I 0' Neills Sauchiehall Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live band and session.
I Park Bar Argyle Street, near Kelvin Park, 339 1715.9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
I Uisge Beatha Woodlands Road. 5pm. Free. Session.
I Victoria Bar Briggait. 8.30pm. Free. Acoustic session.
Mondays
I Molly Malones Hope Street, 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
Tuesdays
I Ben Nevis Argyle Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live acoustic music.
I Dolphin Bar Dumbarton Road, Partick. 9pm. Free. Folkation.
I Finnegan's Wake St Vincent Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme bar with live music.
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane, Byres Road. 9pm. Free.
I Molly Malones Hope Street, 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Victoria Bar Briggait. 9pm. Free. Acoustic band.
Wednesdays
I Ben Nevis Argyle Street. 8.30pm. Free. Session.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street, 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Lismore Bar Dumbarton Road. 9pm. Free. Ilighland music.
I Molly Malones Hope Street, 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street, near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music.
I Scotia Bar Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live bands.
Thursdays
I Antiquary Bar St Stephen’s Street, Stockbridge. 9pm. Free. Open folk
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road, 225 2751.
Free.
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place, 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional song and music. I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. 9pm. Free. Pipedown play classy stuff on bagpipes, mandolin and guitar.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. SCOIS,’ITISII session.
I The Hebrides Market Street, 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place, 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free. Live Scottish music.
Saturdays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Ensugn Ewart Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar, Shore, Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
Sundays I Finnegan's 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; l()pm-late.
Informal music upstairs and downstairs. I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Road. 225 2751.
Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session in the famous folk pub.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket, top of High Street, 225 7440. 9—1 1pm. Free. Accordionist's pals.
Mondays
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Tuesdays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Session Sandy Bell’s, Forrest Road, 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free. Singer/guitarist George Duff and fiddler/singer Adam Jack host an evening.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
classical &
opera
listings
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Classical listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 16
Glasgow
I Plane Dukes Rahman Trio Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. The trio, comprising Robert Plane on clarinet, Philip Dukes on viola and Sophie Rahman on piano, perform works by Bruch, Kurtag and Mozart.
I TES Scotland Schools' Gala Concert City Hall, Candleriggs, 287 5511. 7—l0pm. £5 (£1—£3). Annual showcase of the best of Scotland's young musicians, with jazz, brass and wind, fiddles and pipes from Moray to Scottish Borders.
I iSonic GilmorehillGl2, 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Composer Manfred Stahnke and film animator Robert Darroll present a mixed media evening of live music, computer-generated sounds and projected images.
I Dinner Concert - Gilbert 8: Sullivan House For An Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4773.
. 7.30pm. £38.50—£335 fora table of 10.
Performance of Gilbert 61' Sullivan opera
followed by a sumptuous dinner in the unique surroundings of the Mackintosh
music room.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019.
7.45pm. £5.50—£19. The SCO celebrate the birthday of Mr Aaron Copland who.
had he clung on long enough. would have been 100 this very week. To mark this
centenary. they are performing the great
L’S composer's Music For The Theatre,
Clarinet Concerto, Quiet City and the folky favourite .-Ippalaehian Spring.
Ayr
' I The Merry Widow Gaiety Theatre,
Carrick Street. 01292 611222. 7.30pm. £6—£10(£5—£8). The Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society present this
1 popular operetta. set in Paris.
Dunfermline
I Band Of HM Royal Marines Scotland Carnegie Hall, East Port. 01383 314127. 7.30pm. £6 (£5); season ticket £25 (£30). The concert season commences featuring a wide range of classic melodies and big band favourites.
Glasgow
I Mozart By Candlelight Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £14.50—£21.50. Murray McLachlan conducts from the piano, as the Mozart Festival Orchestra light the candles and pull on the authentic 18th century garb for a night of Wolfgang faves. His Eine Kleine Naehtmusik and Piano Concerto No 23 are all on the bill. I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall, Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5.50—£l7. See Thu 16.
I Midday Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £4 (£2.50). The Gould Piano Trio perform works by Saint-Saens and Mendelssohn.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Ninian’s Church. Comely Bank, 12.15pm. £4 (free) on the door. The Edinburgh Friends of the RSNO present a lunchtime concert featuring four members of the orchestra’s string section: Ursula Heidecker and Barbara Paterson on violin, Iain Budd on viola and William Paterson on the cello. I Scottish Opera - L'Elisir d'amore Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £7.50—£46. Rising soprano talent Lisa Milne returns to the Donizetti opera in which she made her professional debut as a village girl — only this time she’s the star. Theatre guru Giles Ilavergal directs and Richard Farnes is at the baton.
I Fettes College Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place, 668 2019. 7.30pm. Free. The school choir and orchestra present their autumn concert, featuring works by Vivaldi, Schumann and Rutter. I Leon Coates Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 668 2019. 1.10pm. Free. Coates plays organ music b 'J. S. Bach.
I Excelsior Musicians Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Business School, Riccarton, 449 5111. 12.30pm. Free. Lunchtime recital.
I A Poet In Paradise Concert National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 12.45pm. Free. The Edinburgh University Singers. under the direction of John Kitchen, perform a programme of 16th century sacred music, to coincide with the current exhibition.
Ayr
I The Merry Widow Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street, 01292611222. 7.30pm. £6—£10(£5—£8). See Thu 16.
SATURDAY 18
Glasgow I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Ilall, 2 Sauchiehall Street,
i 287 5511. 7.30pm. £10.25—£22.50. Conductor Christoph Eberle and violin
1 soloist Nikolaj Znaiderjoin the orchestra for Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, in a
programme which also features Grieg's
Peer (Iynt Suite No 1, Copland’s Quiet City and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 4 ‘Italian '.
Edinburgh I Scottish Opera - L'Elisir d'amore Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street, ‘ 5296000. 7.15pm. £7.50—£46. See Fri
17. I Haydn Bicentenary Concert St
f Cecilia’s Ilall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £10. Soprano Sally Bradshaw is
joined by pianist Philip Collin for a selection of Haydn’s canzonets and Scottish songs. Star of stage and screen Timothy West will intersperse the music with readings from Haydn's letters.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Central Hall, West Tollcross. 229 7937. 7.30—9.45pm. £7 (£5). SCO horn player
classical & opera MUSIG
Harry Johnstone performs Strauss’s Horn Concerto No 1 in a programme which also includes Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Bruckner's Symphony No 8.
I Edinburgh University Singers Reid Memorial Church. 182 West Saville Terrace, 662 1203. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). John Kitchen directs the singers in a selection of psalm-inspired music by Bach, Parry, Edward Harper and others.
I Enlighten Concert 2000 Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe Coburg Street, 667 7776. 7.30pm. £7. A varied programme of classical and jazz music performed by staff and friends of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in aid of Action for Epilepsy.
I The Scottish Chamber Choir St Giles’ Cathedral. Royal Mile, 225 9442. 8pm. £6 (£4). Michael Harris conducts the choir in works by Praetorius, Schutz. Finzi and Bax.
Ayr
I The Merry Widow Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street, ()1292 611222. 2pm & 7.30pm. £6—£I() (£5—£8). See Thu 16.
Glasgow
I Sunday Brunch With The Paragon Ensemble Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 1pm. £7 (£5). The ensemble perform Brahms‘ Sonata for Viola and Piano and Schubert’s Quintet in .4 major, followed by a lavish buffet brunch.
I Bryn Terfel Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £15—£35. The International Series welcomes this enormously popular bass to Glasgow fora solo recital with piano accompaniment. Schumann's [)ie beiden Grenadiere, Brahms’ Vier Ernste Gesange, Schubert’s Trinklied, John Ireland’s Sea Fever and Butterworth’s Sir Songs From A Shropshire Lad make up the programme.
I Snowstorm Cafe Cossachok, Russian Cultural Centre. 10 King Street, 553 0733. 8.30pm. Violinist Lev Atlas performs a programme of lyrical and melancholy music.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £8.25—£21 .50 (£6.25—£l9.50). See Sat 18.
I Scottish Sinfonia Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8 (£3—£6). Neil Mantle leads the orchestra in Dyson’s ()t'erture: The Canterbury Pilgrims, Delius’s The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Walton‘s Violin Concerto in [3 Minor, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis and Britten’s Young P ’rson s Guide to the Orchestra. Guest violinist Claire Docherty joins them for the occasion.
I The New Scottish Choir King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £5. An evening of Celtic, classical and gospel music from this interdenominational choir, committed to bringing Christian music to the masses. Popular tunes on the bill include the Disney fave ‘When You Believe’ and the theme from Schindler Is List.
I St Giles' At Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Michael Harris directs the Napier Chamber Choir in works by Purcell and Handel.
Glasgow
I 11th Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition Hutcheson’s Hall, 158 Ingram Street. 552 8391. 1.15pm. £2.50. A solo recital from the competition prize- winner.
I Academy Now! Festival Concert One RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1). The first of the Academy Now! concert series with a performance ofLoner Child - the music of Claude Viver.
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