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EDINBURGH ASSEMBLY ROOMS Wed 4th Nov GLASGOW BARROWLAND Thur 5th Nov
Tickets from. Venues Virg-n Records (Glas 8. Edin). SECC, Impulse. Sleeves (Falkirk 8. Kirkcaldy). Groucbos (Dundee). Goldrush (Perth) & Way Ahead 0141-339-8383 (24hrs).
@ MEGASTORE
Astrid
will be joining us in The MegasTore aT b.30pm on
Thursday 151 October
To perform a short seT and sign copies of her new single
“HOZAN NA”
which will be released ThaT week.
Ash
will be playing a short seT in The sTore aT 6.30pm on Monday 51h October To promote The release of Their
“NU-CLEAR SOUNDS”
album. EnTry To The Ash event is by TickeT only, available by personal application To The sTore.
54TIIE UST 24 Sep—8 Oct 1998
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CLASSICAL & OPERA Continued
FRIDAY 25
Glasgow
I Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. info: 287 5511. 7.30pm. £7—£13. Mary Sandeinan on mezzo-soprano and tenor James Nicol join the SH) fora night of Scottish music with the Beechgrove gardener and M BE. Jim McColl comperittg
Edinburgh
1 I Gala Evening Great Hall. lidinburgh
Castle. tickets: 343 13-14. 7.30pm. £30. A
; SATURDAY 26 ‘
special fundraisirig. black tie event for Cancer Research Campaign Scotland‘s 75th anniversary bash. The music comes from Linda ()riniston. James Nicol and John Scriinger with the added attraction of a viewrng of the Scottish Crown Jewels and The Stone of Destiny at 7pm.
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera Theatre Royal. Hope
Street. 332 9000. 2.15pm. £3.50- £45.50. Mozart's The Magic I‘flllt’ is brought to
. vivid life by Scottish Opera in their first
post-Festival production. As with Wagner‘s l’ursi/ril. this invites the
1 audience to undergo a mysterious ritual , in pursuit ofenlightenment. Among the A performers are Wynne livans as Tamino.
David Stephenson as Papageno and
Christine Baffle as Queen of the Night.
‘: Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. tickets: 287 551 l. 7.30pm. {ti—£21. As a
' kind of follow-up to their successful summer proms. the RSNO giy e its a night
ofclassical classics such as the /.\’/2 ()l’t’l'flll't’. The Blue Dunn/Tc arid ()ffeiibach's (‘riii-eiiii.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Suzuki Violin Group Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. (ms 20l‘). 2.30pm. £2. Dr Suzuki died earlier in this. his l00th year. His inspired method of teaching brought music to kids across
the world and this performance marks his
achievements.
I St Giles At Six St Giles Cathedral. High Street. 225 9-142. (rpm. l‘ree. Lucie Goodman lsopi'atltil and Richard Black ipianol perform pieces by Schubert. Mozart. liaure. Bellini and Mendelssohn.
Glasgow I Scottish Opera 'l‘lieaire Royal. Hope Sheet. 332 0000, 7 15pm L5 50 U550. See Sat 20.
WEDNESDAY 30
Edinburgh
I Afternoon Tea Concert Queens Hall. Clerk Street. 068 201‘). 3pm. £5 Anna Higgins is on the little and Ingrid Saw ei's' the piano as they perform works from composers such as Dom/etti and (iaubert.
THURSDAY 1
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 0000. 7 15pm. £3.50 {45 50. See Stll 2ft
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. Saucltieltall Street. tickets. 287 5511. 7 30pm ES t._‘l :\le\.mdei l.a/ai‘e\ conducts the RSV) iii the debut for their w inter season. lii'lylrii::or'v It'rivr. Works from Sli'asinsky. Ravel and Walton make up the programme.
Edinburgh
I BT Scottish Ensemble Queens Hall. Clerk Street. oos 201‘). 7.45pm. L‘) l£5 l. Rei/ ()i lU/N’I' is the italtte of this lirst
f 7.30pm. £5—£lo. See Thu 1.
Centre. Bearsden. tickets: 33‘) l707/931 f 5083. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). The first concert ; in the new season at Kilmardinity
features a new composition by Timothy
Glasgow
series in the Ensemble‘s new season. East meets West in this exhilarating fusion of the tough textures of Shostakovich and the grand elegance of Mozart and Tartini. Taking the trumpet is John Wallace with Sophia Rahman on piano.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. i tickets: ()67 7776. 7.45pm. £5--£18. The 1
25th SC() season kicks off with Beethoven’s Ali's-xii Sole/rims. with the Orchestra. Chorus and top soloists combining forces under the baton of
Joseph Swensen. An uplifting piece
which is both visionary and spectacular.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. tickets: 2X7 5511.
I The Isis Piano Trio Kilmardinny Arts
5 Murray. the trio's founder. l
? SATURDAY3
Glasgow l I The Organist Entertains r\t't(iai1et‘y '
‘ and Museum. Kelyingrove. info: RBI
organist is Donald MacKen/ie.
lt<5-1. 2.30pm. l"ree.'1'oday"s entertaining ;
I Scottish Opera Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm.£3.50~£~15.50. See Sat 26.
Glasgow
I Kings Of Comedy Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. tickets: 287
55 l 1. 3pm. £7.50--£ l 5. The third and final segment of the tributes to the silent era sees Carl Davis cortduct the BT tiiisemhle through his own score of Buster Keaton's l‘)23 classic ()rir Hospital/Iv. .-\s a postcr‘ipt to the series. i Davis w ill hold .i talk in the Strathclyde the following day at lpiii. l’riced £2.50
on the day and L2 in advance.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 52‘) ()00(). 7.30pm. £7 £l‘l50. See Thu 1.
Edinburgh
I Jean-Yves Thibaudet Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. (this 2(11‘).7.-15pm.£3‘ L' 10. l't‘aiice's top pianist plays a varied programme ranging from the big Romantics to the tan sounds of Bill
liy ans.
Edinburgh
I Afternoon Tea Concert Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. ms 201*). ipm. £5. '1‘heRS.»\.\1D's exciting young pianist Day id Henry plays pieces from the likes of Chopin. Debussy and Ravel.
THURSDAY 8
Glasgow
I Dunedin Consort Steyeitson Hall. RSAMD. Renfiew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 iiJr Take yourself on a musical tourney through 400 years of British songwriting with Madrigals from the lzli/abethan age to the present day. Among the coiiiposei's on display are Wesley. l’earsall and .\lusgr.i\e
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's l1;t|l.(’leik Sll't‘t‘l. llet‘lsi (if)? 7776, 7.451201. {.5- Elb‘. The “mid premiere of a new work by the grand old man of Scottish music. Thomas Wilson. kicks off this programme. followed by Mendelssohn‘s l’imro Cum erlo .Vii / and concluded by Dvorak's .SereIrui/r' l'oi' Sir/lies. Joseph Swensen conducts again. w ith Jean-Yves 'l'hibaudet on piaito