Music FOLK & WORLD
■ North Sea Gas Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £8 (£7; members £5). Hugely entertaining Scottish folk band who combine guitars, mandolins, bodhrans, banjos, whistles and bouzoukis with fine vocals. Expect a mixture of traditional and original material and great craic. FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Wed 29.
Thursday 7
Glasgow ■ George Murphy St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Folk singer from Derry with stories, songs and humour. Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 23. FREE Calum Wood & Roberta Pia Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Thu 23. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic.
Friday 8
Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 23. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. See Fri 24.
Saturday 9 Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 25.
Sunday 10
Glasgow ■ An Evening With Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.45pm. £28.50–£32.50. The renowned US comedian continues his successful foray into the world of bluegrass minstrelsy with a second album, Rare Bird Alert. Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 24. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Sun 26.
Monday 11
Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 27. Stirling ■ North Sea Gas Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. £8. See Wed 6.
Tuesday 12
Edinburgh FREE Folk Music Session Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Tue 28. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. See Tue 28.
Wednesday 13
Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 29. 102 THE LIST 23 Jun–21 Jul 2011
FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Wed 29. Thursday 14
Glasgow ■ Dana & Susan Robinson St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Californian Americana/folk and old-time Appalachian mountain music duo. ■ Sarah Jarosz CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £11. Young Texan singer-songwriter mixing traditional and contemporary bluegrass styles with mesmerising results. Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 23. FREE Calum Wood & Roberta Pia Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Thu 23.
Friday 15
Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 23. ■ Ceilidh Club with Teannaich Pollock Halls, Holyrood Park Road. 8pm. £8 (£6). Join in a lively ceilidh evening where dances are taught on the night, so all abilities are welcome. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. See Fri 24.
Saturday 16 Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 25.
Sunday 17
Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 24. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Sun 26.
Monday 18 Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 27.
Tuesday 19
Edinburgh FREE Folk Music Session Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Tue 28. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. See Tue 28.
Wednesday 20 Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 29. FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Wed 29.
Thursday 21 Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 23. FREE Calum Wood & Roberta Pia Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Thu 23.
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Thursday 23
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. FREE RSAMD Harps in Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. Student recital. Sax Ecosse Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 415 5221. 6pm. £8 (£4). French-inspired saxophone classics by Ligeti, Glazunov and others. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Choral Mass for Corpus Christi St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 7.30pm. Rheinberger’s Mass in E Flat for double choir. Part of the West End Festival. Glasgow Schools Symphony Orchestra Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9. Some of Glasgow’s most talented young musicians in concert. FREE Gloria IX Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue), 334 0454. 7.30pm. Choirs perform music by Tallis, Byrd, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn and others. Donations go to Christian Aid. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Charlotte Children’s Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. North Carolinian choir visits Scotland. FREE Live Music Now: Fraser Langton and Juliette Philogene National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Works by Grainger, Debussy, Gershwin, MacMillan and Scriabin for clarinet and piano.
Friday 24
Glasgow Eric Sammut RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9.50. Marimba virtuoso directs the RSAMD Percussion Ensemble. Daniel’s Beard: Final Concert Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 415 5221. 6pm. £8 (£4). Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op 1 No 1 and Dohnányi’s tuneful Sextet Op 37. Part of the West End Festival.
✽✽ FREE BBC SSO: Listen Here! Made in Sweden City Halls,
Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. Contemporary Swedish music conducted by Andrew Manze, with Norwegian trumpet star Tine Thing Helseth. Scandinavious! FREE Organ Mass in the Parisian Style St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 7.30pm. Couperin’s Messe pour les Couvents, led by Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth with organist Geoffrey Woollatt. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Skui Juniorkorps St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Norwegian wind band. St Giles’ Cathedral Choir: A Choral Celebration St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. £10 (£5). Master of the Music Michael Harris conducts works by Palestrina, Byrd, Brahms and others, with organist Peter Backhouse.
Haddington Catriona Hetherington Peter Potter Gallery, 10 The Sands, 01620 822080. 7pm. £10. Virtuoso cellist gives a rare
concert, playing Bach, Paganini and Kodály. Saturday 25
Glasgow RSAMD Hansel and Gretel RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £19 £15). Humperdinck’s opera about two children imprisoned in a house made of cake, who accountably fail to eat their way out. FREE BBC SSO: Listen Here! The Vaughan Williams Cycle begins City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. Andrew Manze begins his cycle of the symphonies of one of England’s most intriguing composers with Symphony No 2 ‘London’, along with Iain Hamilton’s Concerto for Jazz Trumpet. The programme opens with Vaughan Williams’ shimmering Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. With Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet). Choral Classics for Malawi Hyndland Parish Church, 79–81 Hyndland Road, 0141 204 5151 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The Festival Singers and Strings sing Handel, Allegri and others, in a benefit for a charity supporting education in Malawi. Ian McLarty conducts. Part of the West End Festival. Sandie Bishop & Flora Tzanetaki St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, 0141 204 5151 7.30pm. £8 under 16s free. Works for violin and piano by Beethoven, Franck, Bach and Chopin. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE David Goodenough St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 1.30pm. Organ music by JS Bach, Handel, Howells, Walford-Davies and Preston. Roxburgh Quartet St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10 (£7; under 12s free). Chamber works by Dvorák, Haydn and Schumann. Rudsambee Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 7.30pm. Retiring collection. Choral works including the very popular Indian- influenced Desh.
Sunday 26 Glasgow FREE Festival Sung Eucharist St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 10.30am. Church music. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Gamelan Concert & Workshops Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. 1.30pm & 2.30pm. Get to know the gamelan. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–3pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE BBC SSO: Listen Here! The Summer of Love City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2.30pm. Love- inspired music by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, plus selections from Loesser, Bernstein, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and the theme from Love Story, with Pamela Hay (soprano) and Jamie MacDougall (tenor and presenter). Bring a hanky. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. FREE Choral Evensong St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 6.30pm. Massed choirs sing works by Stanford, Bairstow, Ireland and Finzi. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Songs of Praise Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, 334 2788. 7pm. Favourite hymns