I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Afternoon Concert City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 2pm. £6. Orchestra leader. violinist Elizabeth Layton. shows off her versatility. directing the orchestra in two superb British works for this live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.
I Masterclass RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. ticketed. Viola virtuoso Garth Knox delivers today's masterclass.
I World Music Workshop RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5pm. Free. ticketed. The Scottish Academy of Asian Arts present this workshop with shenai (Indian pipe) expert. Pramod Gaikwad.
I Garth Knox RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3. A fine interpreter of modem music for the viola. Knox presents a programme of solo works including Ligeti and Haas.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Naked Classics Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. See preview. above.
Edinburgh
I Mr McFalls Chamber Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £10 (£8). Tribute to piper and fiddle player Martyn Bennett. who was a great friend of the group up until his death 18 months ago. His hallmark combinations of electronic bass lines and beats with folk tunes. whether original or traditional. are set beside the almost completely unknown Cuban composer Fabio Landa. who mixes Ravel-like instrumental colours with Afro-Carribean rhythms.
Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert: Scottish Ensemble RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Members from Scotland‘s pre-eminent string ensemble. with a programme including music by Sally Beamish and Anton Arensky‘s Piano Trio .
Edinburgh
I Cappella Nova: Psalms for Jamie Saxt Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10—£l2.50 (£7—£9.50). The Medieval singing group‘s autumn season begins with the world premiere of Jean Servin’s exquisite Psalms which were composed for James V1 and set Latin versions of the texts of great Scottish poet George Buchanan.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Great Concertos: Rachmaninov’s 3rd Piano Concerto Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1 155. 7.30pm. £10—£28. Three 20th century classics conducted by Jun Markl — Prokofiev‘s Symphony No 1
‘Classical'. Stravinsky"s Petrushka (I947 version) and Rachmaninov‘s Piano Concerto No 3. played by l lth lntemational Tchaikovsky Competition Winner. Denis Matsuev.
I Soundings: Festival of Sonic Art 2006 Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 8pm. £5 (£3); weekend pass £16 (£10): free for Edinburgh Uni music students. Now in its fifth year. the festival continues to act as a platform for new acoustic music. drawing established international performers and offering student composers the opportunity to cut their teeth before a critical audience. This first weekend in the three weekend series sees performances from both acclaimed composer Pete Stollery and viola virtuoso Garth Knox.
I Soundings: Opening Concert Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 8pm. £5 (£3). A concert of new electroacoustic music curated by Robert Dow.
I Symposium on the Clavichord St Cecilia’s Hall. Niddry Street. 668 2019. Times vary. £7 (£4); free to Edinburgh
78 THE LIST 19 Oct—2 Nov
I STANDARDS REVISTED AND REWORKED
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA:
NAKED CLASSICS
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Thu 26 Oct
Naked and orchestras are two words which don’t usually appear in the same sentence. The RSNO’s new Naked Classics series is set to change that, albeit the collective body of the orchestra that is being stripped bare for all to see. What makes it tick, how does it work, why does the composer use particular instruments, what happens in the music are some of the questions being
addressed in a series of four concerts using multi-media presentations and the full orchestra to reveal the secrets behind the sound of some of the greatest symphonic pieces of classical music.
‘We’re reaching out not only to existing classical music audiences, but also i to new audiences,’ explains series presenter, Paul Rissmann, ‘and what’s
unique about it is that it’s not necessarily for people who know something about music.’ Motivation partly came from the reality TV shows prevalent in popular culture. ‘You learn to do up a house or what it’s like being a master chef. There is something of that energy and spirit with classical music and what it’s really like up there on the stage,’ says Rissmann. ‘The orchestra then plays it straight through, so the audience can focus on listening with a
Z sense of discovery.’ For a project that also celebrates the skills and instruments of the orchestra, Stravinsky’s ballet score Petrushka is ideal. ‘It’s incredibly descriptive,’ says Rissmann, ‘and for anyone who’s even vaguely
j interested, a chance to find out a bit more about music in a relaxed and informal, but informative, way.’ (Carol Main)
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' Uni music students. Marking the arrival
of the Rodger Mirrey Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments to the University. the symposium features a series of live concerts over the course of the weekend.
Saturday 28
Glasgow I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Great Concertos
1 Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street.
353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£30. See Fri 27.
5 Edinburgh
; I Organ Recital and Lecture
Morningside Parish Church. 1 Cluny ; Drive. Morningside. 447 6745. 2pm.
Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra‘s Malcolm Riley gives this lecture on the life and music of Percy Whitlock.
I Soundings: Pete Stollery Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 6pm. £5 (£3). The acclaimed composer demonstrates
his electroacoustic genius with a programme that includes the world
premiere of his scenes. remlez-vous. ‘ I Soundings: Garth Knox Reid
Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 8pm. £5 (£3).
Ex-Arditti Quartet and Ensemble
lntercontemporatn viola player plays a selection of works.
I The Edinburgh Light Orchestra Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £5.50—£9. James Beyer conducts the orchestra in a performance
of light classical favourites. with tenor Peter Alexander Wilson.
I Symposium on the Clavichord St Cecilia's Hall. Niddry Street. 668 2019. Times vary. £7 (£4). See Fri 27.
Glasgow
I BBC Radio 3 Haydn Festival: The Royal String Quartet Glasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 6pm. Free. A double dose of Haydn as the RSQ perform his String Quartet ()p 76 No 2 and String Quartet 0]) 77 No I.
I The International Classical Season: The Thomaner Choir with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15—£25 (£l3—£23). ()pening concert of this year‘s series brings the choir that Bach sung with as a boy. Almost 800 years old. it is a cultural institution. Bach was their director for 27 years. but their performance of his B minor Mass promises to be as fresh as when it was first penned.
I Glasgow Orchestral Society RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Marco Rotnano conducts his players in a tribute to Sir Malcolm Arnold.
Edinburgh I Soundings: Student Composers
' Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University.
Bristo Square. 668 2019. 6pm. £5 (£3). Electroacoustic music students from Edinburgh University diffuse a number of classic works.
I St Giles at Six: Noteworthy Trio St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226
0673. 6pm. Free. This evening‘s six
o’clock slot sees this team of three playing music for two flutes and one piano. including works by JS Bach. Loeillet and Cimarosa.
I Cubed3 Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 7.30pm. £12 (£4.50—£7). 7hings present a music concert of what theatre musicians write when they're not making theatre music. Featuring John Harris with his ensemble SPKE. Pippa Murphy performing with SCO and Mr McFall's Chamber cellist Su-A Lee. and founder member of the groups iron Horse and Cantrip. Gavin Marwick.
I Sorrel Quartet Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£7.50). ()ne of Britain‘s finest string quartets perform works by Britten. Brahms and Shostakovich.
I Symposium on the Clavichord St Cecilia‘s Hall. Niddry Street. 668 2019. Times vary. £7 (£4); free to Edinburgh Uni music students. See Fri 27.
Monday 30
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet with Jill Morton Stockbridge Parish Church. Saxe Coburg Street. 332 0122. 7.30pm. Pianist Jill Morton joins the quartet for a performance of Mozart‘s [far] of K ’Ilys Quartet in A major. Faure's ()p 24 Iz'legie and Piano Quartet in C minor ()p I 5.
Tuesday 31
Glasgow
I Ramshorn Lunchtime Concert Ramshorn Theatre. 98 lngram Street. 552 3489. 1.15—2pm. £3. The second of two Shostakovich centenary programmes by celebrated Scottish pianist Murray McLachlan.
I Edinburgh Quartet with Jill Morton Glasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 6pm. See Mon 30.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Wicked Hallowe’en Classics Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10-£30. A night of macabre music presented by Richard ()‘Brien.
Edinburgh
I Yvonne Zehner Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 1.10pm. Free. Guitarist Zehner performs a programme of JS Bach. Deppert. Huct. Henze and Biber.
Wednesday 1
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Younger Hall. North Street. 01334 462226. 7.30pm. £7.50—£18.50 (£6—£l4.80). A programme of Gluck. Haydn and Beethoven conducted by Frans Briiggen for violinist Viviane Hagner‘s SCO debut.
Glasgow
I Carole Sutherland and Scott Mitchell Glasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. Saxophonist Sutherland and pianist Mitchell play works by Ravel. Francaix and Schulhoff and Ian Stewart's Eremitani Sonata.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Symphonies at Six Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 6pm. £12.50. Conducted by Stéphane Deneve. the orchestra perform Franck‘s S_\‘III[)/I()Iii(‘ Variations and Brahms‘ Symphony No l .