MUSIC folk & world
FOLK & WORLD RESIDENCIES: GLASGOW, l MONDAYS continued. I Molly Malone’s Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free. Session.
Tuesdays
I Dolphin Bar Dttmbarton Road. Partick. 9pm. Free. Folkation.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715.9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I O'Neill's Queen Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live bands.
I linty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. Byres Road. 9pm. Free.
Camhanach.
Wednesdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 9pm. Free. Live folk groups.
I lock Tamson’s Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme i pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Friskay Lilt.
EDINBURGH
Thursdays r I Antiquary Bar St Stephen's Street. Stockbridge. 9pm. Free. ()pen folk session. I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 275 1. 9pm. Free. Session. I O'Neill's Sottth Bridge. 9pm. Free. , Irish theme ub. Live bands. I Tron Cei idh House Hunter Square. High Street. 226 ()93 I. 9pm. Free. Informal session. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 l
3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Fridays
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I 0' Neill's South Bridge. 10pm. Free. Live Irish-themed music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free. Live Scottish music.
Saturdays , I Wally Allan Lobby Bar. Sheraton I Hotel. Lothian Road. 8pm. Free. Acoustic folk/country/blues. l I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music. I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 556 6338. 8pm. Free. I I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 t l
4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. 226 093I. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk session.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Biddy Mulligan's Grassmarket. 220 1246. 9 in. Free. Live music.
I Scr y Murphy's George IV 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 Niddr‘y Street. 557
5] I4. 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.
Sundays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 556 6338. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends linsign Fwart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—I lpm. Free. 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. 3pm. Free. Andy Chung; IOpm—Iate. 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. 226 ()93 I. 9pm. Free. Session.
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 Cowgale. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. Hiin Street. 2260931. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 275 I. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 226 093i. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
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classical &
opera
listings
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Classical 81 Opera listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 17
Glasgow
I The Rachmaninov Trio Merchants House. 7 West George Street. 639 3 I 76. 12.45pm. £4 (£l-£3.50). The cello. piano and violin/viola trio present a programme featuring Beethoven's .‘lI't’lll/ll/(l' 'l'riu.
I Masterclass RSAMI). I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Colin Currie directs this percussion masterclass.
I Glasgow University Carol Service Glasgow University Chapel. University Avenue. 330 4092. 4pm. Free. Bible readings and a selection of well-known carols at this service. open to all.
I Hansel And Gretel Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50-£45.50. Scottish ()pera find there‘s plenty to sing about when you're lost in the woods. in this enchanting production of Engelbert Humperdinck's popular fairy opera.
I BA Applied Music Chamber Orchestra Iii-Service Suite. lordanhill Campus. Strathclyde University. 548 3444. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). lain Massey and Peter Argondizza conduct the students in a programme which includes Mozart‘s Clarinet Canter/n in A. with Sonia Allori playing clarinet.
I Cappella Nova Barony Hall. Cathedral Square. 227 551 I. 7.30pm. £2.50—£ l 2. Alan Tavener conducts vocal ensemble Cappella Nova and the Scottish Brass Ensemble in a programme of popular seasonal music.
I RSNO Christmas Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 2t 7 5511. 7.30pm. £8~-£2 I. Christopher Bell takes the orchestra and RSNO chorus through a selection of seasonal favourites. including Humperdinck's Hansel Ant/ (ir‘t'lt'l Pry/rule. Vaughan Williams‘ l-‘anrasia On Christmas Cam/x. excerpts front 'I‘chaikovsky‘s Sleeping Bunny antl a medley of Christmas songs and carols.
I Bari Quartet ()blomov. 372 Great Western Road. 339 9177. 9pm. Free. Regular Thursday evening performance from the quartet. who promise to deliver sortie of the world‘s best loved classical
Edinburgh
I Christmas Concert Catrongate Church. Canongate. 7.30pm. £2 on door. The Iidinburgh Singers and guest soloists present a progrartime ofcarols and festive music and song.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 667 7776. 7.45pm. £5-—£ l 8. Sopranos Kim Criswell and Rebecca Caine join the SC() for some festive tunes in a programme featuring hits from the Broadway shows.
Motherwell
I The Christmas Song Christmas Concert Motherwell Concert Hall. Civic Centre. Windmillhill Street. 01698 267515. 7.30pm. North Lanarkshire
‘ Voices and Wind Band perform at this
annual concert.
FRIDAY 18
Glasgow
I Academy Brass And Big Band RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £3.50 (£2). Bryan Allen directs the bands in Richard Strauss‘s Festmusik Der Stat/r Wien and Mark Anthony Tumage‘s Set 7}).
I Cappella Nova Barony Hall. Cathedral Square. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £2.50—£I2. See Thu 17.
I BT Scottish Ensemble Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.45pm. Acclaimed Indian soprano Patricia Rozariojoins the ensemble for a candlelit concert featuring the Scottish premiere oflohn Tavener's latest commission Depart In Peace plus his earlier work Tears Of Angels and Bach's Brandenburg C(Hlt't’l‘fU Na. 3 and Concern) For 'Iir'n Via/ins.
Edinburgh
I Andee-Louise Hypolite National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 12.45—1.15pm. Free. This mezzo- soprano. currently studying at the Alexander Gibson Opera School. sings lieder. chanson and spirituals.
I Carol Service For Offices St Mary's Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. 667 7776. I.l0— I .50pm. Free. A short carol service with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral. timed to fit into the lunch hour.
SATURDAY 19
Glasgow
I Junior Academy Christmas Concert RSAMI). I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm & 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Johnny Morris is the narrator in this concert featuring the Junior Academy Choir and Orchestra. The programme includes Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. carols by Rutter and pieces by Offenbach. Corelli arid Haslanr.
I Organ Recital Partick Methodist Church. 3pm. Free. ()rganist Gordon Frier presents a programme of Christmas music.
I Hansel And Gretel Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45.50. See Thu I7.
I RSNO Family Christmas Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 551 1. 7.30pm. £8--£2I. The orchestra are joined by theiriunior chorus in this festive concert for the whole family. Highlights include William Blake's T/rt' .S'nmi'nran.
I Spirit Of Christmas City Hall. Candleriggs. 287 551 1. 7.30pm. £2—£ I0. 'Iaggarr star Blythe Duffjoins the Bearsden Choir. BT Scottish Ensemble and Craigbank Primary School choir for an evening of festive carols. songs and readings.
Scottish Opera perform Engelbert Humperdinclt's Hansel and Gretel, Theatre Royal. Glasgow, Thu 17. Tue 22 8: Wed 23 Dec