MUSIC folk & world
FOLK 8r WORLD continued
WEDNESDAY4 I *
Glasgow
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Kirming Park Complex. Cornwall Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50) Scots and Cape Breton styles; all levels. Info: 636 1450. I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stock we11 Street. 552 8681, ()pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh FOlk Club Pleasancc Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasancc. 8pm. £4 (£3). Lucky Bags.
I Scots Reels And Step Dance Classes South Morningside Road. 7pm. Ten-week course £33 (£12), See Edinburgh. Wed 28.
I Scots Music For Cello nor-oughiiiuir High School. \r'iewforth. 7pm. 1-‘otir—week course £16 (£6). See 1idinburgh. Wed 28.
THURSDAY 5 ' ' 5
Glasgow
I Danny Kyle Newl).t\vnl-olk('1ul). Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 167-1. 8.30pm. £3 £5.
Edinburgh
I Folk, Fish and Fries Harry Ramsden's. Newhaven Fish Market. Newhaven. 551 5566. 7.30 10pm. £12 (includes fish. chips. tea or coffee plus glass of wine). Music from ex-(‘orries chariteuse Paddy Bell with (my Heath. Mandy i‘ylalcolmson and Steven Byrne. I Ceilidh Dancing For Beginners Bruntsfield Primary School. fvlontpelier. Ten-week course £33 (£12). Presented by the Scots Music Group of the Adult Learning Project. 337 5442.
lmngston
I Folk Night With Freeland Howdeii Park Centre. 8pm. £4 (£2.50). Info and tickets ()1506 433634. ()ccasionals accordion maestro Freeland Barbour.
classical &
opera
listings
i Concerts are listed by date. the" by
city. Classical 8r Opera Listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
Glasgow ; I Flute Recital Stevenson Hall.
RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). \Vissam Boustany' (flute) and Jack Keaney (piano) play Mozart's Sonata in [)flat. Jolivet's ('lumt l)e I.ino.v. Widor's Suite ()p3—l/l and Tarek Younis's Rising l’rom The xls/iei. Boustany then directs a free masterclass on the flute in the same venue at 2.30pm. I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 7.30pm. £4.5()--£15.50 (£3.50) from 287 5511.The ()rchestra perfortns Haydn‘s Svmp/toniex Nos 9‘) am/ 100. Sir Michael Tippelt's ’l't'ie Heart's
.'i.\.\ltl‘(lll( r' and Britten's Folk Songs.
Edinburgh
I Harpsichord Recital National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. 12.45pm. Free. David McUuinness performs music by Scarlatti. Bach and Michael Corrette's Rain Storm.
I Organ Recital Mcliwan Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. John Riley plays pieces by Saint-Saens. Wachs. 1.efébure-Wély. Haydn. and his own lmprorixations ()n .4 Submitted 'I'lieme. I Scottish Early Music Consort Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £ 1 2/£‘) (£9.60/£7.2()/£5). Includes ‘Winter Nights: An Italian Stramash'. featuring soprano Lorna Anderson. The programme. devised and directed by Gregory Squire. includes frenzied trios by Geminiani. elegant sonatas by ()swald. works by Corelli and fiddle tunes from traditional sources.
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall presents
Jean—Yves Thibaudet in recital
Ravel
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’What makes his performance work, apart from his bracrrig vrrtuosrty, is focus and intelligence along With a disarmingly delicate, almost innocent touch'
The dazzling, flamboyant acclaimed pianist performs Ravel’s complete works for piano With typical breadth and power.
Complete works for piano
Tuesday 3 February 7.30pm
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Info 0141 353 4137 Booking 0141 287 5511
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62 THE llST 23 Jan-b leb 1998
SATURDAY 24
Glasgow
I A Midsummer Night's Dream New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3.50). Benjamin Britten's opera is performed by students of the RSAMl) ()pera Department. Nigel Warrington directs and Timothy Dean conducts. Also on Mon 26. Wed 28 and Fri 30.
I Scottish Early Music Consort Adelaide's. 20‘) Bath Street. 7.30pm. £10 (£8/£.i) from 287 5511. See Fri 23.
Edinburgh
I Chalemie St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. 7.45pm. £9 from Queens Hall (box office 668 201‘). credit card hotline 667 7776). L'sher Hall (228 1155) and Georgian Concert Society (22‘) 8018). 'l‘heatrical music arid dance from the 18th century come together in The Hote/ipote/i Pantomime.
Glasgow
I Hebrides Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. £8 (£3.50/£2). Three young Scottish composers and their recent works feature on an exciting bill — James Clapperton's Iz'lrie/i I'irtttttts'vis. Sally Beamish's Between [fart/1 And Sea and David Horne‘s (Y’IlCt’I'lU For .Sit‘ Plate/1V. Also included are their linglish contemporary. Thomas Ades. with Can/i. and a performance of Ronald Stevenson's piano quartet Alma .rl/lia to celebrate the composer's 70th birthday.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5—£1 l. Tenor John Mark Ainsley and pianist Malcolm Martineau join the SC() Chamber linsetnble for Delius's ('ello Sonata. Vaughan Williams's ()n ll’en/or'k lit/ge. Britten's Folk Songs and Bridge's String Sextet.
I Edinbur h Academy Chamber Choir and Ensem les St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. with retiring collection. Pupils from lidinburgh Academy perform in an historic setting.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.30pm. £7—£1‘).5() (£5—£17.5()).
' .latnes MacMillan's dazzling piano
concerto 'I'lu' Beserking. with soloist Peter l)onohoe. is the pulsating core of this concert. Also on the bill are 1)ebussy‘s Images and Stravinskst the Rite ()1' Spring.
MONDAY 26
Glasgow
I A Midsummer Night's Dream New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3.50). See Sat 24.
Edinburgh
I Pirates Of Penzance Church Hill Theatre. 33a Morningside Road. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5) from 662 9202 and 313 3074. Gilbert and Sullivan's tnuch loved operetta is the latest production by the Edinburgh University Savoy ()pera Group. A rollicking tale of pirates. policeman. maidens and. of course. a tnodern major general. it's directed by Magnus Wake. with Moray Nairn as musical director.
I Hebrides Ensemble Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £8 (£3.50/£2).See Sun
25.
TUESDAY 27
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. Students of Edinburgh University‘s Faculty of Music reveal their talents.
I Pirates Of Penzance Church Hill Theatre. 33a Momingside Road. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5) from 662 9202 and 313 3074. See Mon 26.
French pianist lean-Yves 'l'hibaudet joins
Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Orchestra at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Fri 30 Jan
WEDNESDAY 28
Glasgow
I Violin Masterclass Stevenson llLlll. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Yuko lnoue directs a tnasterclass on the string instrument.
I Composer’s Workshop Guinness Room. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. Free. Sally Beamish concludes the series of informal performance and composition workshops. given by students of the Acadetny. Works examined include l’io/ntireae/u/ and The l.oe/i In Hinter. I A Midsummer Night's Dream New Athenaenm 'l'heatre. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3.50). See Sat 24.
Edinburgh
I Pirates Of Penzance Church Hill i
Theatre. 33a i‘ylorningside Road. 7. 30pm. £7.50 (£5) from 662 ()202 and 313 3074. . See. Mon 26.
THURSDAY 29 Glasgow ; I Royal Scottish National Orchestra ' Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall I Street. 7.30pm. £8- £21 from 287 5511.
the RSNU for both of Ravel's Piano Concertos. Also includes Copland’s Suite: :lppa/ai ltian Spring. Debussy 's I’I'e/ut/e .‘l /.'.-l/n'ev'-muli /)'l 'n I‘aune and (iershwin‘s An
Edinburgh
I Pirates Of Penzance Church Hill Theatre. 33a Morningside Road. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5) from 662 ()202 and 313 3074. See Mon 26.
FRIDAY 30
Glasgow
I Piano Recital Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lptn. £2.50 (£1.50). American pianist Charles Roseu‘s first recital at the Academy consists of Beethoven's Sonata in AV/Iat and Brahms‘s \ariatimis.-’1rul l’ugue ()n A 'I'lteme It'v Hamlet. He follows the concert with a free piano masterclass in the same venue at 2.30pm. I A Midsummer Night's Dream New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3.50). See Sat 24.