Edinburgh
I Tabla Alba St Cecilia's Hall.
Cow gate. 0845 l25 9926. 2pm. £7 (£5). A fundraising concert by the Indian classical dUo. with tabla accompaniment by Vijay Kangulkar.
I St Giles at Six: The Singers St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. The chamber choir from Newcastle perform SS Wesley's Praise the [Mill my Soul. Howells' 7irke him earl/t )m- (Item's/ring. Br'uckner's .‘ll‘t’ Maria. Vaughan Williams' [.1011 thou hast been Ulll refuge and Nystedt's Immortal Bar/r. under the direction of Donald Halliday.
I The Charnwood Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £6 (£4). .\'ic Fallowfield conducts the orchestra on their Edinburgh tour weekend. in Berlioz’s sparkling and dynamic Roman Carnival ()verture. Walton‘s Cello Crime/'10 and 'l'chaikovsky's dramatic .S'ymp/tmty N06: Pat/tetr'que. With cellist Bartholomew LaFollette.
I Jubllo Central Hall. West Tollcross. 22l l927. 7.45pm. £8 (£6). A feast of English choral music by Vaughan Williams to set the summer mood. including the lush and transcendent Serenade to Music. whose beauty reputedly brought Rachmaninov to tears at its premiere.
Monday 30
Glasgow
I Ukrainian National Opera - Madama Butterfly King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 240 l l l l. 7.30pm. £12.50—£32. Puccini's tragic tale of enduring love and broken dreams set in the Far East is brought to the Glasgow stage by the L'krainian National Opera.
Tuesday 31
Glasgow
I Madame Butterfly King’s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 240 l l l l. 7.30pm. £l2.50—£32. See Mon 30.
Edinburgh
I Maelasta Royal Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. 6.30pm. Free. Repertoire spanning the genres from the violin and guitar duo that is Matthew McAllister and Feargus Hetherington.
Glasgow
I Ukrainian National Opera - Madama Butterfly King's Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 240 111 1. 7.30pm. £l2.50—£32. See Mon 30.
I The Judas Cradle CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £l0 (£8). A three-act operatic drama using both body and voice to explore the history of torture and personal suffering. Renowned for his controversial and often shocking presentation of tabooed subjects. American performance artist Ron Athey's radical work combines performance. text. opera and video-projection into a graphic exploration of oppression and punishment. with performance from soprano/ rnusicologist Julianna Snappe. Not suitable for children. See theatre preview. page 94.
I Scottish Opera - Fidelio Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£55. See Thu 26.
Edinburgh
I Canto Apassionato St Cuthbert‘s Church. 5 Lothian Road. 229 1 I42. 6.30—8.30pm. Free. Japanese choir who perform traditional Japanese songs as well
; as popular European opera arias.
Wednesday 1
I St Giles Lunchtime Organ Recital St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Michael Harris performs works by Faulkes. Handel.
Russell. Mendelssohn and Leighton.
Glasgow I Ukrainian National Opera - Madama Butterfly King‘s Theatre. 297
Bath Street. 240 1111. 7.30pm.
£12.50—£32. See Mon 30.
Edinburgh I Cello Recital Canongate Kirk. I53 Canongate. 667 7776. 8pm. £7 (£5).
Lindsay Martindale and Colin Dundas
return with a concert of music for cello
and piano by Schubert. Schumann and
Beethoven. including Schubert's
- delightful Arpeggione Sonata.
I National Youth Choir of Scotland Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 l l55.
7pm. £8 (£4). They've appeared before
Thursday 2
Glasgow
I Madame Butterfly King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 240 Ill]. 7.30pm. £12.50—£32. See Mon 30.
I The Winter Gardens Prom People's Palace & Winter Gardens. Glasgow Green. 271 2951. 7.30pm. £7 (£3-£5). Light hearted music on a summer's evening. including arrangements of folk songs from around the world and popular songs from the 60s. Colin Suckling conducts the Strathclyde L'niversity Concert Band. with Alan Tavener conducting Strathclyde L'niversity's Brass and Wind Ensembles and Chorus.
I The Judas Cradle CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £l0 (£8). See Wed I.
the Queen. wafted over the radio waves. sung in the opening of the Scottish Parliament building and. of course. delighted countless mums and dads. For
the first time. however. the Edinburgh
choirs of NYCoS throw open their doors
to the general public who can hear the
music of Howard Blake. Chilcott and Fauré.
Saturday 4
Glasgow
I Junior Academy Wind Orchestra Concert RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3.30pm. £4 (£3). John Miller conducts the orchestra in a concert of music by Tichelli. Maxwell Geddes. Peter
Graham and Woolfenden.
I Ukrainian National Opera - Madama Butterfly King's Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 240 llll. 7.30pm. £12.50—£32. See Mon 30.
Beethoven’s only opera and one of the most famous of all ‘rescue’ operas, Fidelio is presented by Scottish Opera at a time when the company itself
desperately needs a rescue in the plot. Its last full scale production before the company goes dark for nine months, it tells of how Leonore, disguised as the boy Fidelio (sung by the wonderful Elizabeth Byrne - remember Briinnhilde?), rescues her husband, political prisoner Florestan. With Tim Albery as director and Richard Armstrong conducting, the company will go out on a high, but oh, how Scottish Opera must hope that its own Leonore is waiting somewhere in the wings.
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I Scottish Opera - Fidelio Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 2.15pm. £3.50—£55. See Thu 26.
Edinburgh
I St Giles Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. I2. l5pm. Free. A performance by Seneca High School Honors Chorale from South Carolina.
I Edinburgh Bach Choir Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 228 l155. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). Neil Mantle demonstrates the versatility of the Edinburgh Bach choir through the intricate polyphony of Byrd‘s Great Service. Poulenc's sombre Mass in G. and two early works by Stravinksy - Pater Mister and Ave Maria.
Edinburgh
I St Giles’ at Six: Heriot Watt Chorale Excelsior St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Steve King conducts a performance of Maxwell Davies‘ The Kestra/ Road. jointly commissioned by the Making Music foundation and 47 choirs across the L'K. Mozart. Monteverdi and Faure complete the programme.
Monday 6
Edinburgh
I St Giles’ Lunchtime Concert St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. l2.l5pm. Free. A concert by the .\'ota Choir from the Czech Republic.
I Reriot Watt Sinfonia Excelsior St Giles” Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 8pm. £4. Steve King conducts Mendelssohn's Six Songs without lion/s and Sibelius' dark .S'yntp/tony Na 6.
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera - Fidelio Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.l5pm. £3.50—£55. See Thu 26.
Edinburgh
I Handel at St Margaret’s - The Leith Festival Players St Margaret‘s Episcopal Church. Easter Road. 0845 458 9709. 7.30—9pm. Free. Director Frederick Frayling-Kelly and Sheila Graham (Mezzo Soprano) present a programme of masic by Handel including some of his best known arias. Part of Leith festival 2005.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow
I Clarinet Masterclass RSAMD. l00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. l lam. Free. ticketed. Directed by Tim Lines.
Edinburgh
I Gems for Choir and Organ South Leith Parish Church. Constitution Street. ()845 458 9709. 7.30—9pm. Free. donations welcome. An evening of choral and organ music including Mendelssohn. Wesley. Bach. Turner and Widor. Part of Leith Festival 2005.
I St Giles Lunchtime Concert St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 12.15pm. Free. Lone Star State Chorale from Texas perform.
Glasgow
I Symposia RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). ()liver Searle. RSAMD-based composer and winner of the 2004 Mendelssohn Scholarship. conducts the premiere of his own 30 ('ue/tlea Implant Studies. as well as contemporary work by Gareth Williams. Douglas Whales. Kay Mackenzie. Zhio Zhi. Matt Rodgers and William Chadwick.
Edinburgh
I St Giles Lunchtime Organ Recital St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. l.l0pm. Free. Michael Harris performs music by Hollins. Franck. Bach and \‘ierne.