Edinburgh
I Sunday Morning Music National MUseum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. 10.45am. Free. Enjoy the sweet sounds of talented young musicians as you tuck into brunch at the museum‘s Cafe’ Delos. Linking with the current Pixar exhibition. wind quintet Amici Winds play some of the music made famous by animation. In conjunction with Live Music Now.’
I St Giles at Six: The Singers St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 ()673. 6pm. Free. Donald Halliday directs a performance of works by Eric Whitacre. Stuart Murray. SS Wesley. Elgar. Faure and Philips.
I Jubilo Summer Concert Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The Edinburgh- based mixed voice choir perform Schubert's Mass in A Flat. Mendelssohn‘s Psalm 42 and Brahms‘ Song of Destiny. accompanied by The Edinburgh Players.
Ayr
I Burns an’ a’ That! Festival Gala Ayr Racecourse. 2 Whitletts Road. 01292 264 179. 7pm. £20. The Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. conducted by Garry Walker. with special guests Karen Matheson. Phil Cunningham and Wet Wet Wet's Marti Pellow. Part ofBurns an ' a ' 'I'ltat.’
Wednesday 30
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera: Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. 7.15pm. £8.50—£40. See Fri 25.
I Beethoven: The Late Piano Works City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8—10pm. £10 (£5). GUsztav Fenyo performs Beethoven‘s sublime late piano works including the Hamnterklavier Sonata and Diahelli Variations.
I Scottish Opera: Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. Times vary. £8.50—£57.50. See Fri 25.
Edinburgh
I Hebrides Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £12 (£5—£8). Performing Gyorgy Kurtag‘s contemporary . . . pas a pas — nulle part . . . (. . . step by step — nowhere . . .). a setting of Samuel Beckett poetry for baritone voice. strings and percussion. Also featured is a new commission by Scottish based composer David Fennessy as well as Mozart's arrangements of preludes and fugues from 13 Bach‘s Mil-Tempered Klavier.
Thursday 31
Glasgow
=1: Scottish Opera: Lucia Di Lammermoor Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. 7.15pm. £8.50—£40. See Sat 26.
I The Winter Gardens Prom Winter Gardens. People‘s Palace. Glasgow Green. 548 3444. 7.30pm. £8 (£4—£6). Strathclyde University‘s Concert Band and Chamber Choir team up to present this annual concert of entertaining and lighthearted music for a Summer‘s evening.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 12.15pm. Free. With the University of Kansas Chorale.
Edinburgh
I Jeni Montrose and Geoffrey Duce Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 20l9. 7.45pm. £15 (£12.50). Two of Scotland‘s leading musicians present a selection of works by Handel.
Schumann. Wolf. Schubert. alongside popular Celtic tunes.
Glasgow
I RSAMD Youthworks Music: Wind Orchestra Concert RSAMl). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3.30pm. £4 (£3). John Miller conducts a programme set to include Franck Tichcli‘s .S‘ltenamloalt. Andrew Boysen Jnr's Grant them literna/ Rest. Robert W Smith's Monunmet and liric Whiteacre‘s Clam/burst.
I City of Glasgow Chorus Wellington Church. 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue). 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50). The west of Scotland’s biggest independent choral group with a one-off showcase performance of one of Handel‘s most celebrated works. Israel in Egypt.
I New Scottish Choir: Beyond! Perspectives of Heaven City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£15. If musical hits such as ll'est Side Story. Les Miserables and Whistle Down the Wind are your idea of nirvana. don't miss the ISO-strong choir as they journey beyond this world into one of heavenly hopes and dreams.
Edinburgh
I St Andrew Camerata St Patrick‘s Church. 5 South Grays Close. 40 High Street. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). The Edinburgh-based chamber choir perform a selection of sacred choral music for Lent and Passiontide. Including the Allegri Miserere and Lotti ( 'I'm‘i/i.t'us.
I Mozart: The Chapter House Singers St Mary's lipiscopal Cathedral. Palmerston Place. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £10 (under 12s free). A veritable feast of music by Mozart. including the C Minor Mass. several church sonatas and the much loved Ave I'(’I'll"l corpus.
Kirkcaldy
I Denise Leigh: Mainly Mozart Adam Smith Theatre. Bennochy Road. 01592 583302. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£13.50). The winner of Channel 4‘s ()peratunity sings a selection of her Mozart favourites.
Stirling
I Hebrides Ensemble Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). The innovative chamber ensemble perform Gyorgy Kurtag‘s pus a pas - nulle part. which sets Satnuel Beckett poems to song and music. plus new work by David Fennessy as well as Mozart‘s arrangements of preludes and fugues from 1S Bach‘s ll’ell-iempered Klat'ier.
Glasgow
I Glasgow International Organ Festival Glasgow l.'niversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off University Avenue. 07870 685974. Times vary. Free. Devised and directed by acclaimed organist Kevin Bowyer. The Glasgow International ()rgan Festival features a series of recitals performed on Glasgow University Memorial Chapel's refurbished organ and comprises part of Glasgow's West 15ml I'estival. Concerts are free and open to all. Go to www.music.gla.ac.tik/organfest/events.ht ml for more information.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Festival of Music, Speech and Dance Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7pm. £10. Talented musicians compete in the linals of the Concerto Class accompanied by the Friends of the Festival Orchestra. as well as showcase performances from other winners from throughout the Festival. Call 077795 89892 for further information.
>i< Scottish Sini‘onia: Elgar 150th Birthday Concert Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10(£3—£8). Neil Mantle conducts a quadruple bill of works by lilgar. in celebration of the late great Romantic composer‘s 150th year. The programme includes his ()rerture: ('ot'kaigne (in London Town). The Wand of Youth. Suite No 2 Pomp and ( 'iremnstanee Mare/t A'o () and Svmpltony No l .
Monday 4
Glasgow
I Glasgow International Organ Festival Glasgow L'niversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off L'niversity Avenue. ()7870 685974. Times vary. Free. See Sun 3.
Glasgow
I Masterclass: Tomas: Zawierucha RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. ticketed. The Polish guitar virtuoso passes on his wisdom to Academy students. Sponsored by the Dundee Guitar Festival.
I RSAMD Vocal Department Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. Free. Vocal studies students give a second chance to hear Luciano Berio‘s wonderful Folk Song settings in a performance featuring mezzo-soprano Louis Collett.
I Glasgow International Organ Festival Glasgow l'niversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off L'niversity Avenue. ()7870 685974. Times vary. Free. See Sun 3.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow
I RSAMD Guitar Department Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. Free. With special guest soloist and international guitar star Tomasz Zawierucha.
I Beethoven: The Late Piano Works City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8—-l0pm. £10(£5). See Wed 30. I Glasgow International Organ Festival Glasgow l'niversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off l'niversity Avenue. 07870 685974. Times vary. Free. See Sun 3.
Edinburgh
=3: Showcase for Youth St Margaret‘s lipiscopal Church. liaster Road. 554 0568. 7.30 —9.l5pm. £5 (£3). A recital by performers who competed in the area qualifying round of the Young Musician of the Year. presented by l.eith Rotary Club. I’art (if/with festival.
Glasgow
I Opera Workshops RSAMl). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £12 (£8). A chance to hear some delicious operatic morsels sung by the creme de la creme of the acatlemy‘s renowned opera school. as postgraduate students stage scenes front mainstream repertoire.
I The Falklands 25th Anniversary Spectacular Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchieltall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15 £17. Join Jane .‘vlacDonald and the musicians of the Royal Marines for light classical music. show scores and exquisite solo pieces paying tribute to those who fought in the Falklands War of 1982. Pipers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland will also be putting in a special guest appearance. Proceeds to Seafarers (K. I Kevin Bowyer: Organworks 3 Glasgow lTniversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off l'niversity Avenue. 7.30pm. Free. The award-winning international organist. with a reputation for playing unusual and new music.
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Come and Sing: Ein Deutsches Requiem If you have ever wanted to be part of that incredibly thrilling sound that is a big choir in full flight. now is your chance. With charismatic conductor Christopher Bell. hundreds of singers will gather in Glasgow to sing Brahms’ famous masterpiece, written to comfort the living rather than in memory of the dead. Go on. you know you want to do it. City Hal/s, Glasgow, Sun 27 May.
>1: Scottish Sinfonia: Elgar 150th Birthday Concert Wallow in the sounds of Elgar, Elgar and more Elgar, as Scottish Sinfonia dedicate their summer concert to him in celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Economist Adam Smith might have pushed him off the Bank of England's 5320 note, but there is no pushing him off the concert stage in this special year. Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Sun 3 Jun.
:2: Scottish Opera: Lucia Di Lammermoor Bel canto opera in all its glory in Donizetti's adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor. John Doyle’s new production is visually arresting throughout with some fabulous singing from the chorus and principals. especially Sally Silver as the mad bride and Turkish tenor. BUlent Bezdtiz. as her tragic lover. Theatre Royal, G/asgow, Sat 26 8 Thu 31 May.
performs Finnissy's ()tjean Symphony .\'o /. l)ench's (‘oni/mste/la7/innisterre. Payttc\ Reflections on the Sea o/‘(i/ass and William Sweeney’s Hal/tug. as part of Glasgow l'niversity 's .llusit'u Nova festival.
I Glasgow International Organ Festival Glasgow l'niversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. Off l'niversity Avenue. ()7870 685974. Times vary. Free. See Sun 3.
Edinburgh
=1: More than Chopin St Margaret‘s lipiscopal Church. Faster Road. 0845 458 9709. 8 9.30pm. £5. From Chopin to the present day. classical pieces by Polish composers will be performed by an internationally renowned Polish pianist. l’art o/‘l.eitlt l'evtit'al.
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