CLASSICAL Music
✽✽ Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows St Andrews in the Square, 1 St
Andrews Square, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£8). ecat and Hebrides Ensemble present the Scottish première of Birtwistle’s masterpiece, with Claron McFadden (soprano). Plus Purcell’s Fantasias.
Tuesday 8
Glasgow French Violin Gems Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 1.15–2pm. £4. Violinist Gina McCormack and pianist Nigel Clayton in Leclair’s Sarabande, Tambourin, Chausson’s Poeme and Saint-Saens’s Sonata in D minor Op 75. Edinburgh FREE Andrew Zolinsky Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. A piano programme including Debussy’s Images, selections from Unsuk Chin’s Etudes and a double bill of Ligeti and Chopin’s studies C Major Op 10 No 7 and E Flat Minor Op 10 No 6.
Wednesday 9 Glasgow FREE John Tilbury Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.45pm. AMM veteran Tilbury performs Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, with a pre- concert discussion at 6.45pm between Tilbury and Martin Parker Dixon.
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■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring live music from Free Range. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ FOOTSTOMPING: Traditional Scots Music Whiski, 119 High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Sun 27.
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Glasgow ■ Chris Difford – The Imaginary Friends Tour St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £14. See Tue 29. Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 9. ■ Ceilidh Beginners Thomas Morton Hall, Ferry Road, Leith, 554 1408. 6.30pm. £6.50 (£5.50). Sheilia McCutcheon leads this class for those who want to learn Scottish dance, with live music from Callum Marwick or Freeland Barbour. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ Ceilidh Intermediate Thomas Morton Hall, Ferry Road, Leith, 554 1408. 7pm. £6.50 (£5.50). Sheilia McCutcheon leads this class for those who want to brush up their ceilidh skills, with live music from Callum Marwick or Freeland Barbour. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ ArrK The Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £10 (£7). Evocative foot-tapping traditional Irish and Scottish music. Part of Ceilidh Culture. FREE The Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Wed 9. ■ Celtish Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7; members £5). A mix of Celtic music on harp, flute, fiddle and guitar, alongside one of the most emotive voices on the folk scene. Part of Ceilidh Culture. FREE John Langan Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Wed 9. FREE FOOTSTOMPING: Traditional Scots Music Whiski, 119 High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Sun 27.
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Glasgow ■ Janet Russell St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Arresting folkster performs. Edinburgh ■ Columcille Music Workshop Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre, 5 Moredunvale Place, 672 2629. 10.15am. £4. See Tue 29.
■ Lothian Gaelic Choir Tollcross Primary School, Fountainbridge, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). Join the accomplished Gaelic choir for an evening learning some new Gaelic songs. No experience necessary. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band The Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £10 (£6). Live ceilidh music, Scots tunes and dancing. Part of Ceilidh Culture. FREE The Gorms Whiski, 119 High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. Scottish/Irish music. Part of Ceilidh Culture. CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 3
Glasgow FREE Ruth Morley/Rhian MacLeod Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Music for flute and marimba including Makoto Shinohara’s Kassouga, Lewis Murphy’s Blood and Manuscript and a new piece by Jane Stanley called Grafting. Edinburgh FREE The Canja Ensemble National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Dutch wind trio performs de Groot’s Variations on a French Folk Tune, Haydn’s Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon and others. Scottish Opera: Orlando Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £15.50–£63.50 (concessions available). Handel’s romance is updated to World War II. Featuring Tim Mead (counter-tenor) and Sally Silver (soprano), directed by Harry Fehr and conducted by Paul Goodwin. Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (children £5; seniors/disabled £8–£28; students £10). Violin superstar leads the orchestra through Haydn’s Symphony No 13 in D Major, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 4 in A Major Op 90 ‘Italian’ and Brahms’ Double Concerto Op 102. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Zadok the Priest The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9–£27. Richard Egarr conducts Handel’s jubilant coronation anthem, alongside Bach’s Contrapunctus XIV and Suite No 3 and a trio of works by Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen, Hear my Prayer and Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem.
Friday 4
Glasgow RSAMD Showcase RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Performers from the School of Music are showcased on the final day of the Musiclearninglive conference.
Edinburgh FREE Iain McLarty Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Organ works by Buxtehude, Krebs, Mendelssohn, Scheidt and Georg Böhm. Saturday 5
Glasgow Glasgow Wind Band: Full Force RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). A mixture of established favourites and new compositions. FREE Schola of the London Oratory School St Aloysius’ Church, 25 Rose Street, Garnethill, 332 3039. 7.30pm. The world première of Roxanna Panufnik’s Schola Missa de Angelis, plus works by MacMillan, Bruckner and Purcell. Walton’s Façade St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The Auricle Ensemble presents Walton’s Façade with Joanna Tope and Crawford Logan. Conducted by Christopher Swaffer. Edinburgh Scottish Opera: Orlando Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £15.50–£63.50 (concessions available). See Thu 3. Trevor Pinnock St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £5–£16. The master harpsichordist plays music by Rameau, Couperin, Froberger and JS Bach.
Sunday 6
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Edinburgh FREE Schola of the London Oratory School The Sacred Heart Church, 28 Lauriston Street, 229 9821. 5pm. A concert of choral music.
Monday 7 Glasgow Song Studio: Magic, Myth and Legend RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Investigating songs by Wolf, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Strauss, Judith Weir and others.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers Glass Arcade, Scottish Agricultural College, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road. 1.05pm. Music by Tomás Luis de Victoria, the Spanish composer who died 400 years ago this year.
✽✽ Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk
Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £14 (£7). See Mon 7.
Thursday 10 Glasgow William Conway Westbourne Music, 7 West George St. 12.45pm. £7 (£6; students/children £3). JS Bach’s Cello Suites 1 & 5. FREE Red Note Ensemble Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Works by John Cage: Concert for Piano and Orchestra and Aria. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Sacred and Profane 4 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23 (concessions available). Wagner’s Prelude to Parsifal and Sibelius’ Symphony No 1 close the series, plus Johannes Moser performing Elgar’s magnificent Cello Concerto. Andrew Litton conducts.
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