Music Classical , maz—
Glasgow
I Gyp-Hop Cale (‘ossachok Rtissian Cultural Centre. 10 King Street. 553 0733. 8. 30pm. £5. See Wed 38.
Edinburgh
I Moishe’s Bagel I.enh Folk Club. The Vlllttge. South lion Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5 Ja// mllected Hunter and Balkan dance music leaturing (ireg 1..'t\'l.s()ll (Mi Mcl‘all's Chamber) on fiddle. I’ete (iarnet on accordion. I’hil Alexander on piano and Mario ('arihe on bass.
I Ceilidh Gaitherin’ Scottish Show Mmto Ilotel. Minto Street. 668 1334. 7.45 10pm. £39.95 (under 16s £19.95). See Sun 35.
I Tim O’Leary Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 3976. 8.30pm. £ 3. .-\ccomplished and mperienced Irish fiddler. citlern and guitar player has played with the Boys of the 1.ough..
I VOCOS del Sur Soulhside. Nicolson Street. 667 33 I 3. lllpli). Free. See Sun 35.
Glasgow
I Annie Grace ()ran Mor. (ireal Western Road. 357 6300. 13.30pm. £5. See Thu 33.
Edinburgh
I Ceilidh Gaitherin’ Scottish Show Minlo llolel. Minlo Street. 668 1334. 7.45 10pm. £39.95 (under 16s £19.95). See Sun 35.
Stirling
I Ian Davidson Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh I’ark. Causewayhead Road. ()I 359 318531. 8pm. (ilaswegian
songw riler introduces a new album.
Tuesday 4
Glasgow
I Annie Grace ()ran Mor. (ireat Western Road. 357 6300. 13.30pm. £5. See Thu 33.
Edinburgh
I Ceilidh Gaitherin’ Scottish Show Minto Ilotel. Minto Street. 668 1334. 7.45 10pm. £39.95 (under 16s £19.95). See Stir) 35.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. (irassmarket. 335 3399. 8pm. £6. See Tue 37.
I Foakies Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 3976. 8pm. Free. Monthly night for aspiring sitiger/songwriters and poets. If you are interested in performing contact Ton) Fairnie at tomlta‘miscorp.ed.ac.uk.
Wednesday 5
Glasgow
I Annie Grace ()ran Mor. (ireat Western Road. 357 6300. 13.30pm. £5. See Thu 33.
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston I)riv e. 649 7358. 8pm. £3. See Wed 38.
Edinburgh
I Cantrip Iidinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. The I’Ieasanee. 650 3349. 8pm. £6 (£5). Ileavyw ight Scots folkies look over the hori/on. 1i\pect Yiddish. Swedish. Finnish. Irish. Basque and Breton tunes. I Ceilidh Gaitherin’ Scottish Show Minto Ilotel. Minto Street. 663 1334. 7.45» 10pm. £39.95 (under 16s £19.95). See Sun 35.
Glasgow
I Annie Grace ()ran Mor. (ireat Western Road. 3.57 6300. 13.30pm. £5. See Thu 33.
I Sangsters Live at the Star. St Andrew 's in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5903. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Fife’s celebrated harmony vtx‘aIs/Scots song group.
82 THE LIST 2’3 Jun—6 Jul 2006
£10 (the wine). A lighthearted evening ol words and music with St (iiIes' Cathedral Choir including extracts from Burns. I)elibes. I'aure. Stevenson. Ravel and Mary. Queen ol Scots. In support ol St (iiles' Choir tour to France. ()elober
commissioned by (ilyndelmurne Iouimg ()pera Ill 1998. and set in the departure lounge ol an airport
I City of Glasgow Chorus \\e|1mgton Church. "7 Southpaik Avenue (olt l niveisity \venue). 334
Classical
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julesOlichomk. Listings are 2006. (L154. 7 30pm t'lll. tickets .l\.ll1.ll‘1t‘ .11 compiled by Jule; Graham and the door liom 6 30pm The ellottls carol Main, Saturday present (iahriel Little's much adored Reqtnem. alongside works bv I’.uiv. Glasgow Britten and Walton - i
I RSAMD Youthworks Music: Orchestra Concert RSAMI). l()() Renfrew Street. 333 5057. 3pm. £10 (£6). The orchestra present their summer concen. which is set to include a Ix'rformance of Weber's ('Iurim'l
('um (rm M) 3. featuring clarineltisl Scott 1.}gale. I Flight RSAMI). I00 Renfrew Street. 333 5057. 7.15pm. £16 (£13). The Scottish premiere of this new opera.
I Jordanhill Community Choir Jordanhtll Parish Church. 38 \Mmdcnd 1)rive. 959 3496 7 input £5 (£3 £350) The choir polish oll their tenth anniversary season \\llll .l iwrloimante oI Vivaldt's celebrated (i/o/m III I). l‘lus other eoncerlos and aims penned by the eminent Venetian composer
I Praise Gathering (‘ny ll.llls. ('andleriggs. 353 8000 7 ‘vllpm £10 tl.‘ (£6 £1“). 'I'vvo uplilting [X‘llttllllnllv't‘s ol
Glasgow
I Gloria 4 Wellington Church. 77 Southpark Avenue (off l'niversity Avenue). 339 0454. 7.30pm. Free. A celebration of choral. organ and instrumental inttsic with combined choir conducted by Iain (ialhraith. I’ur! oft/iv Wm! Iim/ l'i'vlit'ul.
I Psappha RSAMI). I00 Renl'rew Street. 333 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). The fearless exponents of contemrmrary music and musical theatre tackle John de Simone's 'I'hc'um' oft/14' I‘illllll.\'ll('. (iyorgy Kurtag's Hummu‘er' u l'i'n’m‘ Iii’l'i'lrvi. Alistair Spratt's Iz'i't'rv Lin/r Dull/t. (iordon Macl’herson‘s Mil/M A'- Diagrams ufrml‘ Pain and (ieorge Crumh's liu liulm'nm'.
I BSNO ScottishPower Proms: Caledon with Fiddler’s Bid Royal Concert Hall. 3 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £5 £35. Following a successful tour of North America. Canada. Japan and Malaysia. the be- kilted tenors return to home soil for this special I’roms performance. hacked by excellent Scottish folksters. Fiddler's Bid.
Edinburgh
3i? Scottish Opera: Don Giovanni Festival Theatre. 13» 39 Nicolson Street. 539 6000. 7.15pm. £13 £55. Mozart's famous opera based on the life of Don Juan. the notorious ladies‘ man whose sexual adventures know no bounds. But crime turns to retribution and the dashing Don's downfall to Hell.
Glasgow
I Naked Cello ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 353 8000. 1pm. £7 (£5). A short lunch-time concert with I acclaimed cellist Robert Irvine
performing works including Bach‘s Cello I Suites Nos I and 3. l I Garden Birthday Concert ; (ilasgow Botanic (iardens. 730 (ireat Western Road. 334 3433. 5pm. £4 (£3). Light classical concert in the IIiIIhead Children's (iarden. Bring your own picnic and enjoy this musical summer evening.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Kevin Bowyer and Christopher Konig University Memorial Chapel. University of (ilasgow. The Square. Off University Avenue. 7.30pm. Free. ticketed. The sixth and linal concert of the inaugural (iIasgow Intemational ()rgan Festival. featuring (iiles Swayne‘s Chinese ll’lii.vp¢".v ()p 75 and I’oulenc's ()rgun Concerto and Lilunim‘ a la Vie/gr Nm'rt’. I Virtuoso Classical and World Guitar The Tryst. IIiIIhead Baptist Church. Cresswell Street. 339 1588. 8pm. £7 (£6). Rodrigo. Bach. I’iauolla. Tarrega and other works drenched with jazz. and Latin American influences. from dynamic young Scottish guitar star. Neil Wilson. I’urt (iflhl’ Wes! [ind Festival.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Camerata (‘anongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 07944 564030. 7~I0pm. £7 (£5). William Dawes directs the mixed voice choir in a performance of works by Allegri. Martin 8; Howells. I Scottish Opera: Carmen Festival Theatre. 13—39 Nicolson Street. 539 6000. 7.15pm. £I3—£55. See Thu 33.
I In Celebration of The Auld Alliance! Stockbridge Parish Church. Saxe-Cohurg Street. 336 0673. 7.30pm.
E OPERA FLIGHT New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 24, Mon 26, Wed 28 and Fri 30 Jun
To write an opera called Flight seems appropriate for a composer whose name is Jonathan Dove. However, his 1998 Glyndebourne Touring Opera commission is nothing to do with our feathered friends, the title arising from the airport departure lounge setting. The flight in question is delayed, the opera focusing on the passengers who are waiting together, hoping, eventually, to board. Described as ‘one of the few successful comic operas of recent musical history’, the airport comedy has toured Europe, the US, Australia, and back to Glyndebourne, but has never been seen in Scotland.
‘lt’s actually a modern masterpiece,’ says director William Kerley, who makes his third visit to the RSAMD to work with the Opera School students. ‘Jonathan Dove goes from strength to strength. He’s a brilliant theatrical writer.’ Depicting the passengers, trapped due to an electrical storm, get to know one another and face up to their inner demons, Dove’s score is modern, but with shades of Britten, Bernstein and Copland. ‘lt’s tremendous’, says Kerley. ‘full of familiar modern themes and universal truths. It’s a real challenge for young singers and a brave choice from the Opera Head, Timothy Dean, who conducts.’ Characters whose lives and relationships fall under the spotlight in April De Angelis’s witty libretto include a refugee stuck in the airport, sung by a counter-tenor, a 52 year- old woman waiting for her toyboy waiter, and an ambassador en route to Minsk, whose wife gives birth in the third act. There is also, naturally, an air traffic controller who, as Kerley says, ‘sings her head off, like a kind of goddess’.
He continues, ‘People get the impression that opera has to be very earnest,’ he says. ‘This one is engaging, entertaining and we hope that people will really laugh.’ (Carol Main)