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Thursdays
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 51 I4. 9pm-Iate. Free. Live roots/folk music.
I Antiquary Bar St Stephen‘s Street. Stockbridge. 9 in. Free. Open folk session. I Sandy Del '5 Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I Finnegan's Walte Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Fridays
I Whistle Binlties Niddry Street. 557 5| I-l. 9pm—Iate. Free. Live roots/folk music.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 38 I6. 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.
Saturdays
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 5| l4. 9pm—Iate. Free. Live roots/folk music.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 42l3. 9 )m. Free. Live music.
I Scru Murphy's George IV Bridge. 225 I68 I. 9pm. Free. Live Irish music. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Iriin theme pub with live music.
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 lill late. Free. Informal session.
Sundays
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557
51 14. ‘)plll-lillt.'. Free. Live roots/folk music.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign liwart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—l lpm. Free. Accordionist in an open session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. .-\fternoon from 1pm. Free. Session in the famous folk )ub.
I Finnegan 5 Wake Victoria Street. 226 38 I6. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. l0pm—Iate. Free. Andy Chung. Informal music upstairs and downstairs.
Mondays
I Whistle Binlties Niddry Street. 557 5| 14. 9pm—Iate. Free. Live roots/folk music.
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.
Tuesdays
I Session Sandy Bell's. Forrest Road. 225 275i. 9pm. Free.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Iriin theme pub. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 38l6. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Wednesdays
I Whistle Rinkies Niddry Street. 557 51 14. 9pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk music.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 275 |. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 38I6. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pth with live music.
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listings
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ei ht days before publication. Class cal listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 22
Glasgow
I Nelita True RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). The pianist gives a summer recital.
I Laurelin String Quartet Oblomov. 372 Great Western Road. 339 9I77. 9pm. Free. An unusual pub residency from this quartet. who play an accessible selection of tunes from across the classical spectrum.
St Andrews
I Alison Darragh and William Stevenson St Salvator‘s Chapel. North Street. 01334 462226. 8pm. £3. Soprano Darragh is accompanied by pianist Stevenson for works by Purcell and Mozart.
FRIDAY 23 Glasgow
I Faculty Pot Pourri Recital RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. A mixed bag of works. performed by various performers from the string faculty.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. Tickets by postal application only. Richard Bernas conducts a Studio One Invitation Concert featuring new music from Scotland. See Panel.
I Glasgow Festival Strings Adelaide’s. 209 Bath Street. 248 4970. 8pm. £8 (£5). The chamber group enter into the spirit of the season with a ‘Summer Celebration‘ featuring Mozart's Eine K leine Nac/ttmusik. Dvorak’s Quintet in G. McGibbon‘s Sonata in G and Edward McGuire‘s Via/a C(mt'erm.
I Daponte Quartet RSAM D. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). String quartet featuring Dean Stein and Ferdinand Liva on violin. Mark Preston on viola and Myles Jordan on cello.
SATURDAY 24
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442.
12. l5pm. Free. Florida’s United Methodist Church Choir fill the Cathedral with heavenly voices.
I Gala Concert Hopetoun House. Shore Road. South Queensferry. 668 2019. 8pm. £20 (£l2). The historic surroundings of Hopetoun House play host to a programme of opera. operetta and musical highlights.
SUNDAY 25
Glasgow
I Sunday Afternoon Concert House For An Art Lover. Bellahouston Park. l0 Dumbreek Road. 353 4773. 2.30—4pm. Free. A varying programme of informal classical music in the Music Room.
I Evelyn Elsing & Nelita True RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. The duo perform a recital on cello and iano respectively.
I Ruth arte RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). Piano recital.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St Peter‘s Church. Lutton Place. 4.30pm. Free. A free afternoon recital from Michael Bonaventure.
I St Giles' At Six St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free.
Organist Heinz-Peter Kortmann and flautist Barbara Kortmann perform works by Bach. Widor. Alain and Rheinberger.
MONDAY 26
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442.
I2. 15pm. Free. Spiritually uplifting vocals from the First Presbyterian Church Choir of Boulder. Colorado.
TUESDAY 27 Glasgow
I Viola and Piano Recital RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. An afternoon concert from Donald Mclnnes on viola and Jean Barr on piano.
I Claude Frank RSAM D. IOO Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). Frank performs a piano recital as part of the RSAMD‘s International Workshops series.
WEDNESDAY 28
Edinburgh
I Lunch And Listen Organ Recitals St Andrew‘s and St George‘s Church. l3 George Street. 225 3847.
1230-1 pm. Free. with retiring collection. Caroline Cradock of St James. Goldenacre is this week‘s recitalist.
I A Night At The Movies The Edinburgh Society of Musicians. 3 Belford Road. 468 7590/225 4482. 7.30pm. Soprano Judith Plint and pianist Richard Lewis perform popular soprano arias and opera themes from the movies. including A erm With A View. lircalibur and Diva. .
I Celebrity Organ Recital St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 2998. 8pm. £6 (£4). Visiting organist Stephen Farr. from Winchester. performs works by Alain. JS Bach. Durulie. Messiaen and Hakim.
THURSDAY 29 Glasgow
I IW Melkus Ensemble RSAMD, I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). The ensemble are joined by the 1W Chorus for a selection of Baroque string works. plus Mozart‘s glorious Cnt'mlaliml Mass. '
I Laurelin String Quartet Oblomov. 372 Great Western Road. 339 9l77. 9pm. Free. See Thu 22.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. |2.I5pm. Free. Music and song from the Ray Thomas Memorial Choir of Atlanta. Georgia.
St Andrews
I Angela Stevenson and William Stevenson St Salvator‘s Chapel. North Street. ()1334 462226. 8pm. £3. The duo. on cello and piano respectively. perform works by Boulanger. Poulenc. Debussy and Chopin.
FRIDAY 30
Glasgow
I Manchester Boys Choir RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. Adrian Jessett conducts the visiting choir.
I Baroque Concert RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). The RSAMD continue their international summer programme. with Eduard Melkus on Baroque violin and Huguette Drefus on harpsichord.
Greenoclt
I Children's Classic Concerts Town Hall. Municipal Buildings. 287 55I I. 3.30pm. £2—£6 (£ | —£3). The Orchestra of
‘ Scottish Opera set off to sea with
conductor Martin Yates at the helm as part of the Tall Ships' Race celebrations.
classical & opera MUSIG
The programme drops anchor at many internationallyoinspired ports. including Mendelssohn's F ingal 's Cave. Bizet’s Toreadar’s March and Strauss' Blue Danube.
SATURDAY 31 Glasgow
I Recital RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. An afternoon concert performed on piano and strings. as part of the RSAMD‘s ongoing International Workshops series.
I lntemational String Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3). William LaRue James conducts the orchestra in Vaughan Williams' Five Variants (if ‘Dives and Lazarus". Hubert Parry's Suite in F (Lady RUdIlUI‘). JS Bach‘s Contrapunctus l and Saint-Saens‘ Organ S vmp/mny.
SUNDAY 1
Glasgow
I Sunday Afternoon Concert House For An Art Lover. Bellahouston Park. IO Dumbreek Road. 353 4773. 2.30—4pm. Free. See Sun 25.
I Moscow Nights Cafe Cossachok. 10 King Street. 553 0733. 8.30pm. The cafe hosts an evening of the best in Russian music. from folk to classical.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St Mary‘s Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. 667 7776. 4.30-5.30pm. Free concerts featuring the renowned Father Willis organ of I879.
I St Giles' At Six St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Sacred and secular music from Britain. France and Italy performed by the Total Aberdeen Youth Choir.
TUESDAY 3
Glasgow
I Organ Recital Glasgow Cathedral. Cathedral Street. 552 8198. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). John R Turner. organist and musical director at Glasgow Cathedral. performs a programme of Bach. Reger. Percy Whitlock. Healey Willan and Messiaen‘s Priere (Ia Christ Mrmtant Transports tle Jm'e from L'Ast'ensimt.
WEDNESDAY 4
Edinburgh
I Lunch And Listen Organ Recitals St Andrew‘s and St George's Church. 13 George Street. 225 3847. I2.30-1pm. Free. with retiring collection. Organist- in-residence Leon Coates delivers this week‘s recital.
THURSDAY 5
Glasgow
I Lynne Harvey-Allan Pollok House. Pollok Country Park. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 616 6410. 7pm. £8 (£7). The Glasgow-born soprano is joined by pianist Graeme McNaught. clarinettist Vaughan Townhill and contralto Katrine Townhill for a selection which moves from Mendelssohn and Mozart in the first half to Berlin. Gershwin and Novello in the second.
I National Youth Orchestra Of Scotland Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 551 l. 7.30pm. £4-£ I 6 (£1). Conductor Takuo Yuasa leads the talented young orchestra in Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger. Tchaikovsky‘s Vin/in Concerto in D (with guest soloist Tasmin Little) and Ravel's Daplmis and Chloe Orchestral Suites I & 2.
St Andrews
I George McPhee St Salvator's Chapel. North Street. 01334 462226. 8pm. £3. Organist McPhee performs a programme of works by Bach.
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