I Richard Thompson Royal Concert Ilall. Sauchichall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20 £22. I-‘airport star guitarist and songwriter Thompson takes a Inusical journey through 1000 Years of popular music. displaying his trademark bleak humour in the songs. I’ (If! III ( I/III ( IIIIIII I IIIIIIs.
I Brian McNeill and Allan Yn Y Fan Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. Sauchichall Street. 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. Iix-Battlelield bandsman and multi- instrumentalist performs original songs. I’ III III ( I/II'I ( IIIIIII ( IiIIIIs
I Lunasa and Lau Ihe ()ld Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £16. The acclaimed Irish acoustic bass-driven all-instrumental super-group partnered by the intense. unique instrumental explorations of Scottish threesome () Rourke. (ireen and Drever on fiddle. piano accordion and guitar.
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I Songs of Scotland: Generations of Change The l'niversal. Sauchichall Lane. 332 8899. 8pm. £10. The cosy themed folk club atmosphere is hosted by Ishbel MacAskill. with tonight’s singers: Jimmy Hutchieson. Scott (iaidener and Margaret Macl eI.Id II III III ( IIIII ( IIIIIII I [III/M.
I Celtic Connections Festival Club Central Hotel. Central Station. (iordon Street. 353 8000. 10.30pm. £3.50 £7.50. See Thu 15.
Edinburgh
I Absolute Beginner Ceilidh Dance Class Bruntslield Primary School. Montpelier. Bruntslicld. 229 1821.7 8.55pm. £7 (£4). See Wed 14. I Southern Tenant Folk Union Iidinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. The l’leasance. 650 2458. 8pm. £7 (£6). (iospel-inlluenced six-piece with their own mix of old-time. bluegrass and Celtic music.
I Absolute Beginners Classes Boroughmuir Iligh School. Viewforth. Bruntslield. Times vary. from £48 (from £24). See Wed 14.
Dundee
I Burns for A’ That Dundee Rep. Tay Square. ()1382 223530. 8pm. £12 (£10). Dr Fred Freeman expounds on the traditional music background of Burns the songwriter. with instrumental performances from Marc Duff and Angus Lyon and vocals from Jolm Morram and Wendy Weatherby.
Dunfermline
N‘ .~ Esther O’Connor DunILImline Iolk ( Iub. lhistle layetn. Baldridgeburn. ()1383 729673. 8pm. See Sat 17.
Glasgow I lain Anderson in Conversation
Royal Concert Hall: lixhibition Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. I2.30pm. £3.50. With academic. historian and writer ()wen Dudley Iidwards. See Fri 16.
{RISE Celtic Music Radio Royal Concert Hall: [Exhibition Hall. Sauchichall Street. 353 8000. 2pm. Sec Fri 16. t"); Celtic Connections Workshops (‘(‘I\. Sauchichall Street. 352 4900. 4 6pm.'1‘icketed. A workshop in (iaelic Lreativc wIiting. I’ III! III ( IIIII ( IIIIIIIIIIIIIIs.
we“: Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Royal Concert Hall: Iixhibition Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 16.
press: Celtic Connections Workshops ('CA. Sauchichall Street. 352 4900. 6 8pm. Ticketed. A one-off workshop in I’uirt-a-Beul ((iaelic mouth music). I’III'I III‘CI'IIII' ('IIIIIII’IIIIIIIs.
I Deaf Shepherd and David Munnelly Band ABC. Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7.30pm. £15. ()ver 14s show. ()ne of Scotland's favourite folk bands. mixing Ilighland. Lowland and
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Irish liddle and pipe music and song. Support from the energetic accordion- led outIIt IIom IIeland s ( ounty Mayo. I’ III! III ( IIIII ( IIIIIIIV‘IIIIIIIs.
I Skerryvore ()I'an Mor. (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 7.30pm. £12.50. Bagpipes. accordion and liddle over a dancey rock line up. from Tiree‘s ‘boy band.’ I’III'I III('I'/II'I' ('IIIIIII'I'II'IIIIs.
I Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey, Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman and Bethan Nia Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. Sauchichall Street. 353 8000. 8pm.
£ 1 2.50. Two Irish sisters and consummate musicians - on fiddle and harp - with their two virtuoso acoustic guitar partners. in one of the best concerts of the Festival - mixing traditional song. down-home .'\ppalachian mandolin. powerhouse reels and ancient Irish airs and matches. II III III ( I/III ( IIIIIII I IIIIIIs.
I Emily Smith and Bella Hardy St Andrews in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £l2.50. Two young talents from Scotland and lingland. Smith is the award-winning singer from the South of Scotland. teamed with DLrbyshire’s pri/e-winning singing Iiddler. I’ III! III ( ('IIH
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I Flight of the Arctic Tern with lain Anderson The Tall Ship at (ilasgow Harbour. Stobcross Road. 222 2513. 8pm. £ 1 2.50. The story of Anderson's pcripatetic ancestor is told by the BBC Broadcaster and set to original contemporary music (on Iiddles. sax. bass) and kL yhoard played by (ilasgow LomposeI .\lark SheIidI In. I’ III! III ( I/II'I ( IIIIIII I IIIIIIs.
I Nick Harper and Duke Special Classic (irand. Jamaica Street. 847 ()82(). 8pm. £l2.50. Astonishing guitar playing and unstoppable emotion from Nick ‘son of Roy' Harper. and eclectic syntheses of popular 1.'Lnres from the super- selling BLllast Star songwr'itei .\lr SpeLiaI. I’I III III ( I/IiI (IIIIIIIIIIIIIIs.
I Songs of Scotland: Protest Songs The l'niversal. Sauchichall Lane. 32 8899. 8pm. £10. Hosted by Ishbel
MacAskill. with singers David Ferrard. Brian .\lc.\'eill and (iillebridc .\I IL “III In. I"IIII III ( I“/!iI (IIIIIII' I (III/Is Travelling Folk PaLitic Quay next to (ilasgow SLience ( entre. 353 8000. 8pm. 'I’ickcted. Archie Fisher hosts a the BBC Radio Scotland broadcast and recording with live music and chat from the best of Irish and Scottish music in (ilasgow for the Festival. I’III‘I III'CI'III'I' ('IIIIIII'I'II'IIIIs. I Ceol’s Craic CCA. Sauchichall Street. 352 4900. 8.30pm. £l2.50. A special ('cltic Connections version of the monthly (iaelic club/platform for (iaelic art and culture with performances from Kathleen Machines. Stevie Jackson (Belle and Sebastian). Norrie Maclver. Quest. The Tempus Fugitives and Maire Ni (‘hoiInL ’III'I III'CI'III'I' ('IIIIIII'I'II'IIIIs‘. I Asturian Night with Llan de Cubel and Anabel Santiago The ()Id I-‘ruitmarket. ('andleriggs. 353 8000. 9.30pm. £16. The long-lasting band from Asturias - the mountainous Celtic region in northern Spain - were originally modelled on Scotland’s 'l‘annahill Weavers. and have re-invented their traditional music in a similar way using Asturian pipes. Iiddle etc. They are supported by the singing of young rising star Santiago. I’IIrI III'CIIIII'I' ('IIIIIII'III'IIIIs. I Celtic Connections Festival Club Central Hotel. Central Station. (itnthin Slrch 353 XINX).IIL3IHHIL £3.50 £7.50. See Thu l5.
Edinburgh
I Absolute Beginners Classes Boroughmuir High School. Viewforth. Bruntslield. Times vary. from £48 (from £24). Sec III“ I5.
Falkirk
I Dithis Agus Aonan I-‘alkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. (iaelic folk.
Classical
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Glasgow
sfifig Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. Ipm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
Edinburgh
§§EE Live Music Now: that National Portrait (iallery. I Queen Street. 624 6200. 66.30pm. The Scottish harp and flute duo performs a selection of works inspired by The IIIIIIIIIIII’ I’III'II'III'I exhibition.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Fair Melusine Queen‘s Hall.
87 89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8~£26 (concessions available). Following the Messiaen celebrations of 2008. 2009 is the bicentenary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. one of the 19th century’s most prolific and accomplished musical figures. The SCQ performs The Fair MI’IIIsI'III'. the overture to the opera
he didn't live long enough to write. along
with Schubert's SvIII/IIIIIIIy MI 4 ("I'I'II‘LII'I’I and Mozart's I’IIIIIII ('IIIII‘IIIIII MI 27. with internatiomilly celebrated pianist. Paul Lewis. Andrew Manic conducts.
Dundee
I Strictly Strauss: Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival (‘aird Hall. City Square. ()1382 434940. 7.30pm. £19 £22 (£16). Let the Johann Strauss ()rchestra transport you back to the Viennese ballrooms of the 19th century with the music of the ‘Walt/ King'. including T/II' RIIIIIII:/Iy IWIII‘I‘II and The B/lu’ DIIIIIIIII’. directed from his position as first violin by David Rowland. in traditional classical fashion. With soprano lilena Xanthoudakis and the Johann Strauss Dancers in period dress.
Glasgovv
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Fair Melusine (‘in Halls.
( andleI riggs . . 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11 £24 (£8.50 £l8). See Thu 8.
Edinburgh
113:: SE Towson University Chorale (ireyfIiars KiIk. (iIeyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. Ihe Baltimore- based. 50- strong ensemble are joined by the lidinburgh University Chorus for a mixed programme of vocal works. Karen Kennedy directs.
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I Strictly Strauss: Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchichall Street. 353 8000. 3pm & 7.30pm. £l9.50»--£29. See Thu 8.
Edinburgh
HIE: ESO Event St Mary s [Episcopal C athedIal. 23 PalmeIston Place. 225 6293. l 1am 8: 2pm. Michael Bonaventure gives a recital in celebration of the organ music of Kenneth Leighton. who died in lidinburgh in 1988.
I Mozart and Beethoven in Vienna St Cecilia's IIaIl. Niddry Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £14 (£5 £1 1 ). The (ieorgian Concert Society presents music from the one-time musical capital of the world. with works by two great classical
masters performed by Jaap ter Linden. Izhxabeth WalIfIsch and David Breitman.
Ayr
I Dunedin Consort University of the West of Scotland. Assembly Hall. Beech Grove. 7.30pm. £10. The Edinburgh- based vocal ensemble performs.
Dunfermline
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Festive Concerts Carnegie Hall. Iiast Port. ()1383 602302. 7.30pm. £2] (concessions available). Begin 2009 in 19th-century Austrian style with the RSNO‘s Viennese Gala. A collection of popular waltzes. polkas. mazurkas and arias. including the music of the ‘Waltz King’. Johann Strauss Junior. Austrian conductor David Danzmayr makes his season debut with the orchestra.
Glenrothes
I Dunfermline Strathspey and Reel Society Fiddlers’ Rally Rothes Halls. Kingdom Centre. ()1592 61 I 101. 7pm. £10 (£9). Take your seat for an exciting evening of traditional Scottish music and experience the sound of massed fiddles in full flight. (‘Iuest singer Bruce Davies features.
Paisley
EASE. A Winter Serenade of Strings Paisley Abbey. Abbey Place. 889 7654. 3pm. The Chamber Strings of Melbourne pays a visit to Paisley with a concert of works spanning several centuries. Christopher Martin directs.
Ayr
I Ayr Amateur Opera Company (iaiety Theatre. Carrick Street. ()1292
61 1222. 7.30pm. £tbc. The local performance group returns with ('IIIIIIIII'Iy JIIIII’. adapted from the play by Charles K Freeman. Music by Sammy Fain.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: CLGSix St Cuthbert's Church. 5 Lothian Road. 229 I 142. 6pm. £12 (£5—£9). The SCQ continues its celebrations for the bicentenary of Mendelssohn‘s birth with a performance of two Scotland-inspired works: the Hebrides ()l'I’I'Illl‘t’ and .S'vIIIpIIIIIIy No 3 ( 'SI‘UIIISII '). ()lari Iilts conducts.
Ayr
I Ayr Amateur Opera Company CIaiety Theatre. Carrick Street. 01292 61 1222. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 12.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Telephone Choir Juniper (‘Ireen Parish Church Hall. 498 Lanark Road. Juniper (ireen. 332 2758. Popular light music from the Edinburgh Telephone Choir.
Ayr
I Ayr Amateur Opera Company (iaiety Theatre. Carrick Street. 01292 61 1222. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 12.
Glenrothes
I Fife Electronic Organ Society Concert Glenwood High School. South
Parks Road. 01592 651540. 7.15pm. £3
(50p). Diverse music and song featuring guest artiste Chris Stanbury.
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Glasgow I Westbourne Music The Merchant Ilouse. 7 West George Street. 226 4444.
12.45pm. £7 (£3—£6). Solo piano classics
from Roger ()wens. a former winner of