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Fiddler on the hoof: Augustin Dumay conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Mozart Celebration in Ayr, Thu 20 Jan, Glasgow, Fri 21 Jan and Edinburgh, Sat 22 Jan
332 5057. 3pm. Free but ticketed. An informal concert featuring participants in this weekend’s events.
Edinburgh
I Paragon Ensemble Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 1pm. £6 (£3); family ticket £12. Another lunchtime concert from this renowned chamber ensemble, featuring Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock, Schumann's Fantasiestuck, Spohr‘s Sechs Lieder and Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio IV.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £8—£2l (£6—£19). See Sat 22.
I Katharine Hall 8: David Phillips St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile.
225 9442. 6pm. Free. Soprano Hall and organist Phillips perform works
by Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell and Greene.
MONDAY 24
Glasgow
I Thomas Witzmann Concert Hall, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4092. noon—1pm. Free. German percussionist Witzmann presents ‘das minimum’, a lunchtime musical showcase where he utilises everything from drums and matchboxes to a Casio toy organ.
I La Pietra Del Paragone RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £8 (£5). See Sat 22.
Edinburgh
I Haffner Wind Ensemble Queen‘s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £8.50—£15.50(£5.50—£14). The New Town Concerts Society presents this acclaimed ensemble, renowned for their carefully honed sound and diverse programmes. Tonight‘s diet is of serenades: Strauss's Serenade in [2' Flat for Thirteen ll'ind Instrimrents, Dvorak's Serenade in D Minor and Mozart’s Serenade for Thirteen Wind Instruments (aka ‘Gran Partita’).
Dunfermlina
I Evelyn Glennie Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 314127. 7.30pm. £5 (£2—£3). The queen of percussion gives a percussion workshop and performance. Part of Fife Festival Of Music.
Glasgow
I Burns Night Celebration Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 616 6410. 7.30pm. £18. Debbie Stuart and Dennis llaggerty offer up a programme of music and verse, followed by a buffet in the Edwardian Kitchen Restaurant.
WEDNESDAY 26
Glasgow
I La Pietra Del Paragone RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £8 (£5). See Sat 22.
I Lunchtime Concert Strathclyde University. Jordanhill Campus. 76 Southbrae Drive, 950 3000. 1.15pm. Free. Tenor Hamish Brown and sopranos Suzanne Henderson and Shuna Sendall are accompanied by pianist Claire Haslen for songs by Learmont Drysdale, Hamish MacCunn. A.C. Mackenzie and Francis George Scott.
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £10.50—£2 l .50 (concs available). Alexander Lazarev conducts the orchestra in Rachmaninov‘s Symphony No l. in an otherwise French programme featuring Auber’s Overture 'I.a .lluette de Portici and Saint-Sachs Piano Concerto No 2.
. I The Allegri String Quartet
Merchants House, 7 West George Street. 639 3176. 12.45pm. £4.50 (£1.50—£4). One of the oldest quartets in Britain visits Merchants House. to perform Haydn’s Quartet 0p 20 No 3 and Beethoven’s Quartet 0/) 59 No 2.
I Gusztav Fenyo Concert Hall, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. The well-regarded pianist gives a lunchtime
recital featuring such tasty morsels as
Schubert's Sonata in A minor. Bartok’s Rumaninan Christmas Carols. Debussy ’s 3 Preludes from Book II and Scriabin 's Sonata .N'o 5. And it won’t cost you a penny.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £5.50—£l8.50. Raymond Leppard is the conductor and Barry Douglas the piano soloist for this lively concert, featuring an Italian-inspired selection from three composers in their prime. Mozart‘s Symphony No 3 opens the concert. with Strauss‘s Burleske for Piano and Orchestra followed by two works by Mendelssohn.
FRIDAY 28
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5.50—£l6.50. See Thu 27.
I La Pietra Del Paragone RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £8 (£5). See Sat 22.
I Hebrides Ensemble RSAMD. 100
l Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £3.50
(£2.50). The quartet perform two pieces by academy students — Matthew Brown's Piano Quartet No 1: Convergence and Clare Parker‘s Oswald Street — followed by Brahms's Piano Quartet in C Minor.
I The John Currie Singers Adelaide‘s, 209 Bath Street, 248 4970. 8pm. £8 (£6). Mezzo-soprano Colette Ruddy and pianist Robert Melling join the singers for the premiere of Tommy Fowler’s Four Songs, plus Faure‘s La Bonne Chanson, Ireland‘s Mother and Child. songs by Herbert Howells and more. This concert is the re-scheduled date from 12 Nov — tickets are still valid.
Glasgow
I Glasgow Lyric Choir Henry Wood Hall, 73 Claremont Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £8. Nairn Maxwell Young conducts the choir in Rossini‘s Petite Messe Solennelle.
Edinburgh
I SCO String Quartet Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3pm. £6.50—£l2. Pianist Barry Douglasjoins this foursome fora programme featuring Haydn’s Quartet in C, Beethoven ’s Sonata in 1’ Minor ‘Appassionata' and Dvorak’s Piano Quintet.
I The Kevock Choir St Giles' Cathedral, Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Norman Adam conducts the choir in works by Rachmaninov, Tavener and Bach.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 12.30pm. £3 (£2). Flautist Katharine Wake and pianist Alan Graham perform a selection of works by Bizet, Elgar, Chopin, Enesco, Doppler and others.
TUESDAY 1
Edinburgh
I Brave New Worlds Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £7 (£4). Trio [ix Aequo, on violin, cello and piano, play as part of this BBC Radio 3 series. The programme features Beethoven’s Trio in C Minor, Frank Martin’s Trio on Irish Fol/(songs and Dvorak’s Trio No 4 ‘Dumky.
I Lunchtime Concert St Andrew's and St George's Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 12.30pm. £3 (£2). A double helping of classical music to accompany your sandwiches this lunchtime: cellist Mike Warren and pianist Michelle Thomson play tunes from the Romantic period. followed by pieces by Bach. Vaughan Williams and Boellmann performed by organist David Hare.
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The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
The Paragon Sunday Series
Beethoven and Spohr
Tickets £6 (concs £3) Family Ticket £12 Special brunch menu & complimentary newspapers Exc/usive cafe’ discounts for ticket holders
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Glasgow
I Hebrides Ensemble Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.45pm. £8 (£2—£5). The second in the ensemble's winter concert series promises to be an eclectic affair from start to finish. Sally Beamish‘s Horn Trio — St Andrew's Bones and G yorgy Kurtag's Jelek ()p 51 for solo viola make way for the world premiere of The .llillennium Song Book, a mixed bag featuring contributions from David Horne. Lyell Cresswell, Sally Beamish, Craig Armstrong and Helen Grime. The evening closes with Dohnanyi‘s Sextet.
I David Spence & Academy Brass RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Top American trumpeter Spence joins the academy's assembled brass forces for a concert featuring Copland's Fan/are for the Common Man. as well as music by lves. Bernstein and Gershwin.
I Ferguson Evening Concert Concert Hall. University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4094. 7.30pm. Free. An evening of lyrics by Robert Burns, in settings arranged by Haydn. Beethoven and some of Burns‘ contemporaries.
Edinburgh
I A Vision Christ Church, Morningside. 667 3633. 8pm. Free. Pianist James Douglas is joined by organist Michael Bonaventure, cellist Susan Rigg and soprano Caroline Cradock for a programme of music from his new CD ‘A Vision‘.
I Lunchtime Concert St Andrew's and St George's Church, 13 George Street. 225 3847. 12.30pm. £3 (£2). Shaun McWhirter delivers pieces by Silvius Leopold Weiss and Augustin Barrios Mangore on the Spanish classical guitar, followed by some standards performed by the Slac Jazz 5.
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £10.5()—£2l.50 (concs available). A double-bill of German composers, featuring Beethoven's Prometheus ()verture and Piano Concerto No 4 and Brahms' Symphony No l.
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I Hebrides Ensemble Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £8 (£2—£5). See Wed 2.
I Lunchtime Concert St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 12.30pm. £3 (£2). Soprano Naomi Freireich is joined by clarinettist David Benedict and pianist Michelle Thomson for the world premiere of Kenneth Dempster’s Wise Men or Sirnpletons and Three Folk Songs by John McCabe.
Scofland
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