Melrose
I Borders Real Time Band Wynd Theatre. Buccleuch Street. 01896 820028. 8pm. £6. Scots music and song.
Stirling
I Dick Gaughan Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £8 (£5.50). Powerful socialist singer/songwriter and one time member of Boys of the Lough. Five I-Iand Reel and Clan Alba.
Glasgow
I From Russia with Lev (‘al'é Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 553 0733. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Russian. classical and gypsy music from violinist Lev Atlas.
Balloon
I Lomond Folk Festival Various Venues. 01389 603278. 2pm—midnight. See Fri 29.
Edinburgh
I Ben Kearsley St Mary‘s Iipiscopal Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 1.10pm. Free. Scottish. flamenco. tango/milonga. Brazilian and bluegrass from the Edinburgh-born classical guitarist.
I Devendra Banhart, Espers and Sir Richard Bishop The Liquid Room. Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £12.50. First Scottish headline show for the enigmatic leader of the psych-folk scene. See preview page 64.
I Alistair McDonald The Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. Scotland's musical minstrel sings Scottish ballads and music hall ditties. I Open-Mic Night The left Bank. (iuthrie Street. 225 9744. 9pm. See Mon 25.
Tuesday 2
Edinburgh
I The Average Folk Band I.eith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5. Iberid funk/folk. using traditional and original tunes.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. (irassmarket. 8pm. £6. See Tue 26.
I Foakies Royal ()ak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8pm. Monthly night for aspiring singer/songwriters and poets. Contact Tom Fairnie at tomf(a‘miscorp. ed.ac.uk.
I Folk and Friends Waverley Bar. St Mary‘s Street. 556 8855. 9pm. See Tue 26.
Wednesday 3
Edinburgh
I Breelin' The Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 228 1155. 8.30pm. £5. This up and coming folk band had its first outing at last year‘s Shetland Folk Festival.
I ALP Session The Tass. High Street. 5566338. 9pm. Free. See Wed 27.
Alexandria
I Lomond Folk Club The Ilighlander. Smollet Place. 01389 757561.
8.30pm midnight. Free. See Wed 27.
Dunfermline
I Haggerdash I)unfermline Folk Club. Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 228 1 155. 8pm. £6 (£5). The folk boys from Stonehouse.
Stirling
I Wallace 700 Ceilidh Series Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 7.30pm. £6; family ticket 15. See Wed 27.
Thursday 4
Glasgow I Alistair Hulett Star Folk Club. St Andrew's in the Square. off Salttnarket.
St Andrew's Street. 548 6020. 8pm. £6 (£4). ()ne of Scotland‘s fine socialist singer/songwriters. long exiled in Australia. He's also an interpreter of traditional song.
Edinburgh
I Rosie Morton and Carrie Thomas The Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. Harp. fiddle and song from a talented duo.
I Out of the Bedroom Waverley Bar. St Mary's Street. 556 8855. 9pm. See Thu 2|.
Stirling
I Blazin’ Fiddles Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 7.30pm. £10 (£6.50). Scottish six-fiddle supergroup. Solo sophistication with guitar and keys. and barnstorming ensemble playing.
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to morag.bruce@llst.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Morag Bruce, Frances Boyson and Carol Main.
Thursday 21
Glasgow
I Junior Academy Sinfonia RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. Free. ticketed. Christopher (iray conducts a performance of music for strings. to include Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in C major and Handel's Concerto (imssa.
Edinburgh
I Live Music Now! Maelasta St (iiles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. Free at door. 6pm. ()utstanding young professional violin and guitar duo of Feargus Iletherington and Matthew McAlIister. both originally from Fife. in an hour of music from Bach to Piazzolla in friendly presentational style.
Tuesday 26
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 12.15pm. Free. Towne Singers and Aldersgate Chorale. from La Canada. California perform.
Wednesday 27
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St (iiles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 2998 (Cathedral Shop). 8pm. £7 (£5/free). Stephen Farr from (iuildford Cathedral. playing Bach. Franck. Alain and the Symphony Missa pm (Ia/imnis by David Briggs. Part of Celebrity ()rgan Recitals 2005.
Thursday 28
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 12.15pm. Free. A performance from Sweden‘s lIalmstad Chamber Choir and Instrumental Iinsemble.
I Live Music Now! Simon Thacker National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 6pm. Free. i-‘xiinburgh-born Thacker is considered by many to be one of Britain‘s finest young classical guitarists. Here. under the auspices of Live Music Now!. he performs a programme of South American and French music inspired by the (iauguin exhibition.
Edinburgh I Lunchtime Concert St (Eiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442.
12.15pm. Free. A performance froth New York‘s Stnithtown Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. l2.l5pm. Free. A performance from the
First Presbyterian Church Choir.
Nashville Tennasee.
I Ben Kearsley St Mary‘s Iipiscopal Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 1.10pm. Free. 'I‘raditional Scottish. flamenco. tango/milonga. Brazilian and Bluegrass from this Iidinburgh-born classical guitarist.
Tuesday 2
' Edinburgh
I Live Music Now! Catriona l'letherington Royal Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4219. 5pm. (‘ello music from Catriona IIctherington to complement the Nicholas and Alexandra exhibition currently showing.
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Wednesday 3
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 2998 (Cathedral Shop). 8pm. £7 (£5/free). The cathedral‘s own Peter Backhouse gives the penultimate performance in this year‘s Celebrity ()rgan Recitals and puts the Austrian Rieger organ through its paces in Francis Jackson. JS Bach (of course) and. to finish. Vierne's powerful and virtuosic Symphonic III.
Thursday 4
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. l2.l5pm. Free. A performance from New York's Third Presbyterian Church Choir. Rochester.
I Live Music Now! Ardstrath Trio Scottish National Portrait (iallery. 1 Queen Street. Free at door. 6pm. Mtisic to enhance the experience of the gallery‘s permanent collection from this up and coming young professional trio of violin. cello and piano.
Even journalists know that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But concerts are quite a different matter. With no strings attached - proverbially speaking - other than the late Yehudi Menuhin’s aim to make really good live music as openly accessible as possible, musicians from his Live Music Now! scheme can be heard completely free of charge.
In a new collaboration with the National Museums of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland, Menuhin would be delighted not only that access to music is being widened but also access to the great cultural resources of museums and galleries, whether their vast permanent or
special temporary exhibitions.
Helen Monaghan, who programmes the National Galleries’ talks and events, says: ‘lt’s great to mix different forms of the arts, and at the same time showcase the talented young musicians from Live Music Now! it enables people to benefit from the unique combination of music and art, offering them a more universal gallery experience.’
In a win~win-win scenario, the young professionals who are part of Live Music Now! get invaluable performing experience, the museums and galleries are able to offer a more culturally comprehensive experience to visitors and the public get to hear great music by musical stars of the future. With artists the calibre of soprano Lisa Milne, accompanist Malcolm Martineau and violinist Clio Gould all past members of Menuhin's scheme, these concerts offer the added excitement of ‘catching them young’.
National Museums’ learning manager Emma Webb says: ‘Our museums are spectacular settings for live music performances, which are very popular with visitors. Music can bring a vibrant new perspective to exhibitions such as Nicholas and Alexandra.’ The concerts run through the summer, the last Tuesday of every month at the Royal Museum of Scotland and selected Thursdays at the National Galleries. (Betsy Dickson)
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