jazz
Glasgow residencies
The following details are for regular free weekl ates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gi s are listed by day. Residencies wil be listed, provrded that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Jazz Residencies listings are compiled by Kenny Mathieson.
Fridays I Jazz Piano Baby Grand. 3/7 Elmbank Gardens. 248 4942. 10pm. Lounge pianist.
Saturdays
I George Penman‘s Jazzmen The Lemon Tree. 142 St Vincent Street. 226 3833.
2.30 —5.30pm. Traditional.
I Lauder’s Big Band Lauder‘s. Siltlcltlt'ltttll Street. 242w”. lnfortnal big band.
I Harry Margolis Big Band t-‘ Attache. 27 Waterloo Street. 221 3210. 2—5pm. Big band.
I Dissen Tango'd Brewery Tap. l055 Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 9pm. Jazz funk
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand (see Fri). Lounge pianist.
Sundays
I George McGowan Big Band The Parade. Meadowpark Street. 2.30—4pm. Big band jazz.
I Blackfriars Collective Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. Modern jazz.
Mondays
I Jazz Guitar Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. 8pm. Free. Resident glIIlLITISl.
I Fionna Duncan and Friends .‘vlcChttill’s. 40 High Street. 552 2135. Traditional and mainstream singer.
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand (see Fri). 9.30pm. lounge pianist.
Tuesdays
I Alan McPike and Pat Keating Alpen Lodge. 25a Hope Street. 221 4648. 8pm. Hammond organ and vocals.
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand (see Fri). 9pm. Lounge pianist.
Wednesdays
I Grooveyard Jazz Quartet Russell‘s Bar. 1800 Maryhill Road. 334 1605. 8pm. Mainstream.
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand (see Fri). 9pm. Lounge pianist.
Thursdays
I Steven McDuff Trio Yes Bar and Brasserie. 22 West Nile Street. 221 8044. 8» 1 1pm. Singer-led trio.
I Jazz Ronnie RG's. 73 Queen Street. 221 2200 8pm. Funky jazz.
I George Penman All-Stars Bourbon Street (see Sat). 8.30pm. Traditional.
I Tap Quartet Brewery Tap (see Sat). Modern jazz. 9pm.
I Chong Blackfriars (see Sun). 9.30pm. Jazz-funk.
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand (see Fri). 9pm. Lounge pianist.
8pm.
folk & world
Glasgow listings
Dates listed below are for one-off and ticketed shows: see separate section for free residencies. Gi are listed by date. Performances Will be listed, rovided that details reach our 0 ices at least ten da s before publication. Folk 8: world istings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 8
I Session Singaround Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm—late. Free.
I Kingston Bridge Trio Clutha Vaults. 118 THE LIST 8—14 Aug I997
Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Acoustic roots.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs, 227 55!].
SATURDAY 9
I Eddie Walker Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 4pm. Free. Acoustic blues. folk. and early rock and roll.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
SUNDAY 10
I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 4pm. Free.
TUESDAY 12
I Better Crack Club Clutha Vaults.
Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm.
Donation. Storytelling club hosted by Ewan McVicar.
WEDNESDAY 13
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
THURSDAY 14
I Tomas Lynch New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 400 1033. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Irish singer and songwriter who‘s also hot stuff on the guitar. uillean pipes and whistle.
folk&world
Glasgow residencies
The followin details are for regular free weekl gates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gi s are listed by day. Residencies wil be listed, provrded that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk & World Residencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
I Jock Tamson's Bytes Road. 8pm. Free. Live celtic bands.
I O'Neills Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Scottish and Irish session.
I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. Folk trio.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordion and vocalist Donald MacRae.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub. live music.
Saturdays
I Tolbooth Salttnarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I Jock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live celtic bands.
I O'Neills Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. Country and bluegrass.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 l7l5. 9pm. Free. Songs and accordion in Highlander‘s watering hole.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Live acoustic bands.
Sundays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Session Babbin Bowster's. Blackfriars Street. 552 5055. 9pm. Free. I Victoria Bar Stockwell
Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 8.30pm. Free. Session.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockw'ell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 339 0747. 3—6pm. Free. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
Tuesdays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
Wednesdays
I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordionist.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Live acoustic music.
classical & opera
Glasgow listings
Concerts are listed by date. Classical & Opera listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 8 Glasgow
I Scaramuccia Jatnes Arnott Theatre. Giltnorehill Centre. lptn. £6 from Ticket Centre (287 551 1 ). all Ticket1-ink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). The Glasgow International Early Music Festival continues with ‘The Path To Rome‘. a concert following the birth of the trio sonata. through composers Cima.’1'urini. Castello. Fontana. Marini and Cavalli. to Corelli.
I Kuijken String Quartet Bttte Hall. University ofGlasgow. 7.30pm. £15/£1I) from Ticket Centre (287 5511). all Ticket1.ink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). The Belgians play two Mozart string quartets on period instruments.
SATURDAY 9
Glasgow
I Scottish Trumpet Consort .laines Arnott Theatre. Gilmorehill Centre. lptn. £6 frotn Ticket Centre (287 5511).;111 TicketLink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). Music for trumpets. timpani and organ from the Italian baroque. plus pieces by two of the consort's members —- a fanfare by Alan Emslie and the world premiere of a new work by Robert Baxter. I La Didone Tramway. Albert Drive. 7.30pm. £20/£15 frotn Ticket Centre (287 551 l ). all Ticketl.ink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). Scottish Early Music Consort present the centre-piece of the Glasgow International Early Music Festival — a fully staged production of Cavalli's masterpiece. first performed in Venice in 1641. Taking as its subject the passionate love story of Dido and Aeneas. it‘s set against the backdrop of the Trojan War. Mark Tucker and Catrin Wyn Davies sing the leads. backed up by singers. dancers and instrumentalists from Scotland. France. Ital '. Spain and Venezuela.
I Nationa Youth Orchestra of Ireland Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057.
7.30pm. £6 (£3/free). The tenth Festival of British Youth Orchestras begins as the finest young musicians from the Emerald Isle play Bernstein's Ore/tine: Candide. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 (with Finghin Collins) and Tchaikovsky's Symphmtv No 6 ( 'I’utlit'tiqttt' ').
SUNDAY 10 Glasgow
I Cappella Nova James Arnott Theatre. Giltnorehill Centre. Iptn. £6 from Ticket Centre (287 551 l ). all 'I‘icketlink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). The choir sings litanies. antiphons and motels written by Palestrina's contemporary Felice Anerio. These pieces lay unpublished for centuries and may be receiving their first ever modern performance outside Italy. I La Stagione Frankfurt Btite Hall. University of Glasgow. 7.30pm. £15/£l()
froin Ticket Centre (287 5511). all
Ticketlink outlets. University of Glasgow Visitor Centre and at the door (subject to availability). A collection of some of Germany's best musicians play concenos by Vivaldi. Bach's Brunt/en/ntre Concerto No 5 and — with Scottish soprano Lorna Anderson -- I’ergolesi's Salve Regina and Bach’s cantata June/13'! Got! In Allen [um/en.
I Ludus Baroque St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5) from 287 551 l. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and choir. with guest soloists. perform Bach‘s .lltt.v.v in B Minor.
I Telemann Ensemble Holy Cross Church. 2064 Great Western Road. 8pm. £5 (£3) at the door. The baroque specialists play music by Vivaldi. Ilandel and Telemann.
I Fireworks Concert South Terrace. University Tower. University of Glasgow. 10pm. Free. The Glasgow International Early Music Festival draws to a close as Germany's La Stagione and the Scottish Early Music Consort join forces for Handel's Music [701' The Rural I'Tl't‘lt'(ll'k.\'.
Glasgow
I Jeugdorkest Nederland Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/free). The Dtttch musicians perform Grieg's l’itmu Cunt (’17!) (with Maria Beatriz Ratnos). Elgar's Enigma Iiiriurimix and their fellow countryman Roel Van ()osten's recent composition Square.
Glasgow
I Barnet Schools Symphony Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/lree). Mozart‘s ever- popttlar ()1‘t’l’llll't’.‘ 'I'lit' .llugit‘ l’lutt' opens proceedings. with Roberto Gerhard's xl/t‘yl'ltla. Strauss’s Hun: ('mtt't'rlu (with Hugh Seenan) and Sibelitis’s .S'vmp/tmtv :Vu / completing the bill.
Haddtngton
I Benjamin Frith and Emperor String Quartet Holy Trinity Church. Haddington. 8pm. £8 (Lb/£3) from Queens Hall (box office 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776). Usher Hall (228 1155). Lamp of I.othian Office. The Mault House.
I’oldratem Haddington (I) 1620 823738) and
at the door, I’ianist Benjamin Frith joins the quartet for Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C
and Dvorak's I’ittno Quilt/cl in 3‘.
Beethoven‘s String Quartet in C minor is also on the bill.
THURSDAY 14 1
Glasgow
I National Youth Choir Of Scotland Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. lptn. £3 (11 l/free). Christopher Bell conducts various ensembles from within the choir. who sing a range of choral works as a taster for tonight's concert and a treat in itself.
I National Youth Choir of Scotland Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/free). The choir isjoined by a group of guest artistes for a performance Ol- ROSSIIII‘S l’t’Il/t’ illt’sa't’ SUICNIH’HC.