MUSIC folk & world FOLK & WORLD LISTINGS continued
WEDNESDAY 10
Glasgow
I Tartan Tent Glasgow Green. Doors open lptn. The World Cup on big screens and tnusic frotn the Tartan Amoebas at 3pm and 6.15pm. Day tickets £7.50. Bookitt hot-line 0870 240 2012.
I Weefily Scots Fiddle Workshops Kittttittg Park Complex. Cornwall Street. Kintting Park. 7.30—930pm. £4 (£1.50). Workshops on Scots attd Cape Breton fiddle styles for beginners. intermediate and advanced levels. Young beginners classes commence earlier In the evening. lnfortnation 636 1450. Also Cape Breton Step Dance class. 6—7.l5pm. £3. Information 946 1087.
Edinburgh
I Ian Bruce lidinburgh Folk Clttb. Pleasance Theatre Cabaret Bar. The l’leasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). The West of Scotland's famously powerful singer. songwriter attd entertainer.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Sean Tyrell New Dawn Folk Club. Queen's Club. Queen Street. 221 6381. 8.30pm. £3—£5. A hugely admired talent: one of the leading singers on the contemporary folk scene.
I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
folk & wOrld residencies
The following details are for regular free weekly dates: see main
listings for one-off or ticketed shows. Gi s are listed by city, then by day. Resi encies will be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk 8r World ReSIdencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
Fridays
I lock Tamson's Bytes Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Stt‘eet/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Scottish and Irish session.
I O'Neill’s Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan’s Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 498‘). ‘)pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland bar with live music.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 8pm. Free. lrish theme pub. Live music.
Saturdays
I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 4.30pm. Free.
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I lock Tamson’s Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. lrish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan's Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 498‘). 9pm. Free. lrish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Songs and accordion in Highlander's watering hole.
Sundays
I Finnegan's Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 498‘). 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 9pm. Free.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 8.30pm. Free. Session.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
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I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Live battds.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Fitt McChuill.
Tuesdays
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 33‘) 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I 0' Neill's Queen Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live bands.
Wednesdays
I Tolbooth Salttnarket. 9pm. Free. Live folk groups.
I lock Tamson's Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Finnegan's Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. lrish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Finnegan's Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordionist.
EDINBURGH
Thursdays
I Antiquary Bar St Stephen's Street. Stockbridge. 9pm. Free. Open folk session.
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. lrish theme )ub. Live bands.
I Tron Cei ldh House Hunter Square. High Street. 226 0931. 9pm. Free. Informal session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 22o 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Fridays
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music frotn the Highlands and Islands.
I 0' Neill's South Bridge. 10pm. Free. Live Irish-themed tnusic.
I Finnegan’s Wake Victoria Street. 22o 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. lrish theme pub with live tnusic.
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Wally Allen Ensign liwart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9 iii. Free.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 275 I. 9pm. Free. Scots/lrish session.
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free. Live Scottish music.
Saturdays
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music from the Highlands and Islands.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. 226 0931. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk session.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Biddy Mtlligan's Grassittarket. 220 1246. 9 tn. Free. Live music.
I Scrulify Murphy's 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 Nltltll'y Street. 557 51 14. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of Hiin 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.
Sundays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends l-lnsign Flwart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. ‘)—1 1pm. Free. Ilot accordionist iii art open session.
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Road. 225 2751. Afternoon frotn lptn. Free. Session in the famous folk )tlh.
I Finnegan s Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. lrish theme pub with live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 3pm. Free. Andy Chung; 10pm—late. 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. lrish theme pub with live music.
I Fiddler's Arms Grassmarket. 22‘) 2665. 9pm. Free. Instrutnental session. I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. Hiin Street. 2260931. 9pm. Free. Session.
Tuesdays
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live hands.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Iriin theme pttb with live music.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly lrish.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Tron Ceilidh House Iltmter Square. High Street. 226 0931. Informal live acoustic session tnost nights.
Wednesdays
I Laurie’s Bar Lauriston Place. 622 7125. t )111. Free. Andy Cltung.
I San y Bell's Forrest Road. 225 375 1. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 2260931. Informal live acoustic music tnost nights.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 22o 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
classical &
opera
listings
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical 8: Opera listings compiled by Brian Donaldson.
3 THURSDAY 23
Glasgow
I The Queen Of Spades Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50-—£45.50. l’ttshkin‘s story is one of the most enduring and spooky tales in Russian literature attd has become almost immortal through Tchaikovsky's treatment. It took the composer just 44
days to write his penultimate opera.
which contains some of his most intense and memorable music. Yannis Kokkos is the designer attd director of the piece with Richard Armstrong conducting.
FRIDAY 29
: Edinburgh ; I David Helfgott Queen's Hall. Clerk
Street. 668 201‘). 7.45pm. £8—-£25. The
‘ subject of the much-lauded movie S/ti/ie. llellgoti's prolound and emotional
relationship to Rachmaninov‘s music has sent him to the top of the classical album charts around the world. Live. he is a uniquely affectionate performer.
SATURDAY 30
Glasgow
I La Traviata Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45.50. Scottish ()pera perform Verdi’s classic of love found and lost within society's constraints. Matty Itave read it as emotional autobiography looking at Giuseppe's life and the women he loved illicitly. Claire Rutter reprises the role which brought her rave reviews a couple of seasons ago. with Nikolai Schukoff as Alfredo.
I Junior Academy Chamber Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The young musicians of the Academy present a programme of Handel. Bach. Mozart and Schubert for this term's concert.
I Glasgow Chamber Choir Glasgow Cathedral. Castle Street. 7.45pm. £10 (£6) frottt 287 5511. The choir is joined tonight by the BT Scottish Iinsemble for Vaughan Williams' 'litllix Fantasia; they also perform works by l)urufle and Tallis himself.
Edinburgh
I Catalina United Methodist Church Choir St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 12.15pm. Free. Lunchtime choral music frotn the American ensemble.
I Perform - Edinburgh Competition Festival St Bernard Centre. Sase Cobttrg Street. 3.45pm. £1 (free). Info: 6200380. The competition reaches the Piano Recital Class stage.
I Edinburgh Light Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7.30pm. £4~£7.50. An evening of melodies from your favourite operas. operettas. musicals and movies. lz't'iru. The Empire Striker Briek and Meet Me In S! Louix are all plundered.
I Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk. Candlemaker Row. 225 I900. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). James White conducts the orchestra in Wagner's l’re/ut/e.‘ l)ie Mt'islerxinger and Beethoven's Svm )/l()ll_\' No 9.
I Scottish Sin onia St Cuthhert‘s Church. Lothian Road. 7.45pm. £8 (£6) from 668 201‘). The final concert itt this year‘s season is a joint effort with the Edinburgh Bach Society for Mozart‘s .S'vmp/umv No 3‘) and Requiem.
Glasgow
I Strathclyde University Chamber Choir St Bride‘s Church. Hyndland. 3.30pm. Free. Info: 548 3444. A Whitsunday choral evettsong with David Hamilton on the orgatt arid Alan Tavetter conducting.
I The City Of Glasgow Chorus and
The Orchestra Of Scottish Opera (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £9.50--£ 17.50 frotn 287
5511. lvlendelssohn's great oratorio [Eff/till ltas attracted Scots-born soprano
Judith Lovat to return home frotn the
States to perform under the tutelage of
Martin Merry. Iilijah was one of the tnost
vengeful of the prophets and Mendelssohn's score reflects the
grandeur of this tnost dramatic of
Biblical stories.
3 I The Good Shepherd Chorus St Margaret‘s Church. Kilmarnock Road. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50). Mozart under the
microscope. with the The Mugir' l-‘lule
()l‘t’l'llll't’ and The Jupiter .S'vntplimiv among the highlights itt this
performance from the chorus and orchestra. with members of Strathaven Choral Society.
Edinburgh I Perform - Edinburgh Competition
Festival St Bernard Centre. Saxe Coburg Street. 6pm. £1 (free). Info: 620 0380. The moment of trutlt has arrived as the competition reaches the prize-giving stage.
I The Open Orchestra St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 6pm.