6.30pm. £4—£44. See Tue 6.
I The Pirates of Penzance Assembly Hall on the Mound, 220 4349. 7.30pm. £5/£8; 2.30pm £3/£5. See.Fri 2.
I Nigel Douglas Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 1pm. £2. Friends of Scottish Opera and Festival Theatre Friends are invited to hear Douglas talk about some of the singers of whom he has written in his books Legendary Voices and More Legendary Voices.
Glasgow
I Strathclyde University Chamber Choir St Bride's Church. Hyndland. 552 4400 ext. 3444. 3.30pm. Free. Alan Tavener conducts the choir in a programme of choral evensong.
I Banquet of Musik Burrell Collection Lecture Theatre. Burrell Collection. 331 1854. 2.30pm. £4 (£2). A programme of music from the French court of Louis XV.
Edinburgh
I John Bevan Baker Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 3pm. £6 (£4). A celebratory concert of the work of the Scottish composer.
I Wernigerode Girls Choir St Giles‘ Cathedral, 225 5147. 6pm. Free. The choir gives a performance.
WEDNESDAY 14
Glasgow
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 2.
Edinburgh
I Cadenza Caledonian Hall. Royal Botanic Garden. Inverleith Row. 552 7171 ext 480. 7.45pm. £6 (£5) from Events officer on above number. The choral group perform a summer concert that includes Tippett’s Five Negro Spirituals. a selection of Scottish and American songs and a range ofclose-harmony lighter music.
I James lancelot St Giles' Cathedral. 225 5147. 8pm. £6 (£4). The organist of Durham Cathedral gives a recital. |
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