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Monday 28 Glasgow ■ Le nozze di Figaro RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14). See Sat 26.
Edinburgh ■ Get Organised Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £3. Organist John Kitchen presents a programme to include Ronald Binge’s Elizabethan Serenade, Coates’ By the sleepy lagoon and serenades by Widor and Elgar. ■ St Mary’s Music School Summer Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 538 7766. 7.30pm. £8 (£5; children 2). Showcase from Scotland’s specialist music school with a programme that includes works by Bach, Mozart, Copland, Debussy and the first performance of Alasdair Spratt’s Veni, Sancte Spiritus. Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27.
Tuesday 29
Glasgow ■ MusicLab does Dillon and Glass RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). The RSAMD’s contemporary music ensemble performs works by Dillon and continues its exploration of Glass’ seminal Glassworks. ■ Electroacoustic Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). An end-of- year showcase for the RSAMD’s electroacoustic composers. Edinburgh ■ Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Retiring collection. Haderslev Cathedral Chamber Choir from Denmark gives a lunchtime performance.
Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27.
Wednesday 30
Glasgow ■ RSAMD Baroque Ensemble RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). A performance of works influenced by Scottish baroque art and architecture, as well as Italian and Spanish music of the same period. ■ Malcom Martineau art song masterclass RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £3 (£2). The RSAMD’s International Fellow in Accompaniment works with singers and pianist from the RSAMD. ■ Le nozze di Figaro RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14). See Sat 26.
Edinburgh FREE Southern Lehigh Meistersingers Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate. 7.30pm. The ensemble sings American songs. ■ Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. £8 (children free). Melbourne organist Douglas Lawrence performs Buxtehude’s Passacaglia, Messiaen’s Le Banquet Céleste and works by Böhm, Bach and Pierné. Crail ■ Belcea String Quartet and London Winds Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £20 (£15). The opening concert of this year’s East Neuk Festival includes Brahms’ Quartet No 2 in A minor and Schubert’s Octet in F.
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Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27. Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27.
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Glasgow ■ Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). Hear three singers benefiting from a collaboration between the RSAMD and Scottish Opera that helps young singers launch their careers – Nadine Livingston, Louise Collett and Miranda Sinani – in an entertaining and varied programme, accompanied by the RSAMD’s Timothy Dean and Scottish Opera’s James Grossmith. ■ Junior Academy Sinfonia RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7pm. £7 (£5). A concert by talented young musicians who come from all over Scotland to train at the RSAMD. ■ Le nozze di Figaro RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14). See Sat 26. Anstruther ■ SCO Winds: Gran’ Partita Kilrenny Church, Kilrenny, 473 2000. Noon. £13.50. Michael Collins is director and clarinettist in this performance of Mozart’s Serenade for Thirteen Wind Instruments (‘Gran’ Partita’). Part of the East Neuk Festival.
Crail ■ Britten’s Folksongs I Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 4pm. £15 (£11). Soprano Katherine Broderick, tenor Robin Tritschler and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform Britten’s Winter Words and folksong arrangements, and Poulenc’s Tel jour, telle nuit. Part of the East Neuk Festival. ■ Belcea Quartet Kilrenny Church, Kilrenny, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £20 (£15). Chamber works by Haydn, Szymanowski and Mozart. Part of the East Neuk Festival.
Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27.
Friday 2 Glasgow ■ Song Studio: Grief and Loss RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and baritone Michel de Souza join the Song Studio for performances of two of Mahler’s mournful song cycles, Rainer Riehn’s arrangement of Kindertotenlieder and Schoenberg’s arrangement of Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
Crail ■ Romanovsky plays Rachmaninov Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. Noon. £15 (£11). Alexander Romanovsky performs Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Etudes- Tableaux, Op 39. ■ Schubert and Britten Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 4pm. £15 (£11). The Elias String Quartet performs quartets by Schubert and Britten. Part of the East Neuk Festival. St Andrews ■ Colossus Holy Trinity Church, South Street, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £15–£25. The SCO, Belcea Quartet and the Tallis Scholars all take part in this aptly-named concert, opening with Arvo Pärt’s gorgeous Cantum in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, followed by Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and works by Tallis and Strauss. Currently sold out, but returns may be available from Mon 14 June. Part of the East Neuk Festival.
Glasgow FREE Happy Bi-centennial Chopin Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. 1pm. Pianist Mira Opalinska performs selected works by Chopin in the year of his bicentenary. Edinburgh ■ Dunedin Wind Band Summer Concert The Acorn Centre, Junction Place, Leith, 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A concert of popular 20th-century wind band classics.
Anstruther ■ Tallis Scholars: Victoria’s Requiem Kilrenny Church, Kilrenny, 473 2000. 10pm. £13.50. The internationally acclaimed Tallis Scholars are among the leading exponents of Renaissance music in the world. Here they perform Victoria’s masterpiece. Currently sold out, but returns may be available from Mon 14 June. Part of the East Neuk Festival. Cellardyke ■ Purcell and Britten Cellardyke Church, Toll Road, 473 2000. Noon. £13.50. The Elias String Quartet performs Britten’s Divertimenti and Quartet No 2, and Purcell’s Fantasies. Part of the East Neuk Festival.
Crail ■ Britten’s Folksongs II Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 4pm. £15 (£11). Soprano Katherine Broderick, tenor Robin Tritschler and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform Britten’s Folksong arrangements, Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Schubert’s Auf dem Strom, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. Part of the East Neuk Festival. ■ Diabelli Variations Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £20 (£15). Alexander Romanovsky performs Beethoven’s brilliant Diabelli Variations. Part of the East Neuk Festival. ■ Renaud Garcia Fons with Linea del Sur Community Hall, St Andrews Road, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £13.50. A heady combination of jazz, flamenco, classical, moorish and Latin music, led by highly acclaimed bassist Renaud Garcia Fons. Part of the East Neuk Festival. Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. See Sun 27.
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Edinburgh FREE Early Music at Blackwell: The Galloway Consort Blackwell, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. 4pm. An authentic performance from the Galloway Consort, which specialises in the performance of 15th–17th-century European music on period instruments, including crumhorns, shawms, lute, vihuela and rebec. ■ Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. Retiring collection. A recital by Brigitte Harris. Crail ■ East Neuk Festival Finale Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North, 473 2000. 5pm. £20 (£15). Soprano Katherine Broderick and double bassist Renaud Garcia Fons join the SCO Ensemble and director/violin Alexander Janiczek for the final concert in this year’s festival, with a performance of Mozart’s Divertimento in D.
✽✽ RSNO: Summer Pops Scottish Prom Classical music lets its hair down in the RSNO’s version of the last night of the proms. Definitely without pomp and in the happiest of circumstance, Scottish patriotic favourites abound. Not that there isn’t serious musicianship involved, whether from the orchestral players, percussion soloist Evelyn Glennie (above), conductor Jeff Tyzik or the cream of the country’s pipers. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 26 Jun; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 27 Jun. ✽✽ Mr McFall’s Chamber: Tango Music Tantalising sounds of tango from Mr McFall and his chamber ensemble, joined for this latest programme by vocalist Valentina Montoya Martinez, who, with members of Paris- based Quinteto de Después, performs highlights from Astor Piazzolla’s opera Maria de Buenos Aires. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Fri 25 Jun; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 26 Jun. ✽✽ St Mary’s Music School Summer Concert World premiere of Veni, Sancte Spiritus by young Glasgow- born composer Alasdair Spratt, which has been specially commissioned by St Mary’s Music School. Scored for treble voices, flute, harp and strings, it sits alongside more familiar fare including Mozart’s Haffner Symphony and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 5. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 28 Jun.
Tuesday 6
Edinburgh ■ Organ Recital Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 8pm. £8 (children free). Organist Robert Antonello performs. St Andrews FREE Simon Chadwick Lunchtime Recital Cathedral Ruins, North Street, 01334 472563. 12.45pm. Monthly series of lunchtime recitals of medieval and Renaissance Scottish harp music.
Wednesday 7 Edinburgh ■ Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. £8. Clive Driskill-Smith gives a recital.