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Folk Music
Anderson and Tom ‘Fingers‘ Roseburgh performing traditional music and song from the Borders and Northumberland.
Edinburgh
FREE Oagda Folk Session Dagda Bar. Buccleuch Street. 667 9773. 7.30pm. See Sun 28.
Edinburgh FREE Footstomplng Whiski. High Street. 556 3095. 9pm. See Sun 28.
Lochearnhead
I Balquhidder Summer Music Balquhidder Church. Balquhidder. 01877 384202. 7pm. £7 (free—£6). The annual concert series continues with accordionist Djordje Gajic and violinist Andrea Gajic giving a foot-stomping performance of Hungarian and Gypsy music.
Monday 6 Stirling FREE tirling Folk Club Session Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. 01259 218521. 8pm. Informal gathering with live music. songs and stories.
Tuesday 7
Edinbur h
I Chris tone and Frank Burkitt Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Barefoot fiddler from Aussie ‘Gaelic‘ band Eilean Mor. joined by Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Burkitt.
Dunfermline
I The Wilders Carnegie Hall, East Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £12 (£8—£10). Kansas City hillbilly bluegrass livewires have had three sell- out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. Here they tour their new album.
Edinburgh FREE Footstomping Whiski. High Street. 556 3095. 9pm. See Sun 28.
Wednesday 8
Edinburgh
I The Shea Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 473 2000. 8pm. £7 (£6). Very talented. young. all women sextet take British traditional music and song as their starting point as they explore Scottish folk. Gaelic song. and even bluegrass.
Thursday 9
Glasgow
I Eilldh Grant St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Talented. award- winning Scottish singer with her band line up of Pete Cooke on guitar and Maya Burman-Roy on cello. and a repertoire of both traditional and contemporary music.
Edinburgh
I Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church. George IV Bridge. 0774 068 1879. 6.45pm & 3530pm. £7 (£6; under 12s £5). See Thu
I Boban Markovic Orkestra The HMV Picture House. Lothian Road. 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £1 1. Serbian trumpet player and brass ensemble. often cited as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans.
Peebles
I The Wilders Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre. Eastgate. 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). US bluegrass/country stars. See Tue 7.
Classical
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Glasgow
FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
I Glasgow Schools’ Symphony Orchestra City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8. Gerry Docherty conducts some of Glasgow's finest young musicians in a performance of classical masterpieces including Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites. Dvorak’s Symphony No 7 and MacCunn‘s Land ofthe Mountain and the Flood.
FREE Gloria VII Wellington Church. 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue). 334 0454. 7.30pm. Vivaldi‘s magnificent Gloria features among this concert of free choral works. with the opportunity for a sing-along. Part of the West End Festival.
Edinbur h
I Lunch me Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 12.15pm. Retiring collection. Edinburgh singer-songwriter Simon Kempston performs a selection of his own works for guitar and voice.
I Scottish Opera: Cosi tan tutte Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £14—£60. David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera to direct a production of Mozart’s entertaining and n'squé Mediterranean opera. The story of Ferrando. Guglielmo and their fiancées 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.
Glasgow
I Friday Lunchtime Concert RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). Summerfest preview concert.
I Auricle Ensemble: An Evening at the Cabaret Oran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. £12 (£10). A concert of iconic showtunes and 20th century classics including Kurt Weill's Nanna 's Lied and Britten's Cabaret Songs as well as works by Cole Porter. Gershwin. Edith Piaf and songs from Chicago. Moulin Rouge and. of course. Cabaret. Part of the West End Festival.
I Nell Wilson Hillhead Baptist Church. Cresswell Street. 339 1588. 8pm. £9 (£7). The acclaimed classical guitarist performs some popular classics and world music. including works by Bach. Albeniz. de Falla. Piazzolla and more. Part of the West End Festival.
Edinbur h I Lunch me Concert: Bellevue Rendezvous St Giles‘ Cathedral, Royal Mile. 226 0673. 12.45pm. Retiring collection. An unusual trio of instruments from the Edinburgh-based ensemble. Gavin Marwick. Ruth Morris and Cameron Robson perform works for fiddle, bouzouki and nyckelharpa. a traditional Swedish string instrument rarely seen in the UK. Part of the Old Town Festival.
Scottish Opera: Manon Festival
Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £8—£60. Renaud Doucet directs Jules Massenet‘s tragic opera.
which tells the story of Manon, a young girl whose beauty catches the eye of a nobleman. leading to devastating consequences. A large chorus and ballet scenes lend the already moving opera maximum dramatic impact. With soloists Anne Sophie Duprels and Paul Charles Clarke. and conductor Francesco Corti. With a pre-concert talk at 6pm.
I The Alba Quartet Brunton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13 (£11). The vibrant young ensemble performs quartets by Haydn and Ravel. together with Britten‘s colourful Three Divertimenti. which the composer considered — but fortunately decided against — throwing on the fire after an unsuccessful premiere.
Glasgow I Tales of Hottmann New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14). Students of the RSAMD in Offenbach's opera based on short stories by ETA Hoffmann. Listen out for one of opera‘s most famous arias. the Bareamlle of Act 3.
Dunedin Consort Wellington
Church. 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue). 334 0454. 7.30pm. £18 (£5—£l2). Students from the RSAMD. the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and St Mary's Music School join the Dunedin Consort for a performance of Bach‘s monumental 8 minor Mass. composed over a period of more than 20 years. The performance is a culmination of a series of workshops held throughout Scotland. John Butt conducts. Part of the West End Festival.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera: Cosi tan tutte Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £14—£60. See Thu 25. With a pre-show talk at 6pm.
I Edinburgh Singers: Mendelssohn’s Elijah Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). The Edinburgh Singers are joined by the City of Glasgow Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists Emma Grossmith. Jemma Brown. Paul Featherstone and Jonathan Sedgwick for what promises to be a powerful performance of Mendelssohn‘s biblical masterpiece. which tells the story of the prophet Elijah.
Stirling
I The Alba Quartet Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 357 4044. 8pm. £10 (£8). See Fri 26.
Glasgow
FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 3pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists.
Edinburgh
FREE Sunday Morning Music National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 225 7534. 10.45am. Enjoy a stroll through the National Museums to the talents of young musicians from Live Music Now! Scotland.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. The young and talented Illuminati Wind Quartet performs the world premiere of Eddie McGuire‘s Suite: Winds at Sea and commissions by Rory Boyle. Oliver Searle and Gareth Williams.
Dunblane
I Dunblane Chamber Orchestra Victoria Hall. Station Road. 01786 473544. 7pm. £8 (£2). Conductor Alistair Warwick leads a performance of Vaughan Williams' beautiful Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis as well as works by Mozart. Copland and Haydn,
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* Scottish Opera: Manon Scottish Opera present Massenet’s large-scale 19th century tragedy, with this new production featuring the critically acclaimed French diva Anne Sophie Duprels in the title role and British tenor, Paul Charles Clarke, as her lover. Young Scottish-based singers also make their mark in supporting roles. encouraged greatly by the company’s Music Director, Francesco Corti. who conducts. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Jun.
:1: Dunedin Consort The results of a series of intense workshops led by the Dunedin Consort are heard to great effect in Bach’s Mass in 8 minor. as singers from throughout Scotland benefit from artistic director John Butt’s unique insights into this masterpiece of the choral repertoire. Wellington Church, Glasgow, Sat 27 Jun.
and soloist Grant Golding joins the orchestra for Telemann’s Trumpet Concerto.
Dundee
I In Christ Alone Caird Hall. City Square. 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £14 (£10—£12). A ‘celebration of Christ‘ as Keith and Kristyn Getty perform with the Dundee Gospel Choir and Orchestra.
Lochearnhead
I Balquhidder Summer Music Balquhidder Church. Balquhidder. 01877 384202. 7pm. £7 (free—£6). Now in its 24th year. the Balquhidder Summer Music concert series opens with a selection of songs and opera extracts performed by eight final year students from the RSAMD.
Monday 29
Glasgow
FREE Summertest l RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Prize- winners' recital.
I Tales of Hotfmann New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14).See Sat 27.
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