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world’s most mind-bogglingly talented pianists performs in Glasgow. Over the course of two concerts he will perform a varied selection of pieces, from his own works to those by Mozart, Liszt, Berg and Debussy. Price is per concert. ■ Edinburgh Quartet Kilmardinny House, Kilmardinny Crescent, Bearsden, 7.30pm. £9.50 (students/children free). The Quartet performs chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Ayoub and Schumann. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Child Prodigy – Mature Genius City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£24 (concessions available). See Thu 4. Edinburgh FREE Organ Recital St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 1.10pm. Christopher Stembridge performs works by Cavazzoni, Frescobaldi and Willaert on an organ built in 17th-century Italian style. ■ Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Will Conway conducts Brahms’ Symphony No 3. Also with a performance by the winner of the EUCO Concerto Competition.
Saturday 6
Glasgow ✽✽ Scottish Opera: La bohème Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £8.50–£63. Tony award-winning director Stewart Laing’s modern twist on this perennial masterpiece of Italian opera sees Paris’ vibrantly shabby bohemian quarter relocated to 21st century New York. Puccini’s lusciously scored romantic tragedy tells the story of a group of penniless artists and the poet Rodolfo’s love affair with the terminally ill Mimi. Conducted by Francesco Corti and featuring soloists Celine Byrne, Avi Klemberg and Nadine Livingston. ■ Caledon – Scotland’s Three Tenors Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Scotland’s strapping, bekilted Three Tenors make their Pavilion Theatre debut. ■ Come and Sing Mozart’s Requiem St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 7.30pm (rehearsal 2pm). Singers £13.50 (£9); audience £10 (£8). Unless you’re one of a lucky and talented few, it’s not often you get the chance to perform one of the truly great works. Join in with Mozart’s masterpiece, conducted by Michael Bawtree in support of Waverley Care. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Festival of Music, Speech and Dance: Final Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £8 (£4; children free). A showcase of some of the highlights from
this year’s festival, featuring classical and Scottish music, ballet and traditional dance. Including the four finalists of the Concerto Class, accompanied by the Friends of The Festival Orchestra. ■ Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 2251900. 7.30pm. £8 (£3–£5). An all- Stravinsky concert. The Symphony in C is followed by the groundbreaking ballet The Rite of Spring, which was so much more viscerally powerful than anything heard before that its premiere in 1913 famously degenerated into a riot.
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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. Edinburgh ■ St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Organist Michael Bawtree performs works by Bach, Judith Bingham, Alain and his own transcription of Prokofiev’s Suite from ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Monday 8
Glasgow ■ Piano Recital: Graeme McNaught RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). RSAMD staff member and winner of the first Scottish International Piano Competition performs a selection of Impromptus by Schubert, an arrangement on Debussy’s Des pas sur la neige, MacMillan Piano Sonata and Ravel’s mesmerising Sonatine. Edinburgh ■ Stevenson College Concert Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 7.30–9.30pm. £5 (£3). Students from Stevenson College perform. ✽✽ Kuss Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £10–£19. The Berlin-based Quartet is fast becoming established as major chamber music talent. Here the foursome performs the final quartets of Beethoven and Schubert.
Tuesday 9 Glasgow ■ BA Applied Music Studio Orchestra Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 1.15pm. £4. Iain Massey directs a concert of string ensemble music. FREE BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. Discover Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Fantasy for violin, performed by the BBC SSO, conductor Rory Macdonald
and violinists Elizabeth Layton and Matthew Trusler. Max 2 tickets per applicant.
Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Music students at the University of Edinburgh give a lunchtime performance. Wednesday 10Perth
■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Samaagam Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7pm. £10 (£8). Legendary sarod player Amjad Ali Khan performs with the SCO in a meeting of Indian and Western music, traditions and instruments. In the first half they will be joined by school pupils and community participants from throughout Perth, who have been working with the SCO and dance group Dance Ihayami to create music and dance inspired by Samaagam.
Thursday 11 Glasgow ■ Westbourne Music The Merchant House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3–£6). Parisian pianist Ivan Ilic visits Glasgow for a recital including Bach’s beautiful Chaconne (arr Brahms). ■ Masterclass: Malcolm Martineau RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £3 (£2). Pianist Martineau’s RSAMD masterclasses are always popular; here he shares his extensive experience of accompanying singers. ■ Scottish Opera: La bohème Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £8.50–£63. See Sat 6. ■ RSNO: Denève conducts Mahler 6 Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). Stéphane Denève conducts Mahler’s extraordinary Sixth Symphony. Nicknamed ‘Tragic’, from the work’s foreboding opening to the ‘hammer blows’ of the final movement, few rays of light break through the work’s unrelentingly bleak mood.
Friday 12 Glasgow ■ RSAMD Stevenson Winds RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). The RSNO’s Principal Oboe Emmanuel Laville is guest leader in this lunchtime chamber performance. ■ Star Wars: The Concert SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £25–£75. Music from all six of John Williams’ scores for Star Wars, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with narration from Anthony Daniels (C3PO), props, film clips and artwork.
27 Feb – 8 May Theatre Royal Glasgow 0844 871 7647 Festival Theatre Edinburgh 0131 529 6000 (bkg fees apply)
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Also touring to Inverness and Aberdeen. For details go to scottishopera.org.uk Registered in Scotland Number SCO37531 Scottish Charity Number SCO19787
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✽✽ Exaudi Described in the hallowed pages of Gramophone magazine as ‘one of the most sensationally gifted vocal groups performing in the UK at the moment’, the voices of Exaudi come to Edinburgh courtesy of classical promoters, ecat as part of its quest to bring new music to Scotland. Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Mon 15 Mar. ✽✽ Scottish Opera: La bohème It was a great favourite when first seen in 2004, so Stewart Laing’s production of Puccini’s popular story of tragic young love makes a welcome return to Scottish Opera’s main- stage schedule this season. Set in 21st century New York, the cast includes young Irish soprano Celine Byrne making her UK debut in the role of Mimi. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Sat 6, Thu 11, Sat 13 Mar; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 18, Tue 20, Thu 22, Sat 24 Apr. ✽✽ Kuss Quartet The Berlin- based Quartet is fast becoming established as major chamber music talent. Here the foursome performs the final quartets of Beethoven and Schubert. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 8 Mar. Got an opinion? You can now Comment on all our articles at list .co.uk
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