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CABARET CABARET BABY
Queen's Hall Edinburgh, Wed 15 Apr, then touring
It’s a brave man who throws off the shackles of his classical traditions and embraces a bit of Dolly Parton. But Stephen Deazley is just the man for the job. Inspired by a suitably colourful youth basking in the joys of late 70s, early 80$ Belfast punk, classically trained Deazley has carved out a vibrant repertoire working outwith the traditional fetters of 21st century compositions. Case in point his Music at the Brewhouse project, which this month boasts the free-flowing club event, Cabaret Baby.
Bringing together nine classical, jazz, rock and electronic musicians, to perform new arrangements of iconic pop hits, Deazley is keen to bring ‘a rich and fun’ element to his latest project. ‘I sit very comfortably in different musical arenas,’ says the composer who is currently overseeing the re- working of classics from Dolly Parton, Bj(rk, A-ha, King Crimson and Aaron Copland for his whistlestop tour in Edinburgh this month. ‘lt’s a very versatile project. There’s a boldness there and a lot of risk-taking going on. If a classical band could be a punk band, then Cabaret Baby would be it.’
Perhaps best known for his work with Scottish Opera and his critically acclaimed Tramway piece Helter Skelter, Deazley has enjoyed working on the collaborative project. ‘It was funny seeing what pieces the different musicians chose to rework and de-construct, whether it was ‘Take on Me’ or ‘9 to 5’. You could really see people’s personalities coming out. Really, this is about being deadly passionate about music but letting our hair
down.’ (Anna Millar)
Brodsky Quartet: The
Complete Shostakovlch City Halls. Cantlleriggs. 353 8000. 3pm. £12 (£50 for all live concerts; £40 for subscribers). See above.
Brodsky Quartet: The
Complete Shostakovich City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 (£50 for all live concerts; £40 for subscribers). Part 3. See above.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra Morningside United Church. 15 Chamberlain Road. 447 8724. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). ()ne of Scotland‘s oldest orchestras presents an all-Mendelssohn programme to mark the composer‘s hicentenary. The ever-popular Hebrides ()I‘t’l'llll‘t’ and the ‘War March of the Priests' from Athalie are followed by a rare performance of the late Symphony No 5 ( ‘Reformatimt 'l. Interval refreshments are included. I Meinir Heulyn and Anne-Marie O’Farrell Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 478 8446. 7.30pm. £1 1 (£9). ()‘Farrell performs her own transcriptions on keyboard and cello works by Bach. while Heulyn performs traditional Welsh music. Part ofthe Edinburgh International Harp Festival. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Fire and The Rose Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8—£26 (£6—£19.50). See Hitlist. I 28th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 468 0593. See Fri 3.
Glasgow Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 3pm. £12 (£50 for all live concerts; £40 for subscribers). See Sat 4 for further details.
80 THE LIST 2—16 Apr 2009
Brodsky Quartet: The
Complete Shostaltovich City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 (£50 for all live concerts; £40 for subscribers). See Sat 4.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 2.30pm. £12. The SCO's Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martin is soloist in Brahms” rich and melancholic Clarinet Quintet. and horn player Radovan Vlatkovic joins the ensemble for [)ukas’
demanding Villanelle. Finally. the perfomters‘ come together for Dohnanyi's
Sextet.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Music for Passimaitle: St Giles' Cathedral Choir sings Bach‘s
g li’einen. Klagen. Sorgen. Zagen and Jesu. meine Freude.
I 28th Edinburgh International
Monday 6
Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 468 0593. See Fri 3.
Edinburgh I 28th Edinburgh International
Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 468 0593. See
Fri 3.
: Tuesday 7
Edinburgh
I 28th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 468 0593. See
‘Fri3.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow FREE Organ Meditation Glasgow University Memorial Chapel. The
Square. off l'niyersity .-\\enue. 1.10pm. Key in Bow yer performs Charles Camilleri's .lllua Mandi.
I HYOS: Music from the Americas Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000, 7pm. £10 £18 (concessions available). The National Youth Ja// Orchestra of Scotland ~joins .\'Y( )S for a concert including Jennifer liigdon's evocative Blue Cathedral and (‘oplantl's Billy the Kill. as w ell as Mcucan folk- inspired mUsic by Jose Pablo .\1oncayo and big band works from both sltles ol- the Atlantic.
Edinburgh
I 28th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School. 294 Colinton Road. 468 0593. See l‘ri 3.
Thursday 9
Glasgow
I Westbourne Music Merchant's Hall. 7 \Vest (ieorge Street. (1771i 559652. l2.45pm. £7 (£3 £6). l’lanisl Susannah Wapshott accompanies tile/lo soprano Charlotte 'l'etley and baritone Richard Latham in a tx'rformance of vocal duets by Brahms and l)uparc and songs by Britten and l’oulenc.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Symphonies in C Queen‘s Hall. 87 89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8 £26 (£6 £19.50). Andrew Litton conducts a programme featuring contrasting symphonies by Bi/et and Stravinsky both. as the title suggests. in the key of (' -~ alongside Britten's imaginative settings of poems by Arthur Rimbaud. I.e.s Illuminatimis. With soprano Sally Matthews.
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Symphonies in C City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11—£24
(£8.50-7£18). See Thu 9.
Saturday 1 1
Glasgow FREE Greenbank Recitals: Ian Robertson (ireenbank (iarden. Flenders Road. Clarkston. 639 3281. 1pm. Part of a regular series of recitals on the organ. with tea and coffee served afterwards. Edinburgh Youth Orchestra and Julian Lloyd Webber RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057.
£tbc. See Hitlist.
Edinburgh
I St Giles’ at Six St (iiles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 2260673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Organist Michael Harris performs works by Langlais. Handel. Bach. Mendelssohn. Reger and Lanquetuit.
Glasgow
I Il Divo SECC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £3()-£6(). Pop-opera
crossover music from the phenomenally
successful four-piece vocal group.
Tuesday 14
Edinburgh Edinburgh Youth Orchestra and Julian Lloyd Webber St Mary‘s Metropolitan Cathedral. Broughton Street. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Hitlist.
Thursday 16
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Naked Classics Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353
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THE BEST CLASSICAL 8 OPERA
* Edinburgh Youth Orchestra and Julian Lloyd Webber Temporarily putting his cello to one side. Julian Lloyd Webber (pictured) displays his dramatic talents as narrator in Prokofiev's magical story Peter and the Wolf. Picking up the cello again. ond Webber plays a special arrangement of Peter Maxwell Davies' delightful Farewell to Stromness. with accompaniment from the excellent EYO. RSAMD, Glasgow, Sat 11 Apr; St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, Tue 14 Apr.
* Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich Special event in Glasgow's International Classical Season brings the fabulous Brodsky Quartet playing all 15 of Shostakovich's string quartets over two days. Masterpieces of the 20th century. the superbly expressive quartets cover a huge range of emotion, encompassing everything from humour to angst-ridden introspection. City Hal/s, Glasgow, Sat 4 & Sun 5 Apr.
31: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Fire and The Rose Inspired by TS Eliot’s poem Four Quartets. conductor Joseph Swensen reveals his compositional skills in the world premiere of his new symphony for horn and orchestra. His largest scale work to date, it also features an extensive range of percussion from cowbells to matimba as well as synthesized samples of a variety of different instruments. City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 3 Apr; Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 Apr.
8000. 6.30pm. £10 (free-£5). Presenter Paul Rissmann joins the RSNO and conductor James Judd to explore a work that irresistibly evokes the idyllic rural life. Beethoven's Symphony Nu 6
l 'Paslural 7.
Edinburgh
FREE Live Music How: Flutes en Route National Gallery of Scotland Complex. The Mound. 624 6200. 6—630pm. The flute quartet performs music from JMW Turner's lifetime. featuring works by Mozart. (iluck and Beethoven.