Music folk & world listings
Classical
Edinburgh Residencies, Fridays
Fridays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm.
Free. Scottish traditional song and music. I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. 9pm. Free. Live 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. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish 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 Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of
High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
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 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 3pm. Free. Andy Chung; 10pm—1ate. Informal music upstairs and Wee Folk Club downstairs.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—1 1pm. Free. Accordionist‘s pals.
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. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session in the famous folk pub.
Mondays
I Session Sandy Bell‘s. Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Irish music. 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 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.
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
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Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Classical listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
62 TH. LIST 10-24 May 2001
Thursday 1 0
Glasgow
OWhy Should Children Have All The Fun? Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £19.50—£45. Gala concert to raise money for the excellent Children‘s Classic Concerts series. with performances from the pianist sister of Yehudi. Yaltah Menuhin. 13-year-old Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Bearsden Choir and the Newtongrange Silver Band. David Steel and Sheena McDonald are your hosts and the musical line-up features Whelan's Riverdanee and Rossini‘s William Tell Overture.
Edinburgh I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155.
7.45pm. £5.50—£19. The SCO's season
draws to a close. with Nicholas McGegan conducting Haydn's The Creation. Sung in English. the vocal parts will be ably performed by soprano Geraldine McGreevy. tenor John Mark Ainsley. tenor Gerald Finley and of course the SCO Chorus.
I Emma Klrkby St Mary‘s Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. Tickets: 473 2000.
8pm. £10—£25. Kirkby is joined by the London Baroque for an evening of sacred music and song by Handel.
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5.5()—£17. See Thu 10.
I Cappella Nova Glasgow Cathedral. Cathedral Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £6—£ 1 2 (£4.5()—£8). The roasing atmosphere that permeated the court of King James W prior to the battle at Flodden provides the inspiration for this concert. Entitled ‘James I\' goes to War'. the programme features Robert Carvor‘s Mass for Six Voices alongside several other works composed in turbulent l6th century Europe. See preview.
0 It’s A Beautiful Night From Here To The Trembling Stars Tramway. 25 Albert Drive. 287 3900. 8pm. £8 (£4). Pulsar Project and mem- bers of the BT Scottish Ensemble present this new musical work which explores the connections between life and space. Sarah Carne's images are set to the music of Keith Johnson. conducted by Stephen Lloyd.
I Hebrides Ensemble RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £4 (£2.50). The ensemble play new work by Oliver Searle and Shostakovich‘s Piano Quintet ()p5 7.
Stirling
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra .VlacRobert. L'niversity of Stirling. 01786 461081. 8pm. £17 (£6 (under 25s)—£l4.50). Jerzy Maksymiuk is at the baton and Steven Osborne is at the
Carmen is at the MacRobert, Stirling, Fri 18 8: Sat 19
piano for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No I. Also on the bill are Schubert's Symphony .\'o 8 and Brahms‘ Syntphon v Nit-1. '
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera - II Trovatore Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9001). 2.15pm. £3.5()—£-16.\\'itha
story line spanning twenty years. \‘erdi's monumental tale of kidnap. murder. revenge and line is an emotional roller coaster. Richard Zeller. who won himself no small amount of praise for his portrayal of Macbeth last season. takes on the role of Count di Luna and Bulgarian soprano Zvetelina \"assileva sings the apple of his eye. Leonora.
I Willard White Royal Concert Hall. 2 Satichiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £15.5()—£23.50. Jamaican born opera singer White is joined by the RSNO as he sings the Paul Robeson Songbook. Bringing to life such classic spirituals as ‘01 Man River'. 'Lazy Bones‘ and more. I It’s A Beautiful Night From Here To The Trembling Stars Tramway. 25 Albert Drive. 287 3900. 8pm. £8 (£4). See Fri 11.
I Glasgow Youth Choir Spring Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6. The choir perform their annual spring concert of classical. modern. jazz and folk music.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Royal Choral Union L'sher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 I 155. 7.30pm. £1()—£20. The increasingly professional Royal Choral Union are joined by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Youth Choir for Requiems by Faure and Brahms. plus Parry's I Was Glad. Julian Clayton is the conductor. Louise Walsh the guest soprano and Tom McVeigh the guest baritone.
I Edinburgh Concert Band Annual Concert Central Hall. West Tollcross. 229 7937. 7.30—9.30pm. £6 (£4). A varied programme of wind band music including the Scottish premiere of Martin Ellerby's Clarinet Concerto. with guest soloist Linda Merrick.
I Electric Voice 3 Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Billed as a ‘multimedia extravaganza of electronic. instrumental and interactive music'. this cutting edge evening of electroacoustic sound is accompanied by a series of video projections. New works by London artists Disinformation sit alongside home grown work by Scots Robert Dow and Peter Nelson. plus Wendy Carlos's tone poem. Timesteps. written for the film A Clockwork Orange.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Concert Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £6 (£4) on the door. Alasdair Mitchell conducts the student orchestra and soloists from the Garleton Singers in a concert performance of Beethoven‘s opera Fitlelio.
I Edinburgh University Singers Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). John Kitchen conducts the Singers in Handel‘s Israel in Egypt
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I West Lothian Wind Band Festival St Margaret's Academy. Howden South Road. 01506 433634. 7pm. £4 (£2). Over 200 young musicians from throughout central Scotlandjoin together for an evening of wind. pipe and choral performances. including the world premiere of Bruce Fraser‘s Carnival of the Insects.
Dundee
I Cappella Nova St Salvador‘s Episcopal Church. Church Street. 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £6—£9 (£4.50—£6.50). See Fri 1 l.