Classical
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 4
Glasgow ■ Hebrides Ensemble RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). The award-winning ensemble gives a lunchtime concert. FREE Douglas Academy School of Music Showcase Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Young musicians studying at one of Scotland’s four specialist music centres demonstrate their skills. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Schumann at 200 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7; £6 in advance. The fantastic Angela Hewitt performs Schumann’s much- loved Piano Concerto, which features alongside two works by Brahms: the Tragic Overture and the Symphony No 1. So inescapable was the shadow cast by Beethoven, who died six years before Brahms’ birth, that it took him 15 years to complete. ■ Katherine Jenkins and Escala SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £25–£55. The Welsh popular opera star, Britain’s best-selling classical artist of all time, with show-tunes, Welsh songs and famous classical arias. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Soprano Oksana Mavrodii and pianist Silviya Mihaylova present a programme of works by Schubert, Rachmaninov, Satie, Mozart and Vladigerov. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Child Prodigy – Mature Genius The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8.50–£26 (concessions available). He had his first keyboard lesson aged four, began composing aged five and was a touring musician aged six – it’s no wonder that Mozart is synonymous with the words ‘child prodigy’. This concert opens with his first symphony (composed at the age of eight) and finishes with one of Beethoven’s mature symphonies, the sunny eighth, with Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D in between. Richard Egarr is conductor/keyboardist.
Friday 5 Glasgow ■ Marc-André Hamelin RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm and 3pm. £9 (£6). A rare treat as one of the
Music Folk
Star Wars in Concert John Williams’ classic scores from all six Star Wars movies are brought to life by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra with special effects, high
definition movie projections, live narration from Anthony Daniels (the one and only C3PO) and a display of props and costumes from the sci-fi series. Sure to make kids young and old very very happy. Altogether now, ‘duh duh duh duuuh duh’. ■ SECC, Glasgow, Fri 12 & Sat 13 Mar.
Anstruther ■ The Fence Collective’s Homegame Various venues, times vary. £75. See Fri 12. Kinross ■ Milnathort Folk Festival Various Venues, Milnathort, 01577 863000. Times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 12.
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Glasgow ■ Celebrate St Patrick with the Glasgow Irish Community City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12. Celebrate St Paddy’s Day with music, dance, drama and Irish Gaelic sketches from the Friel Sisters, Not Stavros Flately, Irish Minstrels CCE, Caroline Greene Dancers, St James CCE and Michael Sweeney. ■ Yaman Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian classical sitar and flute music. Edinburgh FREE Muckle Flugga Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Mon 8.
Tuesday 16 Glasgow FREE Thank Folk it’s Tuesday Sloan’s, Argyle Arcade, Argyle Street, 221 8886. 7pm. See Tue 9.
Edinburgh ■ Mumford & Sons The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. SOLD OUT. London indie folk troupe. ■ Catherine Fraser and Duncan Smith Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Very accomplished Scottish fiddle and piano duo – from Australia. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance with live music and callers to lead you through the steps. Music from Tradlab. FREE Footstomping Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Sun 7.
Wednesday 17
Edinburgh ■ Brendan Hendry Trio Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7). Refined traditional Irish music led by the Derry fiddler. St Andrews ■ St Patrick’s Night Celebration Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £7 (£5). A night to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland with music and poetry evocative of the land and seascapes of Eire. Dordan comprises whistle virtuoso Mary Bergin, fiddler Dearbhaill Standún, singer and guitarist Martina Goggin and
harpist Kathleen Loughnane. The poets are Moya Cannon and the one male, Matthew Sweeney. Part of StAnza. FREE The Inklight Poets Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 10–11.30pm. A showcase of recent work by poets from St Andrews University Creative Writing Society, with musical interludes from Irish multi-instrumentalist, critic and poet Cahal Dallat. Part of StAnza. Thursday 18
Glasgow ■ Maggie MacInnes St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Songs and music from one of Scotland’s foremost clarsach players, accompanied by keyboard/accordion star Brian McAlpine of Session A9. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 4. ■ Ben Bedford The Village, South Fort Street, Leith. 8pm. Tickets £10, 07717 885855. An invitation to join professional writers at the Listening Room International Songwriting Retreat in Gotland, Sweden, and praise from his peers, attest to the quality of this American story/songwriter and guitar man.
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