Music FOLK
■ Orain nam Piobairean The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). Three performances by Manran, The Armagh Pipers Club and Brian Ó hEadhra & Calum Stewart will entertain you into the evening. Part of Piping Live! ■ ScottishPower Pipe Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50 (£17.50). See one of Scotland’s best pipe bands perform in Glasgow alongside folk performers of note including Shetland’s Chris Stout, acclaimed composer and arranger. Part of Piping Live! ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Mon 8.
Thursday 11 Glasgow FREE World Amateur Solo Piping Competition Millennium Hotel, George Square, 332 6711. 10.30am. See Wed 10. ■ Come and Try: Piping The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2.30pm & 11am. £2. See Tue 9. FREE Museum of Piping Tour The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am & 3pm. See Mon 8. FREE Piping in the Square George Square, 353 0220. 11am. See Mon 8. FREE Live Music At The Street Café The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon, 1.15pm, 4.45pm & 5.30pm. A daily selection of live music at the National Piping Centre street café. Georgi Makris (noon), Will Woodson & Andy Lamb (1.15pm), Edelmiro
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Fernandez (4.45pm) and Cullen Pipe Band (5.30pm). Part of Piping Live! ■ Piobaireachd of the Day College of Piping, 16–24 Otago Street, 334 3587. noon. £2. See Mon 8. FREE Pipe Up!: Understand & Appreciate Your Bagpipe The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. Craig Munro, bagpipe crafter, charts the journey from the African Blackwood to the finished instrument. Part of Piping Live! ■ Glenn Brown: Lunchtime Recital Series The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 12.15pm. £6 (£4). A performance from Canadian gold medallist of 2009. Part of Piping Live! FREE Inveraray And District Pipe Band College of Piping, 16–24 Otago Street, 334 3587. 1pm. A free concert at the College of Piping. Part of Piping Live! ■ Come and Try: Gaelic The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. £2. See Mon 8. FREE Pipe Up!: Crossing The Borders The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. Advice on the potential challenges of taking your band away from bonnie Scotland. Part of Piping Live! ■ Angus MacColl: Glenfiddich Champions Recital Series George Square, 353 0220. 1.45pm. £6 (£4). MacColl, the current Glenfiddich champion performs. Part of Piping Live! FREE Music of The Nations: Greece The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.45pm. Georgi Makris takes you through the history of the Greek bagpipe. Part of Piping Live! ■ D2 Percussion Drumming Masterclass The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. £6 (£4). A two-hour workshop on percussive pipe drumming. Please bring your own sticks and pad, and participants must be able to play. Part of Piping Live! FREE Wallace Bagpipes Presents The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. A performance led by soloists from the St Laurence O’Toole pipe band. Part of Piping Live! FREE Begg Bagpipes Demonstration BeggBagpipes.com, 202b Bath Street, 333 0639. 3pm. Informal session for advice, chat and more from experts in hand crafted bagpipes. Part of Piping Live! FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. Four of the world’s best young pipers will battle it out each day to be this year’s Pipe Idol. Heat four features Emmett Conway, Scott Wood, Jonathan Graham and Glen Walpole. Part of Piping Live! FREE Armagh Pipers Club: George Square Sessions George Square, 353 0220. 4.15pm. A performance of lively traditional music and song. Part of Piping Live! FREE Cpt Stuart Samson: The Land Of Bens, Glens and Heroes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.45pm. A book launch and performance by Samson and friends. Part of Piping Live! FREE The Worlds Present George Square, 353 0220. 5pm. See Tue 9.
A weekend fish and chip-seeking mission to the East Neuk can now come complete with a Mercury- nominated artist performing in a small town hall. King Creosote (pictured) plays the opening night of this four-day Fence Records shindig, then there are performances from FOUND, Kid Canaveral, Geese and recent BBC 6 Music semi-regular guest The Pictish Trail over the rest of the weekend. ■ Celllardyke Town Hall, Fife, Thu 11–Sun 14 Aug. fencerecords.com 122 THE LIST 4–11 Aug 2011
■ Anxo Lorenzo Trio and the Fred Morrison Trio Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). The Galician area of Spain has its own bagpipe, and the Anxo Lorenzo Trio perform a wide variety of styles with it, alongside, the Fred Morrison Trio hold their own with lively traditional music. Part of Piping Live! ■ Gaberlunzie St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm & 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Both modern and traditional tunes, plus between-song banter in their inimitable style from these all-round entertainers, who have been in the performing game for over 30 years. ■ Pipes of Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £18.50. Featuring current world champions St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band from Dublin and six-time world champions Simon Fraser University Pipe Band from Canada alongside Celtic Spirit, Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band from Glasgow and Robert Worrall. Part of Piping Live! ■ University of Strathclyde Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7.30pm. £10. A competition featuring Andrew Bonar, Stuart Liddell, Angus MacColl, Niall Stewart and Pipe Major Gordon Walker. Part of Piping Live! ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Mon 8.
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Thursday 4 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
Saturday 6 Perth ■ Netherlands Youth Orchestra Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; children £2.50). One of the world’s most accomplished cellists, Pieter Wispelwey, joins Jurjen Hempel as he leads the young band through Otto Ketting’s Adagio for Orchestra, Bloch’s Schelomo and Mahler’s Symphony No 1: Titan.
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Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallion 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. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists.
Monday 8 Perth ■ NYOS with Jane Irwin Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £14 (concessions available). The youth orchestra performs Ravel’s Rhapsodie Espagnole, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and MacMillan’s Symphony No 3 (Silence). Jane Irwin (soprano) is the soloist; Christoph Mueller conducts.