Music FOLK
■ Tania Opland & Mike Freeman St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Anglo-Alaskan duo
Saturday 23
Glasgow FREE Aly Macrae & the Macrazy Vaudeville Orchestra 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Ayrshire-born singer and writer. Edinburgh ■ The End of the World Ceilidh Teviot Debating Hall, Bristo Square, 553 0322. 7.30pm–midnight. £10 (£8). Dance with the scientists to live band The Occasionals. A glimpse of Saturn through the telescope may also be on offer. Ages 18+. Part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Sunday 24
Glasgow ■ Power Of The Accordion Café Cossachok, 10 King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Classical and Eastern European accordion music.
Tuesday 26
Glasgow FREE Traditional Music Sessions MacSorley’s Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. See Tue 5. Edinburgh ■ Rebecca Pronsky Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. Nashville twanging gems from newest album Viewfinder. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.20pm. £6. Featuring Reel Time.
Wednesday 27
Glasgow ■ Rebecca Pronsky Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. See Tue 26. Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 6. ■ Mike & Ali Vass Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7; members £5). The twins perform on fiddle and piano.
Thursday 28
Glasgow ■ Mike & Ali Vass St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). See Wed 27. Edinburgh ■ Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band The Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £6. See Mon 11.
106 THE LIST 31 Mar–28 Apr 2011
CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 31
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. French Connection Concert Mackintosh Church, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7.30pm. New music for guitar (Jean-Laurent Calvin) and cello (François Ragot). Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Fauré Requiem Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9–£27. Robin Ticciati conducts the Orchestra with bass baritone Neal Davies and soprano Carolyn Sampson in Gabriel Fauré’s moving and tranquil testament, plus pieces by Wagner and Schreker.
Friday 1 Glasgow Glasgow Phoenix Choir: Another April Evening Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8–£15. The choir celebrates its history with a concert featuring Belfast’s Donaghadee Male Voice Choir and the RSNO Junior Chorus. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Fauré Requiem City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9.50–£20 concessions available. See Thu 31.
Edinburgh National Youth Choir of Scotland Chamber Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 7pm. £5 (children free). The NYCoS Chamber Choir and the best of American youth choirs present a charity concert for the benefit of Maggie’s Centre.
✽✽ RSNO: Nicola Benedetti Plays Korngold Usher Hall, Lothian
Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (under 16s free). Korngold’s lyrical Violin Concerto plus Beethoven’s invigorating Symphony No 4 and Zemlinsky’s Sinfonietta. Walter Weller conducts. Saturday 2
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✽✽ RSNO: Nicola Benedetti Plays Korngold Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32. See Fri 1. Edinburgh Edinburgh Singers: Duruflé Requiem St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 668 2019. 6pm. £7. Maurice Duruflé’s transcendent Mass is given an airing by the 50-strong choir.
Sunday 3
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Portrait of the Composer: Mozart – Difficult Genius City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £12. The Berlin-based Fauré Quartet makes its Scottish debut with Mozart’s two piano quartets. Edinburgh Alban Minstrels Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 3pm. £10 (£6). Baroque music performed on period instruments, including works by Handel and Telemann. FREE St Giles’ at Six: Michael Harris St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Music by Böhm, JS Bach, Rinck and Litaize from the Edinburgh organist. Mother’s Day with 3 Divas and a Piano Valvona & Crolla Vincaffè, 11 Multrees Walk, 557 0088. 7pm. £45. A night of food and music, featuring a three-course meal and mezzo-sopranos 3 Divas.
Tuesday 5
Edinburgh Get Organised! Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £3. John Kitchen performs music by Walton, Coates, Whitlock, Widor, Thalben-Ball and Martin. Glits Present The Road and the Miles St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). The Edinburgh ladies’ choir presents a journey through the history and songs of Scotland. Perth Scottish Ensemble: Anthony Marwood Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £9–£14.50 (£5 students and Young Scot cardholders). The ensemble is joined by guest director Marwood for pieces by Mendelssohn, Morton Gould, and Schumann.
Glasgow ✽✽ Scottish Opera: Intermezzo Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street,
0844 871 7647. 2.15pm. £17–£49 (concessions available). Francesco Corti directs Richard Strauss’ droll ‘sitcopera’
Wednesday 6 Edinburgh NYOS Spring Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £10–£20 (£2 students/children; £5). Roland Kieft
conducts three pieces inspired by heroics: van Anrooy’s Piet Hein Rhapsodie, Prokoviev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite and Walton’s Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, plus new compositions by director Malcolm Edmonstone and the students. Glits Present The Road and the Miles St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). See Tue 5. Scottish Ensemble: Anthony Marwood The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12–£14.50 (concessions available). See Tue 5.
Thursday 7
Glasgow John Marshall Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£6; students/children £3). The tenor performs some light opera favourites. BBC SSO: Flights of Inspiration City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23. The world premiere of Gravity by Stuart MacRae, followed by Mahler’s Rückertlieder featuring Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), and Brahms’ Symphony No 2. Donald Runnicles conducts. NYOS Spring Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10 (£6 £2 students/children). See Wed 6.
Edinburgh ✽✽ Scottish Opera: Intermezzo Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29
Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £15.50–£63.50 (concessions available). See Sat 2. Glits Present The Road and the Miles St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). See Tue 5. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart at the Piano 2 The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9–£27. Robert Levin leads the SCO through two Mozart piano concertos, and Haydn’s Symphony No 97.
Friday 8
Glasgow Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart at the Piano 2 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£25. See Thu 7. Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir: Spring Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £12–£15. Guests are Clydebank Citadel Brass Band and Barbara Misiewicz, cello. Edinburgh FREE Mikkel Andersen St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. The Danish Cultural Institute presents the Danish guitarist. The Opera Chamber: Awesome X Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The world première of Thomas Seltz’s
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