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and ex-Shooglenifty bassist Conrad Ivitsky Molleson, Stringjammer is a sextet that offers a funky/jazzy take on folk, roots and related traditions, while award-winning young Scots vocal duo Leslie and Miller specialise in new arrangements of authentically traditional and some contemporary tunes. ■ Andy M Stewart and Shona Donaldson Tron Theatre, Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. Stewart’s singing and writing ability was a power behind Silly Wizard’s enduring success, and Donaldson is at the forefront of the revival of authentic Scots singing traditions. ■ Fribo, Griogair Labhruidh and Doiminic Mac Giolla Bhride City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Fribo is a collective of musicians from Norway, England and Scotland, producing an energetic modern synthesis influenced by the traditions of their various homelands. Opening the night are two Gaelic singers and instrumentalists who have recently released a joint album drawing on the traditions of Donegal and Argyll. ■ Nuala Kennedy and Majorstuen Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. Irish flute player and singer Nuala Kennedy welcomes special musician guests, including Scotland’s - and the UK’s top jazz pianist, Brian Kellock, ex-Shooglenifty mandolin whiz Iain MacLeod, and US fiddler Dana Lyn to the stage to join her in playing tracks from her new album, Tune In. The opening band hail from Norway and combine the vernacular styles of their homeland with influences from the rock, pop and classical worlds. ■ Connected – Danny Thompson and Friends The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9pm. £16. Music veteran and serial collaborator Danny ‘Double Bass’ Thompson is your host for an evening of acoustica with guests Eddi Reader, Tim O’Brien, Martin Simpson, Luka Bloom and Darrell Scott. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Session Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £5. See Thu 21. ■ The Celtic Connections Festival Club The Art School, Renfrew Street, 353 8000. 10.30pm. £8. See Fri 22.
Sunday 31 Glasgow ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Beginner Ukulele Royal Concert Hall: Lomond Foyer, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Develop your skills on the ukulele with tutor Finlay Allison. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: come&try Gospel Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Experience the excitement of Gospel singing in this fun session led by Eddie Binnie. Absolute beginners welcome. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: come&try Moothie Royal Concert Hall: Clyde Foyer, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am. £7. Have a go at making music with the moothie, or ten hole diatonic harmonica, with poet Gerry Cambridge. If you have your own harmonica in the key of C, bring it along; if not, there will be instruments for sale. ■ New Voices: Lori Watson Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1pm.
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£10.50. Fiddler and singer Lori Watson premieres her new multi-part composition, Sanctuary, inspired by the history of the 15th century Augustinian Soutra Aisle, and other places of refuge and shelter scattered through her Borders homeland. It is performed by a hand-picked ensemble including four fiddles, cello and accordion. ■ Celtic Connections Public Workshops: Whistle for Improvers Royal Concert Hall: Clyde Foyer, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30pm. £7. If you’ve already got a handle on the basic tin whistle techniques, this is the place to develop and extend your knowledge. Led by Hamish Napier. ■ BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2010 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5pm. £12.50. This competition can provide a major career springboard for one of Scotland’s young traditional talents. This year’s contenders on Scottish pipes, fiddle, harp, accordion, vocals etc are Paddy Callaghan, Mairi Chaimbeul, Lorne MacDougall, Hannah Phillips, Daniel Thorpe and Kyle Warren. ■ Chemikal Underground O2 ABC, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Help celebrate the Glasgow indie label’s 15th birthday by listening to the sound of headliners The Phantom Band, plus Emma Pollock, Lord Cut Glass, Aidan Moffat, Adrian Crowley, Zoey van Goey, Bill Wells and newbies The Unwinding Hours. A bumper bill. ■ Saltfishforty and One Fine Day Oran Mor, Great Western Road, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. Orkney duo play feisty fiddle and gutsy guitar with free spirited, hoarse-edged vocals, supported by a new international collective, led by remarkable young Scots flute player Calum Stewart, combining musicians and varied musical traditions from Scotland, Denmark, Sweden and Brittany. ■ Transatlantic Sessions Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £24 (£22). See Fri 29. ■ Madison Violet and Mackinnon, MacPherson & MacColl City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. The assured and very accomplished female Canadian ‘tumbleweed-pop’ duo perform material from a new album, No Fool for Trying. From Scotland, award-winners - singer Maeve Mackinnon and fiddler Lauren MacColl join multi-talented guitarist Ewan MacPherson to collaborate on new compositions. ■ Peatbog Faeries and Gjermund Larsen Trio The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. Their high-energy twin fiddle and bagpipe groove, with a hint of reggae, ska and dub, and blasting brass, is hailed by some as the future of Celtic dance music. Contemporary composition on national roots is the forte of Norwegian violinist/fiddler Larsen. ■ BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 10th Birthday Bash Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 9pm. £10. All the past winners of this award for young folk musicians gather on one stage to celebrate its 10th anniversary, plus the newly-announced 2010 winner, announced this very evening at the City Halls. The past winners are Gillian Frame, Anna Massie, James Graham, Stuart Cassells, Catriona Watt, Ewan Robertson, Ruairidh Macmillan and Jenna Reid – soon to be joined by one more celebrated performer. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Session Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £5. See Thu 21. ■ The Celtic Connections Festival Club The Art School, Renfrew Street, 353 8000. 10.30pm. £8. See Fri 22. Last chance to party.
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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanne@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black and Carol Main. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 21
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. 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. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Maestros’ Choice 4 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.
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. ✽✽ Hebrides Ensemble @ Rush 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 complimentary drink is included. Hour St George’s West Church, 58
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Glasgow ■ Jean-Philippe Collard RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). The leading French pianist performs works by his compatriots: Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte, Barcarolles by Fauré and music by Debussy and Messiaen. ■ RSAMD and Orchestra of Scottish Opera: War and Peace Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £6.90–£23 (concessions available). The fifth annual collaboration between the RSAMD and Scottish Opera is a performance of Prokofiev’s epic opera, for which the students have been mentored by professional musicians and technicians. Based on Tolstoy’s famously cumbersome novel, this shortened version is still a mere three hours in length, with an incredible 64 named roles. Sung in Russian. Edinburgh ✽✽ RSNO: Sir Andrew Davis and John Lill Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). Two of Britain’s outstanding classical musicians come together in a must-see concert. Sir Andrew Davis conducts as the fantastic John Lill performs Shostakovich’s deliciously playful Piano Concerto No 2, after opening with the ‘Ritual Dances’ from Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage. Schumann’s Symphony No 3 completes the programme.
Glasgow ■ RSAMD and Orchestra of Scottish Opera: War and Peace Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £6.90–£23 (concessions available). See Fri 22. ✽✽ RSNO: Sir Andrew Davis and John Lill Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). See Fri 22. FREE Glasgow Pipeworks: Kevin Bowyer (organ) Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, The Square, University of Glasgow, University Avenue. 7.30pm. John McLeod’s The Seven Sacraments of Poussin, based on the paintings housed in the National Gallery of Scotland, is the central work in this contemporary programme. Edinburgh ■ Forth Valley Chorus: Solid Gold The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £8–£10. Ninety-strong all female a cappella group performing jazz, swing, gospel, contemporary pop and classic barbershop.
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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. ■ The Singers Company – Sacred and Secular RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £12 (£10). Works by Purcell, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Rutter and a full performance of Karl Jenkins’ Requiem. Edinburgh ■ St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Violin, viola and cello trio perform chamber works by Beethoven, Schnittke and Dohnanyi.
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Glasgow ■ RSAMD Woodwind Department RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). RSAMD woodwind students showcase their skills. ■ The Land of Lost Content: English Song in the War Years RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A programme exploring some of the most prominent English songwriters of the first half of the 20th century. Butterworth, Bridge and Britten are among those featured. Edinburgh ■ Anthony Marwood and Aleksandar Madzar The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £10–£19. 2006 Instrumentalist of the Year at the Royal Philharmonic Awards, violinist Anthony Marwood is joined by pianist Aleksandar Madzar for a performance of works by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.
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Edinburgh ■ Get Organised Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £3. John Kitchen performs Albert Ketelbèy classics such as Sanctuary of the Heart, In a Persian Market and In a Monastery Garden.
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Glasgow ■ MusicLab Side-by-Side with Red Note RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). Music by Scottish composers performed by students particularly interested in 21 Jan–4 Feb 2010 THE LIST 81