Music CLASSICAL
■ Portrait of the Composer: The Bach Lecture with Dr John Butt City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 4pm. £3. Baroque music specialist Dr John Butt gives an illustrated talk on Bach’s years at Cöthen working for a music- loving prince, resulting in a large output of secular music. Dr Butt is joined by cellist Philip Higham, who will perform extracts from the Cello Suites. ■ Portrait of the Composer: The Brandenburg Concertos City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£20. One of the world’s top period music ensembles, the Academy of Ancient Music has long been a leading exponent of historical performance practice, and tonight performs the Brandenburg Concertos under the direction of Richard Egarr. ■ RSNO: Bach to Elgar Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (concessions available). See Fri 22. Edinburgh ■ The Met: Live in HD Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street, 0871 704 2052. 5pm. £25 (£19.50/£21.50). Another new production to drool over direct from the Met in New York.Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky is conducted by legendary Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, with the tour de force role of the guilt-ridden tsar taken by impressive German bass René Pape in his US debut. ■ Organ Recital Reid Memorial Church, 182 West Saville Terrace, 662 1203. 7.30pm. £6. Morley Whitehead performs works by Bach, Howells and Franck.
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Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concert. ■ A Time There was . . . City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £12. Tasmin Little and Piers Lane perform violin and piano works by Elgar, Howard Ferguson and James MacMillan. ■ Glasgow Orchestral Society RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). The society presents a concert in memory of Giulio Romano, a painter and architect of the Italian Renaissance. Respighi’s Prelude and Fugue in D (arr Bach) and Adagio con Variazioni for cello and orchestra are performed alongside Elgar’s great Symphony No 1. Marco Romano conducts.
Edinburgh ■ St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Soprano Carine Tinney and pianist Christopher Harding perform a selection of songs and solo piano pieces by Handel, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Paisley ■ Martin Aelred: New York Peace Vigil Ashtree House Hotel, 9 Orr Square, 889 0711. 3pm. £5. Govan’s own tenor performs a concert of operatic works. Part of Voices in Paisley. ■ Festival Chorus and Aled Jones Paisley Abbey, Abbey Place, 889 0711. 8pm. £18. The community choir presents a programme of works by modern American composers including Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen, compered by Songs of Praise presenter and tenor Aled Jones. Part of Voices in Paisley.
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Glasgow ■ Beethoven’s High Noon Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. 1.15–2pm. £4. Cellist Alexandra Mackenzie and pianist Ingrid Sawers perform Beethoven’s Sonata in A alongside Janacek’s Pohadka.. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Two contrasting string quartets from the ensemble: Mozart’s jaunty Quartet in B flat (‘Hunt’), K458 and Shostakovich’s sombre, haunting Quartet No 8.
Wednesday 27 Glasgow ■ RSAMD Brass: Pictures at an Exhibition Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £11 (£8). A concert of popular favourites. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man is followed by Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary, and Elgar Howarth’s arrangement for brass instruments of Mussorgsky’s brilliant Pictures at an Exhibition.
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Glasgow ■ Westbourne Music Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3/£6). A lunchtime feast of vocal gems for baritone and piano performed by Richard Morrison and Walter Blair, who visit France, Russia, England and Scotland all in the space of one hour. FREE Lunchtime Concert Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Cellist Robert Irvine and pianist Fali Pavri perform Sweeney’s Sonata for cello and piano and a sonata by Rachmaninov. Edinburgh ■ Morgan Szymanski & Adam Walker Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13.50 (£11.50). Classical music from Argentina, Mexico and Brazil on guitar and flute.
Paisley ■ David Mulvenna Hamilton & Neil Metcalfe Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, St James Place, Moss Street, 889 0711. 7.30pm. £5. ‘Australia’s best Mozart tenor’ returns to his native soil with a programme of opera favourites and Scottish traditionals. Part of Voices in Paisley.
Friday 29 Glasgow ■ Friday Lunchtime Concert Series RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5027. 1pm. £10 (£7). The Conservatoires All-Star Big Band is a collective of performers from several music colleges including the Guildhall School of Music, Trinity College, the Royal College and the RSAMD. Today they perform a selection of choice pieces as an ensemble. ■ Scottish Opera: The Marriage of Figaro Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £10–£63 (concessions available). Internationally renowned baritone Sir Thomas Allen directs Mozart’s most widely performed opera, a theatrical tragi-comedy. Thomas Oliemans appears in the title role, with Nadine Livingston as Susanna, the object of the men’s affections.
Glasgow ■ RSAMD Strings with Ilya Gringolts RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6 (£4). RSAMD International Fellow Ilya Gringolts plays alongside performers from the String Department. Edinburgh FREE Duo Edelen St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 1.10pm. Performing on baroque cello and harpsichord, the pair performs works by Gabrieli, Byrd, Stephen Paxton and more.
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■ Portmanteau: Charity Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 7.30pm. Retiring collection. The Edinburgh group presents an evening of song, poetry and readings in aid of Edinburgh charity, Streetwork. ■ JAM: Sound a New Song Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 0800 988 7984. 8pm. £8–£12 (£5). Choirs from the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Aberdeen are joined by Thistle Brass for a concert of firsts. The Scottish premieres of Tarik O’Regan’s The Night’s Untruth and Gabriel Jackson’s The Spacious Firmament I and II and the world premiere of Paul Mealor’s Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal share the bill with works by James MacMillan. Paisley ■ Gladsaxe Choir and NYCoS Thomas Coats Memorial Church, High Street, 889 0711. 7.30pm. £10. The Danish Gladsaxe girls’ choir sings alongside Renfrewshire’s NYCoS Area Choir. Part of Voices in Paisley.
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Glasgow ■ Children’s Classic Concerts: Heroes vs Villains Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 3pm. £10. A fun-packed classical music extravaganza for the family as hosts Owen and Olly are joined by Indiana Jones and James Bond in the battle against the Halloween baddies, with the help of the RSNO. Edinburgh ■ Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10 (concessions available). A spooky Halloween screening of classic silent movie Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde featuring John Barrymore, with live organ accompaniment by Donald Mackenzie. ■ Avison Ensemble St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £16 (£5–£13; season tickets available). The Georgian Concert Society presents one of the country’s top period music ensembles in a musical exploration of the relationship between Handel and Scotland during the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745.
family ticket £29). See Sat 30. ■ St Giles at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Works by Handel and Bach from the Nenthorn Baroque Ensemble with vocal soloists Catherine Hadshar and Dan Tennant. Paisley ■ Angeline Moncus Ashtree House Hotel, 9 Orr Square, 889 0711. 3pm. £5. The Glasgow-based French opera artiste sings a selection of the great showtunes. Part of Voices in Paisley.
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Glasgow ■ Mondays at One Concert Series RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5027. 1pm. £6 (£4). Academy-born quintet Pure Brass perform in their inimitable style. Edinburgh ■ Doric Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £11–£19 (concessions available). The outstanding Doric Quartet gives a concert of chamber works by Haydn, Schubert and Schumann.
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Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Music students from the University of Edinburgh showcase their skills. Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Vocal Recital: Ruby Hughes Pollok House Art Society, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 427 5600. 7.30pm. £15; £10 for first PHAS concert (students £5). Pollok House Arts Society presents award- winning soprano Ruby Hughes in a performance of song cycles by Schumann and Poulenc – Liederkreis and Fiancailles pour rire – a handful of Haydn’s English canzionettas and setting of folk tunes by Britten. With piano accompaniment by Julius Drake.
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Glasgow ■ Kathleen Ferrier Prize Winner 2010 RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £7 (£5). Performance by the winner of this prestigious award, South African baritone Njabulo Madlala with up and coming pianist James Baillieu, who also hails from South Africa. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. See Sun 24. ■ A Time There was . . . City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £12. Tenor Andrew Kennedy joins chamber group the Aronowitz Ensemble for Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor and Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge. ■ Scottish Opera: The Marriage of Figaro Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 4pm. £10–£63 (concessions available). See Fri 29. FREE Quietudes I: Candlelit Concert and Poetry Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, The Square, off University Avenue, 7.30pm. The first in a series of reflective concerts throughout the church year featuring the talents of the University of Glasgow’s Chapel Choir. ■ Lev & Friends Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Violinist Lev Atlas presents this Russian, Hungarian, Gypsy, jazz, classical and folk fusion. Edinburgh ■ Children’s Classic Concerts: Heroes vs Villains Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 3pm. £10 (£6;
Glasgow FREE Lunchtime Concert: Piano Recital Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Graeme McNaught performs works by Schumann to celebrate the composer’s bicentenary. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Romantics Unbound City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23 (£8–£21). The world premiere of Scottish composer Sally Beamish’s Homage à Brahms opens this concert, followed by Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17 featuring soloist Ronald Brautigam, and finally Brahms’ singularly lovely Symphony No 4. Andrew Manze conducts. ■ Mnozil Brass RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5027. 7.30pm. £13 (£10). Taking their name from the Viennese pub where these one-time conservatoire students met, the ensemble performs a joyful and occasionally absurdly comic selection of pieces. Edinburgh ■ Midlothian Schools Festival of Music Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Pupils from Midlothian schools showcase their skills in this ever-popular event, with a range of ensembles including ceilidh groups, big bands, rock bands and orchestras.
Dunfermline ■ The Band of her Majesty’s Royal Marines Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Classics, showtunes and traditional military music.