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2019. 7.45pm. £12—£14.50(£9—£1 1). Percussionist Colin Currie joins the acclaimed group for the world premiere of Schwertsik's ('onrerto for Marimba and Strings. co-commissloned by the Scottish linsemble and Wigmore Hall. Opening the concert is Mozart's Divertimento in I". with the music from Stravinsky's mythological ballet Apollon Musagete to finish. See preview, page 80.
Various venues
I Fife Festival of Music Various venues. 01592 583302. Times vary. Prices vary. Performers range from primary school children to adults. in both vocal and instrumental classes. competitive and non-competitive. All performances will receive a review by a professional adjudicator and trophies will be awarded. Until Sun 8 Feb.
Friday 6
Glasgow
I Friday Lunchtime Concert Series RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. .332 5057. lprn. £9 (£6). Violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved joins Head of Keyboard Aaron Shorr to kick off the RSAM1)'s Mendelssohn hicentenary celebrations. with the composer's first published work for violin and piano. the Sonata in I" minor Op 4. followed by the ‘wretched' Sonata in I". first performed 1 15 years after its dissatisfied composer finished it.
I Scottish Opera: La Traviata Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. ()870 060 6647. 7.15pm. £9~£60. Verdi‘s intensely moving opera about courtesan and fallen woman Violetta who falls for nobleman Alfredo. A new co- production with Welsh National Opera directed by David McVicar.
I Jack Liebeck and Ashley Wass in Recital City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.45pm. £12. The violin and piano duo gives an Einstein-centric recital. with Mozart's Sonata in Bflat major. which Einstein loved and played himself. followed by works by Bloch. Prokofiev and Franck.
Edinburgh
I Catrin Finch Harp Concert Greyf'riars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Bach‘s Goldberg Variations presents a formidable challenge for even the most accomplished keyboard player. Here Catrin Finch performs her transcription for harp in one sitting. a feat of musical and physical endurance. She performs in Edinburgh as part of her UK tour.
I Verdi: Aida Playhouse. 18—22 Greenside Place. ()870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £20.75—£38.75 (concessions available). Ellen Kent and Amphitheatre Productions recreate an Ancient Egypt dripping in wealth and power in Verdi's epic tale of war. jealousy and revenge. With the Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. I Soundings... Festival oi Sonic Art Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. Single concert £5 (£3). weekend pass £16 (£10). Edinburgh's Soundings... festival returns with a diverse selection of electroacoustic works. Events take place over the weekend. See www.music.ed.ac.uk/soundings for details.
Dundee
I Scottish Ensemble: Quicksilver Marryat Hall. City Square. 01382 434941. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£3—£1 1). See Thu 5. See preview. page 80.
Falkirk
I The Rhodes Piano Trio Falkirk Town Hall. West Bridge Street. 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £7 (£1). Trios by Mozart and Dvorak by the Tunnell Trust Award-winning ensemble.
Saturday 7
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Great Concertos Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£32 (concessions available). Ste’phane Denev'e conducts Beethoven‘s magnificent Violin Concerto. performed by one of today‘s masters of the instrument. Frank Peter Zimmermann. And from one soloist to almost 100, Bartok‘s enormous‘ Concerto for Orchestra provides a brilliant showpiece for every musician in the orchestra.
Edinburgh
I Carmen Playhouse. 187‘22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £20.75—£38.75 (concessions available). Ellen Kent and Amphitheatre Productions bring the dusty heat of the Spanish bullring to Scotland in Bizet‘s seductive opera. The production boasts international flamenco stars and the Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Sung in French with English surtitles.
I Binchois Consort Canongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 668 2019. 8pm. £14 (£5—£1 l). The Georgian Concert Society presents the Binchois Consort. Hear Obrecht‘s rarely performed Mass for Saints P'ter and Paul alongside works by Agricola. Mouton and others. Andrew Kirkman conducts.
I Soundings... Festival of Sonic Art Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. Single concert £5 (£3). weekend pass £16 (£10). See Fri 6.
Bathgate
I Besson Scottish Solo and Ensemble Championships Regal Community Theatre. 24—34 North Bridge Street. (11506 433634. 9.30am—6pm. £2.50 (£1.50). Scotland's brass band talent comes together for a weekend of competition for the prestigious title of Scottish Champion.
Sunday 8
Glasgow
I Scottish Ensemble: Quicksilver City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 3pm. £12—£14.50(£9—£l 1). See Thu 5. I Scottish Opera: La Traviata Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. 4pm. £9—£60. See Fri 6. With a pre-performance talk at 2.45pm.
Edinburgh
FREE Sunday Music St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 4.30pm. New series of afternoon concerts following Evensong presents young musicians from St Mary‘s Music School.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Harpsichordist Wayne Weaver performs works by Purcell. Buxtehude. Handel and Scarlatti.
I Edinburgh Bach Cholr Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 228 1155. £12 (£10). Brahms‘ Alto Rhapsody and Song of Destiny. along with Beethoven's groundbreaking Symphony No 9.
I Soundings... Festival of Sonic Art Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. Single concert £5 (£3). weekend pass £16(£10). See Fri 6.
Bathgate
I Besson Scottish Solo and Ensemble Championships Regal Community Theatre. 24—34 North Bridge Street. 01506 433634. 10am—6pm. £2.50 (£1.50). See Sat 7.
Dundee
I Carmen Caird Hall. City Square. 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £15—£28. See Sat 7.
Glasgow
I Music on Mondays RSAMI). loo
chfrevy Street. 332 .5057. 1pm. £5 .-\ recital by the RSAMD's harp students. I Chinese New Year Celebration ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ircat Western Road. 357 6200. 6pm. £10. The Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra is iomed by The Harmony linsemble in a concert celebrating the year of the m. with songs. improvisation and traditional Chinese music.
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Glasgow
I Rhodes Piano Trio Raiiisliorii Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 548 3444. 1.15pm. £4. See Fri 6.
Edinburgh
I Get Organised! Si (‘uiliheri‘s
Church. 5 1.0111130) Road. 22‘) 1142. 1.10pm. £3. John Kitchen performs works from Scandinavia and the
Netherlands by (iade. Roman. llovland and (‘or Kee.
FREE Reid Memorial Concert Reid (‘oncert Hall. lidinburgh 1'niversity.
Bristo Square. 650 2427. 1.10pm. (‘urrent music students at the 1'niyersity of lidinburgh give a performance.
Wednesday 1 1 a
Glasgow
I RSAMD String Ensemble RSAMI). 100 Renfrevv Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). The BB(' Scottish Symphony Orchestra‘s leader lili/abeth Layton directs the ensemble in a performance of Mendelssohn‘s String Symphony and Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven‘s String Quartet in I" minor ('St'l'ios‘o ').
Edinburgh
FREE Stockhausen: Aus den sieben Tagen Mcliwan Hall. Bristo Square. 650 4381. 7pm. Performers tise intuition rather than intellect to follow this meditative work's text-based score. some movements even requiring performers to undergo isolation and fasting prior to performance. Part of the Stockhausen Study Day.
I Edinburgh Quartet Siockhridge Parish Church. Saxe (‘oburg Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £12 (£2~£8). The Quartet performs a contrasting programme of chamber works by Haydn. Bartok and Mendelssohn.
I Stockhausen: Klavierstiicke Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.15pm. £10 (£7; schoolchildren free). The Stockhausen Study Day continues with selections from the collection of piano works which employ a variety of musical techniques. With pianist Simon Smith.
St Andrews
I Wednesday Lunchtime Concert Series Younger Hall. North Street. 01334 462226. 1.15pm. £2 (members free). Celtic fusion ensemble from Edinburgh‘s St Mary‘s Music School.
Thursday 12
Glasgow
I Westbourne Music The Merchant House. 7 West George Street. 0771 1 559652. 12.45pm. £7 (£3—£6). Brahms’ Piano Trio in C Major performed by the Da Vinci Piano Trio.
FREE Music in the University Concert Hall. University of Glasgow. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. The Edinburgh Quartet performs quartets by Bartok and Mendelssohn.
I Scottish Opera: La Traviata Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. ()870 060 6647. 7.15pm. £9—£60. See Fri 6. With audio description and touch tour. I Stockhausen: Aus den sieben Tagen RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 1 1.
Classical-Music
ERA
ti: Canto Vivo! The exceptional duo of Maltese soprano Claire Debono and classical guitarist Simon Thacker (pictured) create an intimate combination that is not short on colour from Italian opera. Catalonia and Spain. Praised in the New York Times for ‘the best singing of the evening'. Debono is fast becoming a familiar face on the world's most prestigious opera stages. Queen's Hall. Edinburgh, Thu 79 Feb.
3: Hebrides Ensemble: On the Brink In the wake of the devastating economic downfall in 1939, Europe was on the brink of war, but it was a time when some of the 20m century's most astonishing music was written. In deeply despairing circumstances it offered hope for the future. The Hebrides' programme brings fresh understanding of troubled times. Regal Cinema, Bathgate. Tue 17 Feb; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh Wed 78 Feb.
=i< BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 4 A chance to see the orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate in action before he takes up the post in September. Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles has a hugely successful career on both sides of the Atlantic and this fourth programme in the Symphonic Collection has its fair share of American input. City Halls, Glasgow, Thu 19 Feb.
Dunfermline
I Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season Carnegie Hall. liast Port. 01383 602 302. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). liver-popular music season returns with a full spectrum of music ranging from popular classics to challenging contemporary works.
Stirling
I Alejandro Zeigler Tango Quartet Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). Argentinean pianist Alejandro
Zeigler presents his tango quartet.
Friday 13
Glasgow
I Friday Lunchtime Concert Series RSAMI). 100 Renfrcys Street. 332 5057. lprn. £9 (£6). The first of a series of Friday lunchtime concerts celebrating Mendelssohn. RSAMI) students perform works for strings and piano.
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