MDSIG classical & opera
CLASSICAL & OPERA: Thu 26 continued
I 81' Scottish Ensemble Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £9 (£5). 'The Music OfAmadeus‘ sees the ensemble on first name terms with Herr Mozart and playing his Sinfonia Coneertante and Symphony No 29. For Exsultate Jubilate and Concert Arias. they are joined by soprano Felicity Hammond. winner of last year’s John Noble Prize. See preview.
FRIDAY 27
Glasgow
I Alberni String Quartet Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). The foursome are joined by Philip Ledger for Dvorak's Piano Quintet and student composer Christine McCombe's love Into Stone. which will be rehearsed at a free masterclass in the same venue at 11am. The quartet direct a free master- class on chamber music at 2.30pm.
I BT Scottish Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£5). See Thu 26.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1. 10pm. Free. Neil Cockbum plays Hampton's Five Dances For Organ. Franck‘s Choral No l and Du ré's Variations Sur Un Noel.
I mson Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £6.50—£25. See Fri 20.
I The Sorcerer King's Theatre. Leven Street. 220 4349. 7.30pm. £7—£I 1 (£7). See Tue 24. Also on Wed 25. Thu 26 and Sat 28.
I Christ Church Ensemble Christ Church. Holy Corner. Morningside. 662 4163. 7.30pm. £3. The choir and orchestra perform Duruflé’s Requiem and Crucifixus. and I Cried Aloud Unto God by Fry
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SATURDAY 28 Glasgow I Ci of Glasgow Chorus and Roya Scottish National Orchestra City Hall. Albion Street. 7.30pm. £8-£15 from 287 551 l. Soprano Jane Webster and baritone Christopher Purves join the City of Glasgow Chorus and RSNO for Vaughan Williams‘s great choral work A Sea Symphony. The programme also includes Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Te Deum, conducted by Czech music expert Douglas Bostock. who is Principal Conductor of the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra.
Edinburgh
I Cosi Fan Tutte Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9—£45.50. See Tue 24. Also on Thu 26. I The Sorcerer King's Theatre. Leven Street. 220 4349. 2.30pm. £7 & £8.50; 7.30pm. £7—£11 (£7). See Tue 24. Also on Wed 25—Fri 27.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £5—£17.50 (£6.50 & £3.50). See Wed 25.
I Violin and Harpsichord Recital St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. 7.45pm. £9 from Queen‘s Hall (box office 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776). Usher Hall (228 1155). Georgian Concert Society (229 8018) and at the door. Catherine Mackintosh (violin) and Maggie Cole (harpsichord) play music by J.S. Bach. whose sonatas for the instruments they recently recorded to great acclaim.
SUNDAY 1
Glasgow
I Children's Classic Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 2pm. £7 (£3.50) from 287 5511. Try a pizza the action as
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the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and presenter/conductor Robert Dean invite younger listeners along to an ‘Extravaganza ltaliana‘. Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Boccherini‘s Minuetto and an excerpt from Mendelssohn‘s Italian Symphony combine with opera favourites by Puccini and Rossini for an irresistible dish. There'll be live music in the foyer before the concert and. afterwards. the musicians and conductor will be on hand to take questions.
I Hebrides Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. £8 (£3.50 & £2). Saxophonist Andrew McNeill and soprano Sarah Fox (winner of the 1997 Kathleen Ferrier Prize) are two emerging talents who are generating tnuch excitement on the musical scene at the moment. They join the ensemble for a programme that combines varied works from the saxophone repertoire with cabaret-style songs. Composers featured include Debussy. Webern. Schbnberg and Satie.
Edinburgh I SCO Chamber Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5—£ll (£6.50 & £3.50). Members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are joined by
soloist Michael Collins for Mozart‘s Clarinet Concerto No 1 and James MacMillan‘s 'l'uireadh. Mozart's String Quartet in G minor rounds things off nicely.
I Organ Recital St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. with retiring collection. Michael Harris presents ‘A Lenten Sequence’ including music by Bach. Pep ing and Duruflé.
I Royal fcottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. £7—£l9.5() (£5—£17.50). See Thu
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I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50) at the door. Richard Jeffcoat is the soloist for Ravel‘s Piano Concerto and also conducts this concert. which features Mozart‘s Symphony No 3] (‘Paris)' and Rossini/Respighi's La Boutit ue Fantasque.
I Co iston And Merchiston Choir McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 7pm. Free. The Coliston and Merchiston Choir isjoined by the Merchiston Castle School Choral Society. conducted by Philip Rossiter. for Messiah (Parts 2 and 3).
MONDAY 2 Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.30pm. £5—£l6.50. The Orpheus Club. based locally. presents an amateur production of Gilbert & Sullivan‘s classic comic Operetta set in Japan.
Edinburgh
I Hebrides Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £8 (£3.50/£2). See Sun 1.
TUESDAY 3
Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.30pm. £5—£16.50. See Mon 2.
I Guitar Recital Hutcheson's Hall. 2 John Street. 1.15pm. £2 on the door. Students from Strathclyde University‘s BA Applied Music degree present a programme of solo and ensemble music for guitars.
I Musica Electronica Concert Hall. University of Glasgow. 330 4092 1.15pm. Free. A concert featuring electroacoustic music selected from international festivals. prizes and studios around the world. prepared and diffused by final year students of the B.Eng (Electronics With Music) course on special sound diffusion equipment.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Singers Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. The programme of this lunchtime concert includes Motets by Mendelssohn.
I Organ Recitals St Cuthbert‘s Parish Church. Lothian Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£5) from 229 5919. Timothy Byrani- Wigfield. master of music at St Mary‘s Cathedral. plays on St Cuthbert‘s rebuilt organ.
WEDNESDAY 4 Glasgow I Evgeny Kissin Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £7.50—£15 from 287 5511. The 26-year-old Russian — one of the world's top pianists - comes to Scotland for a solo recital that promises to be as dazzling as it is lyrical. I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. 7.30pm. Free tickets (while available) by postal application (enclosing sae) to BBC SS() Concerts Secretary. BBC Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. Glasgow. G12 8DG. The ‘Stars. Stripes and Symphonies’ series reaches part four. with Brad Cohen conducting lves's haunting The Unanswered Question. Bemstein‘s Suite: Fancy Free and Walter Piston's Symphony No 2. I The Mikado Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.30pm. £5—£16.50. See Mon 2. I Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. Students compete for the A. Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize.
Edinburgh
I Vocal Recital Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £5 (includes afternoon tea). Soprano Julie Flanagan (currently studying at the RSAMD) and pianist Robert Melling brighten up an afternoon with Mozart's Ifxsultate Jubilate. the ‘Jewel Song‘ frotn Gounod's Faust and some Schubert Iieder.
Stirling
I Paragon Ensemble MacRobert Arts Centre. University of Stirling. 01786 461081. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). See Fri 20.
THURSDAY 5
Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.30pm. £5—£16.50. See Mon 2.
I Viola Competition Guinness Room. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. Viola players take part in the Watson Forbes Prize Competition. I Guitar Recital Recital Studio. Jordanhill Campus. University of Strathclyde. 1.15pm. Free. See Tue 3. I Accordion Recital Concert Hall. University ofGlasgow. 330 4092. 1.15pm. Free. Owen Murray plays pieces for classical accordion by Scarlatti. Gubaidulina. Albéniz. Zolotaryov and Edward McGuire (the UK premiere of Three Traditional Chinese Pieces). A free composer's workshop follows at 2.30pm.
I Violin Competitions Guinness Room. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Today the Hilda Bailey Prize and the Robert Highgate Scholarship can be won by talented young violinists.
I Academy Brass Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The cream of the Academy's brass players perform works by Bernstein. Holst. Gregson and Wilby.
Edinburgh
I Paragon Ensemble St Bride‘s Centre. 10 Orwell Terrace. 8pm. £8 (£4) from Queen's Hall (668 2019; credit card hotline 667 7776). See Fri 20.