MUSIC folk & world
FOLK RESIDENCIES: EDINBURGH SAT cont
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square, 220 1550. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk
sessron. I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Biddy Milligan's Grassmarket. 220 1246. 9 m. Free. Live music.
I Murphy‘ 5 George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Live Irish music. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 5114. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live folk singers.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
Suidays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—11pm. Free. Hot accordionist in an open session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. Afternoon from lpm. Free. Session in the famous folk ub.
I Finnegan 5 Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 10pm. Free. informal music upstairs and downstairs.
Mondays
I Session Sandy Bell’s, Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Fiddler's Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665. 9pm. Free. Instrumental session. I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. Free. Bluegrass night.
Tuesdays
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Bannerman's Bar Cowgate. 556 3254. 9.30pm. Free. Irish music.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays
I Scruffy Murphy's George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9.30pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live band.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Finnegan’s Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Thirsdays
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 5114. 10.30pm—late. Free.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme ub. Live bands.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. Free. Informal session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
80 THELIST 21 Nov—4 Dec 1997
classical &
opera listings
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical 8. Opera listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 21
OW I Cello Recital Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £2.50 (£1.50). Moray Welsh. accompanied by Hester Dickson. plays Debussy’s Sonata. Beethoven's Sonata in A and Schumann’s Fantasiestu'cke. He also directs a free masterclass at 2.30pm in the same venue. I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 7.30pm. £4.50—£15.50 (cones) from 287 5511. Joseph Swensen conducts Schoenberg‘s Chamber Symphony No I. Stravinsky’s Concerto For Piano And Wind. Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No 2 (both with Dmitri Alexeev) and Britten‘s Variations ()n A Theme By Frank Bridge.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Leon Coates plays the world premiere of Payne’s Reflections In The Sea OfGlass and selected music by Brahms.
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14.50—£26.50 (no concs). The music of Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim combine to create one of the greatest musicals of the century. Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet is transported to 1950s New York as gangs get ready to rumble. David Habbin and Katie Knight-Adams star as the young lovers. Alan Johnson directs and everyone sings along with ‘America'. ‘Toni ht' and ‘Maria'.
I Edinburgh University String Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £5 (£3) at the door. James Lowe conducts the student musicians in Corelli‘s Concerto Grosso in G minor. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 2. Holst‘s Fugal Concerto. Mozart‘s Piano Concerto No I 4 and Bloch's Concerto Grosso No I.
I Dorian Gray: The Musical St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. 346 1405. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Oscar Wilde's novel. is transformed into a new stage musical by Jane and Barry Bremner. with music by Ian Hammond Brown.
SATURDAY 22
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £8—£2l from 287 5511. Paul Daniel. new Music Director of English National Opera. conducts a concert performance of Bandk‘s one-act opera Duke Bluebeard 3' Castle. with mezzo-soprano Louise Winter and bass Gwynne Howell. Earlier in the programme comes Sibelius's Symphony No 4.
I Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £6 (£4). A selection from Bernstein‘s Candide. Richard Strauss‘s Oboe Concerto (with Stella McCracken). Faure‘s Masques If! Bergamasques and Beethoven‘s Symphony No 7.
Edinbtrgh
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 2.30pm. £8-£l9.50 (£6—£l6.50). See Fri 21.
I Scottish National Suzuki Concert Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5 (£2). Children who have studied using the Suzuki Method of Teaching showcase their talents in a special concert.
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14.50—£26.50 (no cones). See Fri 21. I Dorian Gray: The Musical St Bride’s Centre. Orwell Terrace. 346 1405. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). See Fri 21.
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50) at the door. EUCO. the Edinburgh Quartet and solo pianist Robin Hutt join forces for a concert featuring Sibelius’s En Saga. Schumann's Piano Concerto, Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. and Holst's The Perfect Fool.
SUNDAY 23 Edinburgh I SCO Chamber Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5—£ll (cones on the day). Pianist Dmitri Alexeev joins the ensemble to perform Schubert’s String Trio in B flat and ‘Trout'Quintet. and Brahms's Four Pieces For Piano. I Organ Recital St Peter‘s Church. Lutton Place. 4.30pm. Free. with retiring collection for Waverley Care Trust. Music by Arauxo. Sweelinck. Buxtehudc. Vierne and Leguay. as well as the first performance of one of his own works. I Oban Bach Choir St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. with retiring collection. The Scottish singers make a tri to the ca ital. I Royal cottish ational Orchestra Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £7—£l9.5() (£5—£I7.50). See Sat 22.
MONDAY 24 Edinburgh I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £8—£19.50 (£6—£16.50). See Fri 21.
TUESDAY 25
Glasgow
I Vocal Recital Hutcheson‘s Hall. 2 John Street. 1.15pm. £2 on the door. Bass-baritone Iain Ainsworth offers songs from Russia (Tchaikovsky). France (Debussy) and Scotland (Ronald Stevenson). including settings of Burns and MacDiarmid. Patricia Bell accompanies at the piano.
I Opera On A Shoestring Eastwood Theatre. Rouken Glen Road. 7pm. £10 including wine from 552 1806.557 2553 or at the door. Arias. ducts and ensembles from La Boheme, Norma. Carmen and L’Elisir I) 'Antore form the centrepiece of a gala concert in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Four soloists and piano accompaniest also perform pieces by Mozart. Rossini and Offenbach.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. A lunchtime concert of Beethoven‘s String Quartet in (i and Wolf ‘s Italian Serenade.
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm £8—£I9.50 (£6-£l6.50). See Fri 21.
I Felicity Lott Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £5—£20. The world- famous soprano is accompanied by Graham Johnson for songs by Schubert. Richard Strauss. Barber and Chabrier.
WEDNESDAY 26
Glasgow
I Composer's Workshop Guinness Room. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. Free. David Blake discusses his life and work. with informal perfonnances given by students of the Academy.
Edinburgh
I Enigma Brass Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5 (includes afternoon tea). To mark their first performance as the Queen's Hall's Quintet in residence. Enigma Brass draw from their wide repertoire which ranges front modem to medieval.
I Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers Church of the Sacred Heart. Lauriston Street. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). The ensemble sing Josquin des Pres' Missa Pange Lingua among other pieces. This concert is in aid of the restoration of the Basilica at Assisi.
I West Side Story Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £11-£23.50 (£9-£20.50). See Fri 21.
THURSDAY 27
('Jasgow
I Edinburgh Quartet Concert Hall, University of Glasgow. 330 4092. 1.15pm. Free. Performance of Mendelssohn‘s Capriccio. Puccini’s Crisantemi and Shostakovich's Strin ' Quartet No 8.
I Czech National ymphony Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £8—£21 from 287 5511. The Czechs come to town with conductor Paul Freeman. On the programme are Smetana’s Overture: Bartered Bride. and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto (with Ittai Shapira) and Symphony No 7.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra City Hall, Candleriggs. £8l£10 (£4-£8) from 287 5511. The BBC 380 heads into uncharted musical waters with the ‘New Territories‘ series of concerts. Tonight Osmo Viinska conducts the Scottish premiere ofJames MacMilIan’s biggest orchestral worl: to date. Symphony (‘Vigil '). Edward McGuire's The Spirit Of Wallace and Benjamin Britten‘s Piano Concerto (with Kathryn Stott).
I Academy Wind Orchestra Stevenson Hall RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The premiere of Peter Graham’s Symphony For Winds is only one of the contemporary pieces on show. with others by Michael Ball. William Sweeney. John McLeod. Philip Wilby. Joseph Horovitz and Martin Ellerby.
I John Currie Singers Adelaide’s. 209 Bath Street. 248 4970. 8pm. £8 (£6/£4.50). Schubert is the main provider of songs this evening. which will feature his little-heard Song Of Miriam for soprano and vocal ensemble. Also on the bill is Cresswell’s Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale.
Edinbtrgh
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 2pm. £7.50—£17.50(£5-—£8.75). See Fri 21. I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £1 l—£23.50 (£9—£20.50). See Fri 21.
FRIDAY 28 Glasgow I Piano Recital Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £2.50 (£1.50). Barry Douglas plays Beethoven‘s Sonata in D minor and Sonata in C (“ii/aldstein '). then directs a free masterclass at 2.30pm in the same venue. I Ensemble Clement Janequin University Chapel. University ofGlasgow. 330 4092. 7.30pm. Free. ‘The Thrissil And The Flour-de-Lys‘ looks at 16th century Scottish and French music. both sacred and secular. It also marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Alexander Montgomerie — poet at the court of James VI - and his links with French poets and musicians. The Ensemble Clément Janequin are joined by soprano Lorna Anderson.
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I Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Douglas Hollick plays music by Scheidemann. Frescobaldi. Guilain and Bach.
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14.50—£26.50 (no concs). See Fri 21.
SATURDAY 29
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £8—£2l from 287 5511. Dynamic young Swedish conductor Petter Sundkvist takes to the podium for Al fvén 's Swedish Rhapsody No I. Shostakovich's Violin Concerto (with Russia's Dmitry Sitkovetsky) and Sibelius‘s Symphony No 2.
Edlnbll'gh
I West Side Story Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 2.30pm. £8—£19.50(£6—£l6.50). See Fri 21.
I London Festival Orchestra St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 7.30pm.