musrc CLASSICAL & OPERA
DlASSlCAl & OPERA IJSTUIG SUIT GUS "M18
I Masterclass Stevenson Hall. RSAM D. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Bernard d'Ascoli directs a piano masterclass.
I Cappella Iova Barony Hall. Castle Street. 7.30pm. £4—£1 1 (£2.50—£7) from 227 5511. The first of two nights in Glasgow for the ever popular Cappella Nova ‘Carols By Candlelight‘ concert. which brings together traditional and modern songs of the season. Audience participation is welcomed. mulled wine and mince pies are on sale and there will be surprise competitions. The Scottish Brass Ensemble are this year's guests. information from 0141 552 0634.
I BA Applied Music Chamber Orchestra ln-Service Suite. Jordanhill Campus. 7.30pm. Free. A concert by the University of Strathclyde musicians.
I Glasgow Phoenix Choir Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £6—£10 from 287 5511. See Wed 18.
I Christmas Celebration St Bernard‘s Centre. Stockbridge Parish Church. Saxe Coburg Street. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50) at the door. Cadenza presents a festive collection of son . conducted by Graham Lovett.
I 31' cottlsh Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street, 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £9l£7 (£6/£4). John Tavener’s Tears Of The Angels — a piece commissioned for the BT Scottish Ensemble’s artistic director Clio Gould — uses the highest registers of the violin to create an ethereal mood. and is dedicated to ‘the suffering people of the Balkans’. The rest of the programme consists of Leighton's Concerto For Flute. Harpsichord And Strings (with soloists Dave Heath and Leslie Macleod) and music by Part. Bach and Corelli.
FRIDAY 20
I Cappella Nova Barony Hall. Castle Street. 7.30pm. £4—£1 1 (£2.5()-£7) from 227 5511. See Thurs I9.
I 31' Scottish Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£5). See Edinburgh. Thurs 19.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Brass Ouintet National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 12.45pm. Free. Music for Renaissance brass ensemble. plus a few popular seasonal favourites for added spice.
I Broughton Bells Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Place Church. East London Road. 7pm. £3 (£1) at the door. A musical celebration of the festive season using bells and scrap metal. with performers from Gogarburn Hospital and Grindley Court Centre. In addition. SCO Brass will play a selection of seasonal music including Prokofiev‘s Ki/eis Wet/(ling and Strauss‘s PlZth'tllU Polka.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £7—£19.50. The RSNO's annual Christmas concert is a Santa‘s sack full of musical goodies. drawing on the additional talents of the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus. with Christopher Bell on the podium.
SATURDAY 21
I Junior Academy Christmas Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm and 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The Junior Academy Choir and Orchestra are joined by narrator Neville Garden and flautist Hazel MacLeod for
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Humperdinck‘s Overture: Hansel Am/ Gretel. Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in G minor. Pergolesi‘s Magnificat. Chappell‘s Parh/ington Bear’s First C omen and Ron Goodwin's Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £7.50—£ 19.50 from 287 5511. See Edinburgh. Fri 20.
Edinburgh
I Broughton Bells Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Place Church. East London Road. 7pm. £3 (£1) at the door. See Fri 20.
I Carol Party Mayficld Salisbury Church. Mayfield Road. 7pm. Free. information from 667 8871. An evening of musical entertaimnent by the choirs of Mayfield Salisbury and Kaimes Lockhart Memorial Churches. Songs. poems. stories. audience participation. mince pies and a chance to sing some of those carols you don't get in a church service.
I Cappella Nova Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.30pm. £5—£1| (£3.50—£7). See Glasgow. Thurs 19.
SUNDAY 22
Glasgow
I City Ot Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £8—£15 (£7—£l3) from 227 551 1. The Phil's Christmas cheer ranges from ‘Walking In The Air‘ from The Snowman and excerpts from Phantom OfThe Opera to pieces by Bach. Ravel. Berlioz. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St John‘s Church. Princes Street. 7.15pm. Free. Richard Neville-Towle plays part two of Messiaen‘s La Nativite’ Du Seigneur in a candlelit concert.
I John Currie Singers Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.30pm. £8 (£6/£4.50). The eighteen-strong John Currie Singers and Orchestra perform a smaller scale Messiah by Handel than is usually the case. but the music loses none of its beauty for that.
I llone Of The Above Bongo Club. 14 New Street. 8pm. £5 (£3) at the door. The launch night of what is described as ‘a crucible for a new alchemy of musical styles‘ features performers from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. cellists with mohicans and Swelling Meg. Finishes at midnight.
MONDAY 30
Edinburgh
I BT Scottish Ensemble St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 7.30pm. £ 10 from Queen‘s Hall (668 2019). Info Centre (558 1072). Ticketline (220 4349) and the cathedral shop. Fiddler Aly Bain joins the BT Scottish Ensemble for Sommerro‘s Follow The Moonstone (as seen on BBC Scotland last month). while the rest of the programme consists of Grieg‘s Holberg Suite and Poulenc’s Organ Concerto (with soloist Michael Harris).
HDGMANAY
I Candlelit Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 7.30pm. £10 from Queen‘s Hall (668 2019). info Centre (558 1072). Ticketline (220 4349) and the cathedral shop. The Choir of St Giles‘ and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble play
Handel‘s Zarlok The Priest. Fauré‘s Pavane and music for choir. organ and brass by Gabrieli. Scheidt. Tavener. Poulenc and others.
NEW YEAR’S DAY Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 7pm. £5-£l7.50 from Usher Hall (228 1155). Queen's Hall (668 2019). King‘s Theatre and Ticketline (220 4349). Carl Davis conducts the SCO's Viennese New Year Concert. crammed full of sparkling music by Strauss. Verdi and Lehar. Soprano Claire Rutter is guest soloist. and profits go to Action Research.
THURSDAY 2
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 3pm. £7.50—£19.50 from 287
551 1. Joining the RSNO on this traditional New Year trip to Vienna — the world of Strauss waltzes and polkas — are conductor lain Sutherland and soprano Doreen de Feis.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Royal Choral llnion Usher Hall. Lothian Road. Noon. £6—£15 (£4—£10/£2.50) from Usher Hall (228 1155). Queen‘s Ha11(668 2019). King's Theatre and Ticketline (220 4349). The New Year begins in grand style with Handel‘s Messiah. featuring Patricia MacMahon (soprano). Elizabeth McCormack (contralto). Rupert Oliver Forbes (tenor). Donald Maxwell (bass) and the Cantorum Amici.
SATURDAY 4
I National Youth Orchestra oi Scotland Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £7—£ 16 (£4—£8/£ 1 ). Gaetano Delogu conducts this year‘s NYOS New Year Concert. which features Smetana's Blanik from Ma Vlast. Khachaturian's Violin Concerto (With soloist Kai Gleusteen) and Sibelius‘s Symphony No
2 SUNDAY 5
I National Youth Orchestra at Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £7—£16 from 287 5511. See Edinburgh. Sat 4.
TUESDAY 7
Edinburgh
I Cello Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Mark Bailey. accompanied on piano by Gusztav Fenyo. plays cello sonatas by Rawsthome and Grieg.
WEDNESDAY 8
Glasgow I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. Free tickets (while available) by postal application (enclosing sae) to BBC SSO Concerts Secretary. BBC Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. Glasgow. Gl2 8DG. 7.30pm. Martyn Brabbins is the conductor for the latest in the ‘British Symphony.‘ series. which features the late Alan Bush’s A Nottingham Symphony and Holden Huss's Piano Concerto (with soloist Ian Hobson).
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