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Folk Music
L'itr111\ii1 music of the ()rkestra gang. FREE Kathryn Edwards and Maeve Boyle ('abaret Voltaire. Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. Night of folky acoustica with the rich melancholy of vocalist Edwards. I Paul McKenna Band LCiih Folk ('lub. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. linergetic Scottish and Irish inusic with contemporary songwriting from the emerging five- piece.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow
I Felpeyu, Frigg and Vishten The ()ld l'ruitmarket. (‘andleriggm 353 8000. 8pm. £15. A Taste of Shetland showcase from of the Shetland 1-‘olk Festival has broadcaster Tom Morton hosting bands playing Asturian. Nordic and Acadian masic.
I Going Across the Sea The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour. Stobcross Road. 204 5151. 8pm. £12 (£10). See '1th 30.
Edinburgh
I Tom Napper 8. Tom Bliss lidinburgh Folk Club. ('abaret Bar. The Pleasance. 651) 2458. 8pm. £7 (£0). ()riginal story songs. vocal harmonies. multi-instrumental skills and a good dose of humour from south of the Border. FREE MacPolvo The White Hart Inn. (irassmarket. 622 71 18. 9pm. Scottish entertainment.
Stirling
I Eddi Reader Albert Halls. 1)umbarton Road. 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £17.50. See Fri 1.
Thursday 7 -
Glasgow
I Tom Napper & Tom Bliss St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Wed 6.
Edinburgh
I Rory McLeod The Augustine Church. (ieorge 1V Bridge. ()7786 630764. 7pm. Award-winning ()rkney- based singer. harmonica player. frets player. foot percussionist and trombonist headlines this Scotland Against (’riminalising Communities benefit concert. Support from Edinburgh-based political songwriter David Ferrard.
I Solas Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2(119. 8pm. £14.50 (£12.50). Top American lrish folk outfit back on this side of the pond.
Darvel
I Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly Town Hall. West Main Street. 08444 77 1000. 7pm. £15. Glasgow‘s 60s soul star Bell and bluesman Kelly will be joined on the bill by British blues band Blues‘n‘Trouble. and Ayrshire band The Seventh Sons. Part of I)(U‘l'(’l Humet'mning Music Festival.
Stirling
I The Chris Stout Theory Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. (11786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). New music from one of Scotland‘s most accomplished fiddlers and composers in his hand~picked quintet featuring Catriona McKay (harp and piano) lan Stephenson (guitar) Neil Harland (double bass) and special guest Thomas Rorher on sax.
Friday 8
Glasgow
I The Red Hot Chilli Pipers The Arches. Argyle Street. 565 1000. 7.30pm. £17 (£13). Three pipers front a rock band.
Edinburgh
I Yann Tiersen Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7pm. £17. Famous in France. the multi-instrumentalist and composer of the delicious scores of
Amelie and Good Bye Ix'm'n ' is Joined by some of his collaborators in a concert that runs from neo-classical to folk. rock. accordions and even typewriters.
Glasgow
I Andi Neate City Halls. (‘andleriggx 353 8000. 8pm. £10. A mix of folk and original songs from the Highland lass. FREE Ceilidh Dances at Lauries Lauries Bar. King Street. 552 7123. 8pm. See Sat 2.
Sunday 10
Glasgow
I Taiko Drumming: Mugenkyo Drummers Ramshorn Theatre. Ingram Street. 548 3444. 4pm. £20 (£15). Try out the heart-pounding art of Taiko drumming in a two-hour taster session taught by Scotland's own Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers. Email MT1)@\taiko.co.uk to book.
I Michael Marra (‘ity ilalls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £12. Scotland's powerful and prolific songwriter: part-jail. part-blues. part- folk and part-rock. all delivered in his inimitable. understated and witty fashion.
Edinburgh
FREE Dagda Folk Session Dagda Bar. Buccleuch Street. 667 9773. 7.30pm. See Sun 3.
Classical
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Thursday 30
Glasgow
FREE PLUG: Pianopianopiano RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Ticketed. As the title suggests. this concert isn't a simple case of tinkling the ivories. Multiple keyboard Instruments and synthesisers feature in performances of new works by Kevan ()‘Reilly. Joint 1)ocherty. Jtistin Fung and more.
FREE PLUG: The Music Lab RSAMI). 100 Renlrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Tickcicd. Dedicated 10 the performance of new music. the RSAMD's Musicl.ab ensemble showcases new works by Marcos Fernande/ Barrera. Shona Mackay. Alan James Macdermid. Christopher Duncan. Claire McKen/ie. Marek Pasies/ky.
Edinburgh FREE Live Music New: Maelasta
National Gallery Complex. The Mound. 624 6200. 6 6.30pm. A 'l'urm'r it'- Ila/v-
Monday 1 1 g
I The Da Vinci Piano Trio Brunton Theatre. Ladyw'ell Way. Musselburgh.
Glasgow
FREE Open Folk Session Trader Joe‘s. Hope Street. 332 4017. 9pm. See Mon 4.
Edinburgh
I Devon Sproule The Voodoo Rooms. West Register Street. 556 7060. 7.30pm.
£10. Honeyed. candid roots-pop from the young Virginia-based artist.
Tuesday 12
Edinburgh
I Homecoming String Band Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. Goodtime mix of Appalachian and Celtic music on fiddle. guitar and banjo.
Wednesday 13
Edinburgh
I Maggie Maclnnes Trio Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. the Pleasance. 650 2458. 8pm. £7 (£6). The Gaelic singer and harp player with Brian McAlpine on keyboards and accordion and Anna Massie on guitar and fiddle. FREE Stretch Davvrson’s Open Mic Night The Jam House. Queen Street. 226 4380. 6pm. Scotland's Texas Swinger presents a night of country and
FREE MacPolvo The White Hart lnn. Grassmarket. 622 71 18. 9pm. See Wed 6.
Dunfermline
I James Yorkston and Lisa Knapp Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £10. Member of the Fence Collective plays songs from his current album When The Haar Rolls In. Part of Tigerfesr 2009.
Thursday 14
Glasgow
I The Chris Stout Theory The Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £15. See Thu 7.
I llans Theesink St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). World class blues guitarist based in Holland.
Dundee
I James Yorkston and Lisa Knapp Dundee Rep. Tay Square. 01382 223530. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). See Wed 13.
inspired programme. with works by Paganini and (iragnani performed by the violin and guitar duo.
353 8000. 6pm. £23 (£21; ticket includes supper). Violinist Tony Moffat. cellist Robert Irvine and pianist John Thwaites
perform music by John Ireland. Ravel
and Mendelssohn.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. 87 —89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8—£26 (£6»—£ 19.50). Director Christian Zacharias leads the SCO through Stravinsky"s playful Dames ('mtct'rtmiit's. followed by Haydn's‘ Sinftmiu ('mit't'rmnit'. and takes on the solo part in Weber's sparkling It’unzerlsiiick in I" mirror. Ravel's magnificent Le 'Iimrbmu (Iv ('nupt'rin brings the concert to a close.
Glasgow
I PLUG: Red Note and the Brodsky Quartet RSAMD. 100 Renfrew' Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). An exciting collaboration between two outstanding ensembles in a performance of cutting-edge student works.
FREE Scottish Opera: Cosi fan Tutte Unwrapped Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. 6pm. 1f the thought of sitting through a full-length opera fills you with trepidation. or if you‘re a seasoned opera-goer with an interest in what happens backstage. this hour-long taster is a perfect introduction to the workings behind the scenes and an introduction to the principal characters and plot.
FREE PLUG: Closing Concert RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. The final concert in the RSAMD‘s festival of student composition sees the RSAMD Symphony Orchestra tackle John de Simone‘s enormous Symphony. Advance booking recommended.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11—£24(£8.50—£18). See Thu 30.
Saturday 2
Glasgow
Scottish Opera: Cosi tan Tutte
Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. 2.15pm. £7.50—£60. David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera to direct a production of Mozart's
entenaining and risque Mediterranean
opera. The story of Ferrando. Guglielmo
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THE BEST CLASSICAL 8 OPERA
=14 Scottish Opera: Cosi fan Tutte Three new names make their UK debuts with Scottish Opera. including Swedish conductor Tobias Ringborg. Although far from new to the company. Scottish soprano Marie McLaughlin last appeared with Scottish Opera over 25 years ago. She makes a welcome return singing the role of DeSpina in this amusing tale based on the fickle nature of women. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Sat 2 May.
>1: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers Penultimate programme of the BBC SSO’s series focusing on telling stories through music. Colourful musical storytelling is inspired by painting in Respighi's take on three pictures by the great Renaissance artist. Botticelli, while Mussorgsky brings another set of paintings to spectacular life in the ever- popular Pictures from an Exhibition. City Hal/s, Glasgow, Thu 7 May.
* Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Behold the Sea Taking inspiration and text from poems by Walt Whitman, Vaughan Williams' huge Sea Symphony brings together a mass of performers to unleash the power and strength of the mighty ocean. from its waves and high seas to being on the beach alone at night. The composer's first symphony, it was started in 1903 and completed 100 years ago. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 9 May.
and their fiancees is set amongst
gorgeous. sun-washed scenery with a
score composed at the height of Mozart's creative powers. With conductor Tobias
Ringborg and soloists to include Joel
Prieto and Ville Rusanen.
FREE Junior Academy Percussion Extravaganza RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3.30pm. A concert showcasing the percussive skills of the RSAMD's Junior Academy.
I The Brodsky Quartet RSAMD. 100 Renfrew‘ Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm.
£9 (£6). Clarinettist Joan Enric Lluna
joins the acclaimed chamber ensemble for a semi-theatrical performance of Paul Barker's In annrium and works by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles‘
Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 12.15pm. Retiring collection. Belfast's Stratheam School Chamber Choir gives a lunchtime recital.
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