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Edinburgh ■ Get Organised Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £3. John Kitchen presents a programme of organ works demonstrating Bach’s influence on 19th century composers such as Mendelssohn and Brahms. St Andrews ■ Steven Osborne and Jean Johnson St Leonards School, The Pends, 01334 476056. 8pm. £10 (£1–£9). See Sat 9.
Wednesday 13
Glasgow ■ French Horn Masterclass RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £3 (£2). French horn players can take inspiration, tips and advice from leading French horn player Radovan Vlatkovic. Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert Glass Arcade, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh University, Mayfield Road, 650 2427. 1.05pm. Live Music Now presents Amici Winds in a varied lunchtime concert of chamber works.
Glenrothes ■ Fife Electronic Organ Society Concert Glenwood High School, South Parks Road, 01592 651540. 7.15pm. £6 (members £3; under 16s free). Tonight’s guest performer is David Thomas with his Roland Atelier AT-9000.
Thursday 14
Glasgow ■ Westbourne Music Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3–£6). The Fejes String Quartet makes a welcome return visit to this lunchtime concert series. Beethoven’s String Quartet No 15, Op 132, one of his late quartets, is the music on the bill. FREE Music in the University Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Cellist Moray Welsh and pianist Jonathan Papp perform Handel’s Sonata in C, Fauré’s Sonata in G minor and works by Ronald Stevenson and Shostakovich. Edinburgh ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mackerras, Mozart and Strauss The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8.50–£26 (concessions available). Sir Charles Mackerras and Mozart is always a must- hear combination, and here he conducts the Symphony No 35 (‘Haffner’), about which its composer said it ‘positively amazed me’. Also with Strauss’ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and leading horn player Radovan Vlatkovic in Strauss’ Horn Concerto.
Friday 15 Glasgow ■ Harpsichord Recital: Mahan Esfahani RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). The Iranian- born harpsichordist and BBC New Generation Artist, fast becoming established as a leading keyboardist of his generation, performs works by Byrd, Bull and Bach. ■ Ani Batikian and Gustáv Fenyö Milngavie Town Hall, Station Road, Milngavie, 942 3102. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Milngavie Music Club’s first concert of 2010 sees international prize-winning violinist Ani Batikian teamed with Scottish-based pianist Gustáv Fenyö in a richly varied programme, opening with Beethoven’s much loved Kreutzer Sonata and continuing with Martinu’s Sonata and works by Schoenberg, Prokofiev and Gershwin. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra:
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RSNO Naked Classics Stripping Beethoven’s 7th Symphony bare, the RSNO’s enthusiastic
presenter Paul Rissmann reveals its all. Telling the stories behind the music with a bit of assistance from projections, lighting, interviews with players and the conductor, and, not to forget, the music itself, Naked Classics goes places not usually associated with a symphony orchestra’s performance on the concert platform. ■ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 8 Jan; Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 9 Jan.
Mackerras, Mozart and Strauss City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£24 (concessions available). See Thu 14. Edinburgh ■ RSNO: Fauré Requiem Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). Contrasting works from late 19th century France, led by Stéphane Denève. The RSNO Chorus, Junior Chorus and soloists join the orchestra for Fauré’s tranquil choral masterpiece, followed by Roussel’s energetic Symphony No 3 and finally Ravel’s multi-faceted, ever more frantic La Valse for a brilliant finish. Please note that this is the concert’s only performance.
Saturday 16 Edinburgh ■ Tom Poster St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 2.30pm. £10 (£5). The winner of the 2007 Scottish International Piano Competition performs works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Bartok, Chopin and Schumann/Liszt.
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Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Dunfermline ■ Dunfermline Arts Guild: Scottish Reed Trio Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£1). The oboe, clarinet and bassoon trio performs music by Beethoven, Mozart, Ibert and Rossini.
Monday 18 Glasgow ■ Brass Through the Ages RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). An afternoon session exploring the specialist repertoire of early music for brass with some of Scotland’s finest musicians; Tony George, Academy Principal John Wallace and Head of Brass and Instrumental Performance Bryan Allen.
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Tuesday 19
Edinburgh FREE The Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. A lunchtime concert of Haydn’s Quartet in C, Op 64 No 1 and Kodály’s Quartet No 2. ✽✽ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: CL@Six St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 6pm. £12 (£10). A relaxing concert of Viennese favourites and Dvorák’s atmospheric Notturno, directed by Alexander Janiczek. ■ ESO Event: Mendelssohn and the Organ Broughton St Mary’s, 12 Bellevue Crescent, 556 7313. 7.30pm. £tbc. A lecture recital by the University of Edinburgh’s John Kitchen.
Wednesday 20 Kirkcaldy ■ Kirkcaldy Music Society January Concert St Peter’s Church, Townsend Place, 01592 890375. 7.30pm. £10 (£3). The Bozza Reed Trio performs a varied programme including works by Mozart, Bach and Poulenc.
Thursday 21
Glasgow FREE Music in the University Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Music by Copland, Rory Boyle and Broadstock performed by flautist Yvonne Paterson and pianist Scott Mitchell. ■ Piano Masterclass with Jean- Phillipe Collard RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6.30pm. £3 (£2). The internationally acclaimed French pianist visits the RSAMD to provide valuable advice and insights to anyone keen to learn from the best. ✽✽ BBC Scottish Symphony City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23 (£8–£21). Donald Runnicles conducts a Wagnerian programme with the composer’s dreamy Siegfried Idyll, written for his wife’s birthday and one of his few non-operatic works, followed by a dramatic finale in Bruckner’s titanic Symphony No 8. Orchestra: Maestros’ Choice 4
Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Soprano and piano duo Emma Versteeg and Sam Hutchings perform music written in or inspired by Scotland, including Burns settings and works by Schumann and Britten.
✽✽ Hebrides Ensemble @ Rush Hour St George’s West Church, 58
Shandwick Place, 668 2019. 6pm. £10 (£6). An early evening concert from the highly acclaimed Hebrides Ensemble, featuring Brahms’ lush String Sextet No 1 and Turnage’s 2006 sextet, Returning. A complementary drink is included.
Dundee ■ Royal String Quartet Marryat Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12 (£6). The prize-winning Warsaw-based ensemble performs quartets by Mozart, Grazyna Bacewicz and Schubert, finishing with Beethoven’s last in the genre, the String Quartet in F, Op 135. Dunfermline ■ Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland – Concert Season Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£7); season tickets £32 (£28). Ever- popular music season returns with a full spectrum of music ranging from popular classics from the big band era to challenging contemporary works.
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