classical &
opera listings
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical 8: Opera Listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 27
Glasgow
I Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAM D. l00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. Student pianists compete for the Governors‘ Recital Prize.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Power Proms Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £2.50—£l9 from 287 55l l. Tasmin Little. whose recording of Brahms‘s Violin
C aneertu was described by The Guardian as ‘brilliant. poetic and deeply felt'. plays the work live. The remainder of the programme consists of Elgar‘s Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky‘s Capriet'in Italietl.
I Gusztav Fenyo Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. £5 (£3). The Glasgow-based pianist exatnines the work of Schubert and Brahms in the last of three hour-long concerts. Tonight. it's five intimate late pieces by Brahms and the posthumous Sonata in C minor by Schubert.
Edinburgh
I St Nicolai Church Choir Quaker Meeting House. Victoria Terrace. 661
5 I I7. 8pm. The Danish girls choir and mixed voice choir have a repertoire that includes Renaissance. Baroque and Romantic compositions.
SATURDAY 28
Glasgow
I Glasgow Wind Band Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. 2pm and 3pm. Free. The current Scottish champions play popular lilm and stage hits.
I Lenzre Wind Ensemble Museum of Transport. 3pm. Free. Music from the top of a Glasgow bus as part of the West End Festival.
I Junior Academy Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. £5 (£3). James Durrant conducts the orchestra in Rossini‘s Overture: T/It’ Barber Of Sel'i/le. \VCbCl‘K‘ Clarinet Concert/Ito (with Marianne Rawles). l-‘nur Cur/Ilsa Dances by Arnold. orchestral excerpts from Berlioz's 'l‘lie 'Ira/"am'. Boccherini‘s CPI/(t Crime/10 [It (i lilti/(H' (with Sian Love) and a movement from Khachaturian's (iavane Suites.
I La Duenna New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMI). 100 Rettft‘ew Street. 332 5057. 7.l5pm. £5 (£3). Prokoliev‘s comic opera. written in I946. is based on an l8th century libretto by playwright Sheridan. lts tale of love and elopement gave the composer the chance to write sparkling music in a s.er that leads back to Mozart and Rossini. James Robert Carson directs singers from the
RSAM D‘s ()pera Department. while Timothy Dean condttcts.
I The Barber Of Seville Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50) from Cottier Box Office. Ticket Centre (227 55l l) and all Ticketlink outlets. ()pera ()n A Shoestring return to Glasgow's West End Festival with Rossini‘s comic masterpiece. directed by Terry Gilbert and designed by John Taylor — the team responsible for previous productions of l.ll('f(l l)i Iran/nernumr and La [fa/zenith Campbell Russell and Debra Stuart plav Count Almaviva and Rosina. while ‘ Martin Higgins takes on the role of the mischievotts Figaro. Accompanied on piano and harpsichord.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Power Proms Glasgow Roval Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £2.50—£ l9 from 287 55l l. It‘s the Last Night of the Proms. but instead of the Union Jack flag-waving seen at the London equivalent. the programme here
features ‘Flower Of Scotland‘. ‘The Campbells Are Coming' and music from Brave/tear! On a more classical note. Barry Wordsworth conducts lan Whyte's Seats Suite and Shostakovich‘s Pia/tn
C (nu-era) Na 2. with soloist Graham Scott.
Edinburgh
I River City Chorale St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 12.15pm. Free. The chorale and handbell choir present a lively programme of music and song.
I Reykjavik Wind Quintet St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 7.15pm. £5 (£3/full time students free) from Queen‘s Hall (box office 668 201‘). credit card hotline 667 7776) and at the door. Musicians from the lceland Symphony Orchestra play Mozart. Hallgrimsson. Bach. Farkas and Icelandic folksong arrangements by Sigurbjornsson.
SUNDAY 29
Glasgow
I Organ Recital Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. 2.30pm. Free. George W. Bailey from Oak Ridge. Tennessee. plays on the famous
Kelvin rove organ.
I Reyfijavick Wind Quintet Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Five leading players from the lceland Symphony Orchestra play works by Berio. MacMillan. Nielsen and the world premiere of Camilleri‘s 'I'lie l’it'as‘xo Set.
I Ludus Baroque Cottier Theatre. 93 Hyndland Road. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). The touring opera division of Ludus Baroque presents V'nux A/u/ Adonis by John Blow. a masque entertainment written in l68l. Wilma MacDougall sings Venus. Charles Gibbs is Adonis. Susan Hamilton is Cupid. and the music is played by a small chamber orchestra. The audience is encouraged to dress up for the occasion. which will be staged in the manner of an l8th century masque.
Haddington
I Dorimus St Mary's Church. Sidegate. 0l620 825l l l. 7.30pm. Free. The mixed choir from Denmark have a repertoire that spans the Romantic and the recent. particularly Scandinavian composers.
MONDAY 30
Glasgow
I Woodwind Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. Students compete in the woodwind chamber music class for the Governors' Recital Prize.
I La Duenna New Athenaettm Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7. l5pm. £5 (£3). See Sat 28.
I Organ Recital St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 7.30pm. Free. l.ars Colding Wolf plays Kaiser. Bach. llarlmann and Heise.
Edinburgh
I Exton Chorale St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. l2. l5pm. Free. The singers from Pennsylvania perform a varied programme.
TUESDAY 1
Glasgow
I Strings Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. l0am. Free. The Governors‘ Recital Prize Competition continues for strings chamber music.
I The Barber Of Seville Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50) from Cottier Box Office. Ticket Centre (227 551 l ) and all Ticketlink outlets. See Sat 28.
Edinburgh
I School Concert Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 7.30pm. Admission by programme from St George‘s in Garscube Terrace. The Senior. Lower-School and Primary Orchestras of St George's perform works
ludus Baroque hit Cottiers, Sun 29 Jun
by Suppe. Dvorak. Kabalevsky. Crusell and others.
Glasgow
I Brass Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. l0am. Free. Today marks the brass chamber music stage of the Governors' Recital Prize Competition.
I La Duenna New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. I00 Renl‘rew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3). See Sat 28.
Edinburgh
I Minnesota High School Chorale St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. l2. l5pm. Free. A visit by the American youth choir drawn from three schools. with a repertoire including sacred masterworks. American spirituals and selected folksongs.
I Organ Recital St Andrew's and St George‘s Church. George Street. 12.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Graham Scott. the Assistant ()rganist at Paisley Abbey. comes east fora lunchtime recital.
I Dorimus Greenside Parish Church. Royal Terrace. 4-17 4-102. 7.30pm. Free. See Stilt 29.
THURSDAY 3
Glasgow
I The Barber Of Seville Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50) front Cottier Box Office. Ticket Centre (227 55] l ) and all Ticketlink outlets. See Sat 28.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Academy Musicians St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. l2.l5pm. Free. Catriona l.aing. Anna Light and Peter Backltouse perform this lunchtime.
FRIDAY 4
Glasgow
I La Duenna New .-\thenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.|5pm. £5 (£3). See Sat 28.
NICOLA SCHRUDDE
Where Ochre turns to Violet 15 June - 11 July 1997
Caledonian Hall Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Mon - Sun, 11am - 5pm, Admission free
Organised by Edinburgh College of Art in collaboration with Angel Row Gallery. Nottingham and Oriel Mostyn Llandudno
classical & opera MUSIC
Edinburgh
I Boler Janitsar St Giles’ Cathedral. High Street. l2. 15pm. Free. The Swedish brass band stop off in Edinburgh.
SATURDAY 5
Glasgow
I The Barber Of Seville Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50) from Cottier Box Office. Ticket Centre (227 551i) and all Ticketlink outlets. See Sat 28.
Edinburgh
I Winchester First Congressional Church Choir St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. l l.30am. Free. The choir from Massachusetts perform a rape/la pieces. mainly by American composers.
I Cape Breton Chorale St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 12. l5pm. Free. The Canadian community choir perform a programme of sacred and secular music.
Edinburgh
I Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free with retiring collection. The visitors from Pittsburgh perform choral works. spirituals and festival music for handbells.
TUESDAY 8
Edinburgh
I San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. l2. l5pm. Free. The a t'appella choir front California present a summer concert of religious and secular songs.
I San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 7.30pm. Free. See above.
WEDNESDAY 9
Edinburgh
I Royal Oaks First Presbyterian Church Choir St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. l2. l5pm. Free. The mixed cltoir from Michigan perform a programme of American music. both traditional and contemporary.
I Organ Recital St Andrew‘s and St George‘s Church. George Street. 12.30pm. Free with retiring collection. John Reilly from St Paul‘s and St George's performs a lunchtime recital.
Ayton
I Piano Recital Ayton Castle. near liyemouth. Berwickshire. 8pm. £7 (£5) frotn M usic-Makers. 17 North Gardner Street. Glasgow. Gll 5BU (0l-ll 339 2708). Young Hungarian pianist lldiko Barlha opens this year‘s season of ‘Summer Music at Ayton Castle' with preludes by Chopin. intermezzi by Brahms. folksongs by Bartok and ('liat'unne in (1' major by Handel.
Come and enjoy a French evening with fine food and
lively dance music at: our Bastille Day dinner-dance Sunday 13 July
8pm
The Winter Gardens People's Palace, Glasgow. £15/person (conc £12)
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