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lpm. £9 (£6). Renowned virtuoso guitarist Benjamin Verdery kicks off the annual Big Guitar W)ekend.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11--£24 (£8.50--£l8). See Thu 13.
I People on Sunday: Filmscreening with Live Improvisation (‘CA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £8 (£6). Spontaneous tnusic making along to the 1929 experimental documentary P ’ople on Sunday by the skilled musicians of the Glasgow lmprovisers Orchestra. who are joined by trumpet player Birgit Ulher and bass player Clayton Thomas.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Lunchtime Concerts: Nicholas Wearne Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. l.l()pm. An organ recital featuring the music of Bruhns. Buxtehude. Bach and
I Boyan Ensemble of Kiev Canongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 7.30—9.30pm. £16-£18 (under 16s £8). The acclaimed Ukrainian vocal ensemble returns to Scotland as part of its 2008 UK tour under the directorship of Bohdan Antkiv.
Glasgow I Lunchtime Concert Alexander Gibson Opera Studio. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £7 (£5). The teaching staff of the Big Guitar Weekend teaching staff show us how it’s done. Part of the Big Guitar Weekend. FREE Greenbank Recitals: Peter Howard Greenbank Parish Church. 36 Eaglesham Road. 1pm. Part of a regular series of recitals on the organ. with tea and coffee served afterwards.
I Frevo Quartet Alexander Gibson Opera Studio. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Music from Argentina. including tangos by Astor Piazzolla. performed by the Scottish quartet of flute. guitar. violin and bass. Part of the Big Guitar Weekend.
I Dunedin Consort St Aloysius‘ Church. 25 Rose Street. Garnethill. 332 3039. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). A performance of Monteverdi‘s Vespers by the leading vocal ensemble in collaboration with Bearsden Choral Society and the Dunedin Players.
FREE A Feast of Beasties Hyndland Parish Church. 79—81 Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. Donations accepted. A vocal celebration of natural life with Glasgow group Brats & Callets. with director Graham Taylor and pianist Colin Taylor. I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Fire and Ice Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10-£32 (concessions available). The great Neeme Jarvi joins the RSNO for a performance of Prokofiev's mighty Symphony No 5.
Edinburgh
I Autumn Gold Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30-10pm. £8 (£8). Edinburgh Concert Band joins up with the Bohemians for a concert in aid of the Bethany Trust.
I Electric Cowboy Cacophony
Edinburgh University Informatics Forum.
10 Crichton Street. 7.30pm. Donations accepted. Michael Edwards‘ latest project is a skilled fusion of musical styles written for the unlikely combination of bluegrass banjo. electric guitar. piano. sax and improvised electronics. Part of the Dialogues I-estival 2008. See preview. page 74.
Glasgow
I Coflee Concert Series RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1 1.30am.
£8 (£5). Relive Rachmaninov‘s 1943
recital in Knoxville. Tennessee with critically acclaimed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie.
I Guitar Orchestra Alexander Gibson Opera Studio. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £7 (£5). The final concert of the Big Guitar Weekend. featuring the talents of the Guitar Orchestra and soloists.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Fire and Ice Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 6pm. £10—£28 (concessions available). See Thu 13.
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). David Watkin conducts a performance of Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto with soloist Peter Hanson and Brahms‘ .S‘ymphony No 4.
I Exhautions Edinburgh University Informatics Forum. 10 Crichton Street. 8pm. Donations accepted. Three works for strings and electronics focusing on stress and layers by German experimental composer Christoph Ogiermann. Part of the Dialogues festival 2008. See preview. page 74.
I Norma Filmhouse. 88 Lothian Road. 228 2688. 8pm. £15 (£10). Catch soprano Daniela Dessi‘s triumphant debut in the title role of Bellini‘s tragic opera as part of the Filmhouse‘s opera
Glasgow I Music on Mondays: William Fong RSAMD (Guinness Room). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 4101. 1pm. £5. A recital by prize-winning pianist William Fong.
I A Concert, a Cocktail and a Canapé Oran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 615—7. 15pm. £10. Vaughan Williams' ever-popular The Lark Ascending performed by violinist Justine Watts and the Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra. followed by a new work by J Simon van der Walt and works by Debussy and Respighi. With conductor Peter C ynfryn Jones. Doors open at 5.15pm.
Glasgow I La Boheme Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50—£32. Handpicked international soloists alongside the full Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. l.l()pm. Cellist Florian Kitt and pianist Rita Medjimorec perform work by Prokofiev. Payne and Martinu.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra:
CLOSix St Cuthbert‘s Church. 5
Lothian Road. 229 l 142. 6pm. £12 (£5—£9). See Hitlist. right. I Simon Hieminski and Pauline Knowles St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral. Broughton Street. 556 1798. 8pm. Retiring collection. A concert for organ and actress. with Prokofievs Peter and the Wolf. Albright‘s The King of the Instrtmtents and Hewitt's The Battle of Trenton.
Glasgow
I Carmen Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50-£32. Ellen Kent and Amphitheatre Productions bring the dusty heat of the Spanish bullring to Scodand.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University
‘ Glasgow FREE Music in the University
Lunchtime Concert Glass Arcade. j Scottish Agricultural College. Kings - Buildings. West Mains Road. 535 4000 .
1.05pm. Donations welcome. Flautist Alan Ross and harpsichordist John Kitchen perform J S Bach's Sonata in B
minor.
Scottish Opera: La Traviata Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson
Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £14~£60
(cones available). See Hitlist. right.
Glasgow University Concert Hall.
I University Avenue. 330 4092. l.l()pm. A
programme of percussion and piano music performed by Eddy Hackett and Keith Ford.
1'1 ._ Glasgow I Friday Lunchtime Concert
Series RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street.
‘ 332 5057. lpm. £9 (£6). Recently
announced as the RSNO‘s new principal oboe. young French musician Emmanuel Laville gives his Scottish debut recital. I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: East Meets West City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm.
£1 l—£24 (£850 £18). David Murphy conducts the Overture from Mozart‘s Idomeneo and Beethoven‘s .S'ymphony No 8. followed by Amjad Ali Khan on sarood.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Hallelujah! St Mary's RC Cathedral.
York Place. 556 1798. 7.30pm. £5~£15.
The first of a series of concerts to mark
1 the 150th anniversary of Edinburgh
Royal Choral Union takes place 50 years to the day after the centenary concert of 1958. Scottish Ensemble: Fire Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12—£14.50 (concs available). See Hitlist. right.
Glasgow I Glasgow Chamber Choir St Margaret's Episcopal Church. 353—355 Kilmarnock Road. Newlands. 423 7446. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Music by Brahms. Schlitz and Viennese composer Hans Gal in an exploration of 400 years of Germanic choral music.
I Music in the University: Kelvin Ensemble Bute Hall. University of Glasgow. University Avenue. 3304092. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Gareth John conducts Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. Dvorak's
' .S'ymphony No 9 ( ‘A’eiv ll/orld') and other
popular works. Tickets available on the door. I Royal Scottish National
: Orchestra: Gripping Emotion 1 Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall ; Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£28
(concessions available). Stephane Deneve conducts a programme of luscious French music.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera: The Secret
Marriage Festival Theatre. 1.3/29
3 Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.15pm. £14—£60 (concessions available). - Domenico Cimarosa‘s Italian operatic
comedy. Sung in English with English supertitles. Audio Description and Touch
Tour on 26 Nov.
I Calton Consort Canongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 7.30—9pm. £8 (£6). The ensemble perform work by Stravinsky and Brahms.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £8 (£3—£5). A performance of the Overture to Wagner‘s
; folkloric opera The Flying Dutchman
and Bruckner's Wagnerian Symphony No
=§< Scottish Ensemble: Fire The wonderfully charismatic Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto (pictured) makes his debut with the Scottish Ensemble in music that well suits the free spirit of his playing. Fellow Finn Rautavaara's Fiddlers. a popular piece worldwide, is heard in the context of the original folk tunes upon which it is based. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 21 Nov, Oran Mor. Glasgow, Sun 23 Nov.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: CLOSix Both pieces are universally — and deservedly — popular, so a double treat for Handel fans as his Water Music is played alongside the Music for the Royal Fireworks in the cosiness of St Cuthbert’s rather than the outside conditions for which they were originally composed. These concerts can sell out, so advance ticket purchase recommended. St Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh, Tue 18 Nov. Sis Scottish Opera: La flaviata Scottish Opera's week in Edinburgh opens with new production of Verdi's passionate tale of love and tragedy. Well received by critics and public alike. this La Traviata is one not to be missed. especially with Italian soprano Carmen Giannattisio in the lead role of Violetta. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed 79, Sun 23, Thu 27 & Sat 29 Nov.
3. conducted by Gerard Doherty.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: East Meets West Queen‘s llall. 87~-89 (‘lerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8—£26 (£6«£l9.5()). Sec Fri 21.
I Dunedin Consort St (‘ecilia‘s Hall. Niddry Street. 650 2427. 7.45pm. £14 (£1 1: students/unwaged £5). Virtuoso recorder player llan 'l‘ol joins John Butt (harpsichord) and Susan llatnilton (soprano) for a concert of late Baroque music.
I Powerplant Edinburgh l'niversity Informatics Forum. 10 (‘richton Street. 8pm. Donations accepted. See preview. page 74. Part of the Dialogues I'estival 2008. See preview. page 74.
I The Scottish Chamber Choir: Anniversary Voices St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 8pm. £8 (under £16s free). Michael Harris directs motets by JS Bach and ScliiitI.
Tippett's Five Negro .S'piritiut/s. and the ' choir's 40th anniversary commission.
Father and Son by Scottish composer Ken Dempster.
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