FRIDAY 19
Glasgow
I Midday Concert RSAMI). l()() Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £3.50 (£2.50). The King's Consort perform Bach’s l-‘lute Concerto in A and Telemann‘s l-‘htte ('unrerta In I). pltts instrumental work by Cot‘elli.
I Masterclass RSAMD. lot) Renft'ew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free. Rachel Brown attd members of The King's Consort take a Ittasterclass on baroque flute attd strings.
I Princess Ida Mitchell Theatre. 6 Granville Street. 0141 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5—£10. See Thu 18.
I The Pirates Of Penzance King's Theatre. .297 Bath Street. 287 55 l 1. 7.30pm. £5—£23.50. See Thu 18.
Edinburgh
I A Harper's Journey National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 12.45pm. I-‘ree. Celebrated clarsach player Iain Hood takes you on a harper's journey tltrough the Highlands attd Lowlands of Scotland.
I Edinburgh Grand Opera Festival Theatre. 13-29 Nieolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5--£|8. See Thu 18.
I Chapter House Singers St Mary's Cathedral. Palttterston Place. Tickets: 226 3253. 7.30pm. £5 (children free). The singers perform John Stainer's The
(rat 'Ifit'imt.
Ltvmgston
I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). See Thu 18.
SATURDAY 20
Glasgow
I St Elizabeth Seton Primary School Recorder Trio Renfield St Stephen Church Centre. I lattt. The trio perform David 15.Crichton'sMan/rl’anit'. Part of Glasgow Music I-estival.
I Princess Ida Mitchell Theatre. 6 (Jranville Street. 0141 287 551 1. 3pm 6; 7.30pm.£5~£10. See Thtt 18.
I The Pirates Of Penzance King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5—£23.50. See Thu 18.
EdInburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. The Quartet perform the world premiere of a new work by Iidward Harper plus Beethoven's Quartet in [5 Hat "The Har/t'.
I Edinburgh Grand Opera Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5-—£18. See Thu 18.
I Edinburgh Bach Choir St Cuthbet't‘s Church. Lothian Road. Tickets: 667 7776. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The choir are joined by Stnfonta for Beethoven's .S’vnIp/mnr .N‘r) 9 I('/mra/). Brttckner's Four Matetv and the premiere of Johtt Rose's I’m/In X/.II.
I Peter Wendland & David Roblou St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £9 (£3»-£6). Two of Iiut'ope’s leading exponents of 18th century music perform Bach‘s Sonatar tar Via/a ila (iatnha (lllt/ Harpvit'harrl.
Livingston
I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2 ). See Thu 18.
Glasgow
I Fires Of Love Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 6497151. 2.30pm. £4 (£3). Music and voice ensemble Fires of Love complement the museum's Thistle Am] The Raw exhibition With a programme of Scottish. Iinglish and l‘l'L‘ltClt music. for two voices and Renaissance instruments.
I Promenade Organ Recital Art Gallery 8; Museum. Kelvingrove. Argyle Street. 287 2699. 2.30—4pm. Free. A free Sunday afternoon concert from organist
Christo her Nickol.
I Chil ren's Classic Concerts Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 3pm. £8 (£4—£5). The last in the current sen'es of fun classical concerts for children gathers together conductor/ presenter Christopher Bell. the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. RSNO Junior Chorus and the Dance School of Scotland for a spectacular ‘Gala Finala‘.
I Junior Academy Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4). The orchestra perform Borodin‘s ()I'ertare: Prince Igor. Shostakovich‘s Piano Concerto No 2. Mussorgsky‘s A Night On The Bare Mountain and Liszt‘s 1.e.v Preludes.
I Richard Smith Guitar Trio Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 8pm. £9.50. The virtuoso guitarist is joined by his two brothers fora mixed jazz and classical programme.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolsott Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £7-£ 19.50 (£5—£I7.50). See Thu 18.
Paisley
I Paisley Philharmonic Choir Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 887 1010. 7pm. £6 (£4). Iart Anderson conducts the choir in A Night At The Theatre. featuring songs from popular operas and musicals. Tickets available on the door.
LIVIngston
I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). See Thu 18.
Glasgow
I Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sattchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm.£8.50-£22. Violinist Joshua Bell joins the world‘s most recorded symphony orchestra for Mozart's Via/in Concerto No 5 in a programme which also includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides ()l't’I'IIlI'L' and Tchaikovsky's .S'vntp/Imrr No 4.
Edinburgh
I Stephen De Pledge ()ver-Seas House. 100 Princes Street. 225 1501. 6.30pm. £7.50 (£5). The New Zealand pianist plays works by Beethoven. Chopin. Liszt and fellow cottntrytnan Lyell Cresswell.
I Psappha Contemporary Music Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 667 7776. 7.45pm. £8 (£3). The talented young ensemble frotn Manchester perform Ligeti's Horn Trio. lannis Xenakis‘s Plekta plus works by up-attd-coming British composers Anthony Powers and Marc Yeats. See preview.
TUESDAY 25
Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert Hutcheson‘s Hall. 158 Ingram Street. 552 8391. 1.15pm. £2.50. Performance by students of the BA Applied Music Degree.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Iatt Tomlin School Of Music. Napier University. Craighouse. 455 6280. 6pm. Free. The quartet perform Beethoven's String Quartet In A minor and Matthew Roddie‘s new work Lig/n-mun'e.
WEDNESDAY 24
Glasgow
I Academy Symphony Orchestra RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Conductor Tantas Veto is joined by violinist Sarita Uranovsky for Battok‘s Via/in Cancer/u Na 2. Nielsen‘s Symphony Na 5 and Lutoslawski‘s MILvir/ue Flute/He.
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The 1999 Edinburgh Harp Festival Programme and Diary of Events will be available in January. It will include full programme details. ticket application form and details 01 booking arrangements.
To receive your copy please send your name'and address to:
SHARON QUINN [Festival Administrator] I8th Edinburgh Harp Festival. 74 Learmonth Court. Edinburgh EH4 lPD
Web address httprr www.scotwebco.uk'music.‘harptest
Discovery Series
Artistic Director: James MacMillan
ROYAL SCOTTISH I NATIONAL ORCHESTRA I surprise yourself at what you find...
Explore a new world Of music and
PURCELL ARR. BRITTEN Chacony
TIPPETT The R038 Lake Scottish premiere
WALTON Cello Concerto
BRITTEN Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
James Loughran Raphael Waltfisch
Conductor Cello
Free introductory session, led by David Clarke and James MacMillan, Sunday 28 March from 2pm to 5pm, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow.
Concert introduction in the Hall from 7pm.
Thursday 8 April 1999 7pm
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office 0141 287 5511
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