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season tickets available). An exploration of the position of female musicians in the 15th century.
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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. FREE Madrigirls: Advent Service by Candlelight Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. Includes the world premiere of a commission by US composer Frank La Rocca.
Edinburgh ■ ChildLine Winter Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.30pm. £6.50–£10. Charity Christmas celebration. ■ Fanfare Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Edinburgh Schools orchestras, bands and ensembles in an inspirational evening to showcase their talents in orchestral, choral, traditional and rock music. ■ Edinburgh University Female Voice Choir Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University Bristo Square, 650 2427. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Vaughan Fleischfresser conducts. Aberdour ■ Carol Service Aberdour Castle and Garden, 01383 860519. 2pm. Included in admission: £4.20 (£3.40; children £2.50). Get in the festive mood with carols and mulled wine in the gallery.
Hawick ■ A Herald of Christmas Teviot & Roberton Church, Buccleuch Road, 01450 372150. 3pm. £6 (children free). See Sat 4. Stirling ■ Stirling Orchestra Presents: English Music Makers Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30–9.30pm. £9 (£7; schoolchildren £2). The orchestra pays homage to some great English musicians.
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Glasgow ■ Mondays at One Concert Series RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6 (£4). Brass pieces for solo and ensemble. ■ Hutchesons’ Grammar School: Shall Brothers Be City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. Pupils are joined by broadcaster Jamie MacDougall for Wagner’s Overture: Die Meistersinger and excerpts from Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2. ■ East Dunbartonshire Council Christmas Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Annual concert celebrating everything that’s been going on musically in East Dunbartonshire Schools in seasonal favourites and popular orchestral pieces. Perth ■ Aled Jones 2010 Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £24.50–£22.50 (£20). Mothers’ favourite Aled Jones celebrates 25 years in music.
Tuesday 7 Glasgow ■ Kerem Hasan and Katrina Lee Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 1.15–2pm. £4. The two RSAMD students present violin and piano works including Schubert’s Fantasie in C major Op 15. ■ Sing! Sing! Sing! RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Show created by final year students of the BA Contemporary Performance Practice.
Edinburgh ■ Get Organised: Christmas Special Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £4. With city organist John Kitchen and Edinburgh University Singers. ■ Christmas with Amici Winds Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 2.30pm. £2 (children free; students free). Afternoon concert with the amiable Live Music Now wind quintet. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: CL@Six St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 6pm. £12 (£5–£10). The Wind Ensemble perform Dvorák’s Czech Suite and Strauss’ Sonata for Winds. Peebles ■ Philip Higham Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (under 16s free). Edinburgh-born cellist performing works by Beethoven and Britten.
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Glasgow ■ Sing! Sing! Sing! RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). See Tue 7.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Singers National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 1.15pm. John Kitchen conducts. ■ Dollar Academy Annual Carol Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £8.50. Dollar Academy gives its annual Christmas concert. Dundee ■ NYCoS Dundee Choir Christmas Concert Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7pm. £6 (schoolchildren £3). Carols from Dundee’s finest young singers. ■ Puccini’s Tosca Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, 08717 029486. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). Tayside Opera presents Puccini’s dark and romantic classic.
Kirkcaldy ■ Kirkcaldy Music Society St Peter’s Church, Townsend Place, 01592 890375. 7.30pm. £12 (£5). Cellist Philip Higham with pianist Simon Lane.
Thursday 9 Glasgow ■ Westbourne Music Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3/£6). Cellist Philip Higham with Simon Lane on piano perform Beethoven and Janacek as part of their Tunnell Trust prize tour. ■ Chopin in Glasgow: Janice Galloway in Conversation Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1pm. £5. Author Galloway examines the life of the composer. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: This Sceptered Isle City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £10–£23 (£8–£21). Ilan Volkov conducts Britten’s Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, Benedict Mason’s Lighthouses of England and Wales and Elgar’s Symphony No 2. ■ Meningitis Trust Christmas Celebration Concert Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, 0845 301 7446. 7pm. £8. Charity concert featuring Aria, the Glasgow Amateur Flute Ensemble, the Glasgow Youth Choir and Pure Brass. ■ Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Workshops RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13 (£9). A performance by RSAMD postgrad students. ■ Portrait of the Composer: Chopin in Glasgow RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £20. Renowned Chopinist Elisabeth Leonskaja performs selected nocturnes and the Ballade No 3.
■ RSNO: Naked Classics Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10 (£5; under 16s free). Paul Rissmann presents Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. ■ Sing! Sing! Sing! RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). See Tue 7.
Dundee ■ Dundee Chamber Music – Solstice String Quartet Dundee Congregational Church, Constitution Road, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £tbc. Haydn’s String Quartet in C minor op 17 and other works. ■ Puccini’s Tosca Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, 08717 029486. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). See Wed 8. ■ Tayside and Fife Health Services Christmas Carol Concert Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £10. Norman Beedie directs. Perth FREE Perth Action of Churches Together Carol Service Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. Free carol service featuring three church choirs.
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Glasgow ■ Portrait of the Composer: Chopin in Glasgow RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10 (£7). Boris Giltburg performs all four of Chopin’s Ballades together with two Polonaises and a selection of Mazurkas. ■ RSAMD Chamber Choir and Chamber Ensemble St Aloysius’ Church, 25 Rose Street Garnethill, 332 3039. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). Led by Frikki Walker. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Vienna Centuries City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£25 (students £3 with Fonic card). Webern’s Concerto for Nine Instruments, Mozart’s famous Piano Concerto No 21 and the Symphony No 4 by Brahms. With guest pianist Lars Vogt. ■ Strathclyde University Christmas Concert Barony Hall, Rottenrow East, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9 (£7; students £5). With Alan Tavener’s Chamber Choir. ■ Glasgow Phoenix Choir Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £5–£15. The singers are joined by Scottish Champions, Funeralcare Brass Band, and the soaring voices of Inverclyde Schools Choirs. ■ Junko Kobayashi Cairns Church of Scotland,11 Buchanan Street, Milngavie. Tickets: 0141 942 3102. 7.30pm. £10 (free/£5). Japanese pianist in music by Bach, Beethoven, Takemitsu, Debussy and Chopin.
Edinburgh ■ Lothian & Borders Police Choir Christmas Concert St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road, 07934 853294. 6pm. £10 (U18s £1). Seasonal delights and contemporary hits. ■ RSNO: Naked Classics Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10 (£5; under 16s free). See Thu 9. Dundee ■ Puccini’s Tosca Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, 08717 029486. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). See Wed 8.
Peebles ■ Clouds Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Local harpist Esther Swift joins forces with three fellow Royal Northern College of Music students.
Perth ■ Christmas Carol Evening Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7pm. £5. Festive tunes from Kilgraston School pupils and the Alba Quartet.
CLASSICAL Music
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Glasgow Children’s Classic Concerts: Christmas Carnival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1pm & 3pm. £10 (£6; family ticket £29). Christmas shenanigans with Owen, Olly and the RSNO. Junior Academy: First Orchestra with Senior and Chamber Choirs RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm & 7.30pm. £9 (£6). James Lowe conducts Oskar Böhme’s Trumpet Concerto in E minor with soloist John Wallace. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Workshops RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13 (£9). See Thu 9. Christmas Night Findlay Memorial Church, 56 Clarendon Place, St George’s Cross, 333 9500. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£4 under 16s). Featuring the New Scottish Choir. Salvation Army Christmas Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £7 (tbc). The Salvation Army’s brass band, choir and special guests get into the mood for Christmas festivities in their annual carol concert. Edinburgh Chapter House Singers: Not the Nine Lessons and Carols St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 7.30pm. £9. The vocal ensemble gives its annual winter concert. Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra Morningside United Church, 15 Chamberlain Road, 447 8724. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Includes Handel’s Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, and Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze. A Christmas Celebration – Kevock Choir The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £5–£12 (£8–£10). The choir is joined by the Edinburgh Concert Band. O Holy Night Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 226 0000. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The Edinburgh Singers present Christmas standards. Rudsambee at Rosslyn Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, 440 2159. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The singers return to the gorgeous surrounds of the famous chapel. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Vienna Centuries Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9–£27 (concessions available). See Fri 10. Seven Last Words from the Cross Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). James MacMillan’s masterful and spellbinding cantata is performed by the Calton Consort in collaboration with the Rose Street Ensemble. Motets by Byrd are also on the menu.
Dundee FREE Festive Lunchtime Concert St Salvador’s Episcopal Church, Church Street, 01382 221785. 1pm. Advent and Christmas music. Puccini’s Tosca Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, 08717 029486. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). See Wed 8. Dunfermline Dunfermline Choral Union and Junior Chorus Christmas Concert The Vine Church, Garvock Hill, www.dunfermlinechoralunion.co.uk 3pm & 7.30pm. £8 (£7; family ticket £25). Carols, madrigals and seasonal songs.
Melrose FREE Carol Concert Melrose Abbey, Abbey Street, 01896 822562. 6pm. A free concert of festive classics.
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