Music CLASSICAL
Pavel Steidl and David Tanenbaum Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Master guitarists share a bill. Part of Big Guitar Weekend. Edinburgh The China Project Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13.75 (£11.75). See Fri 4. Edinburgh Light Orchestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £6–£9.50. Tunes by Glenn Miller, Henry Mancini, Eric Coates and Arthur Sullivan.
Sunday 6 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. See Sun 23. FREE Chinese Music Through the Centuries Kelvin Gallery, Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, University Ave, 330 7730. 2pm. Celebrating the launch of the Confucius Institute at Glasgow Uni with a selection of Chinese songs and instrumental music. Big Guitar Weekend Student Concert Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 5pm. £7 (£5). Students’ showcase. Hebrides Ensemble: American Pioneers St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Sq, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £7–£22. Charles Ives’s Piano Trio, Crumb’s Voice of the Whale, Reich’s New York Counterpoint and Adams’ Road Movies. Scottish International Guitar Competition Grand Final Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). The three winners in recital, as judged by an international panel.
Edinburgh SCO Chamber Ensemble: Chamber Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 3pm. £12 (£5; seniors £10). Pianist Robert Levin plays Haydn’s Symphony No 104 ‘London’. FREE St Giles’ at Six: Fraser Langton & Juliette Philogene St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Langton (clarinet) and Philogene (piano) play music by Weber, Poulenc, Stravinsky and James MacMillan.
Tuesday 8
Edinburgh FREE Quatuor Diotima Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. 1.10pm. The French quartet, plays Schubert and Janácek. Hebrides Ensemble: American Pioneers The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£7). See Sun 6.
Wednesday 9
Glasgow sound lab presents Peter Gregson City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Peter Gregson plays solo cello with integrated electronics. Edinburgh Edinburgh Quartet: Beethoven Quartets St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Pl, 225 7001. 7.30pm. £12 (£8; students & children £4). To showcase new viola player Jessica Beeston, all the Beethoven quartets over several months.
Thursday 10 Glasgow FREE Music in the University: Scottish Flute Trio with Sean Shigbe Glasgow University Concert
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Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Music for flutes and guitar. Little Match Girl Passion Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.45pm. £7–£15. Cryptic presents David Lang’s Pulitzer prize-winning choral work.
Friday 11
Glasgow Rosalind Plowright in Recital Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). The celebrated mezzo-soprano performs Brahms, Britten and others, with Philip Mountford on piano. Elias String Quartet Cairns Church, 11 Buchanan St, Milngavie, 942 3102. 7.30pm. £10 (students £5; children free). Sally Beamish’s new Reed Stanzas, with quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. Little Match Girl Passion Tron Theatre, See Thu 10. Royal Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 8pm. £13.50 (£11). Garry Walker conducts Mahler’s Symphony No 7. Edinburgh Soundings 11/12: Annual Festival of Sonic Art Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. Times vary. Weekend pass £16 (£10). The annual festival of electroacoustic music returns. FREE Christopher Field & Tom Wilkinson St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry St, 668 2019. 1.10pm. Field (violin) and Wilkinson (harpsichord) play sonatas by Bach and Handel. RSNO: Magnificent Mendelssohn Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11–£34 (concessions available). Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture (with soloist Vadim Guzman). Jonty Harrison & Adrian Moore Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh Uni, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. 8pm. £5 (£3). Electronic works. Part of Soundings.
Saturday 12
Glasgow Piano Circus plays Steve Reich Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Piano Circus plays works by Reich, Graham Fitkin and Shiva Feshareki. RSNO: Magnificent Mendelssohn Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£34. See Fri 11. Little Match Girl Passion Tron Theatre, See Thu 10. Edinburgh New Electroacoustic Work Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh Uni, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 6pm. £5 (£3). New work from Scotland. Part of Soundings. FREE Rudsambee Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 7pm. The choir gives a special concert for poetry lovers. Aria in Winter Bruntsfield Church, 70 Leamington Terr, 0759 331 6284. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Aria Alba Opera with City of Discovery Brass Quintet. Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: A Royal Celebration St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Rd, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £16 (£13.50; students £5). The ERCU celebrates 100 years of its Royal charter. Mozart by Candlelight Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £17–£29.50. An evening of Mozart. Gilles Gobeil & Suzanne Binet Audet Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh Uni, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. 8pm. £5 (£3). Works for Ondes Martenot. Part of Soundings.
Sunday 13 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. See Sun 23.
Llyr Williams: Hammerklavier City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 4.30pm. £12. Williams plays Beethoven’s most monumental sonata. Andras Schiff plays Beethoven City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20–£30. Making his Glasgow debut with works including Diabelli Variations. Glasgow Sinfonia: Russian Festival Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; under 16s £6). Glasgow’s top amateur orchestra is joined for its 25th anniversary concert by Lauryna Sableviviute for works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Edinburgh Martin Parker & John Kenny Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. 6pm. £5 (£3). Kenny (trombone) takes the solo spot in Parker’s works for trombone and computer. FREE St Giles’ at Six: Edinburgh Napier University Chamber Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Choral favourites by Brahms, Ireland, Britten and others.
Monday 14 Glasgow Royal Conservatoire Song Studio: Monteverdi and More Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). The madrigals of Monteverdi, with a few Purcells thrown in.
Tuesday 15
Glasgow FREE Glasgow University Chapel Choir Glasgow University Chapel, University Ave, 330 4092. 6pm. A Remembrance Day concert with works by Farrant, Bach, Purcell and others. Edinburgh Quartet Pollok House Art Society, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 427 5600. 7.30pm. £16 (£5). Mozart’s Quartet in D major ‘Hoffmeister’ K499, and more. Edinburgh FREE Jeremy Huw Williams & Tom Wilkinson Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Sq, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Performing Schumann and Mealor, plus arrangements of folk songs. Scottish Opera: The Barber of Seville Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson St, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Fri 21.
Thursday 17
Glasgow Bacchetti Trio: A Soldier’s Tale Westbourne Music, 7 West George St, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; children £4). Performing Stravinsky’s suite. BBC SSO: Runnicles’ Rosenkavalier City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23. Frisky Viennese high-jinks. Pass the Spoon Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). Foodie opera featuring veg, and a who’s who of exciting contemporary Scottish talent: Magnetic North (Walden) preside over artist David Shrigley, composer David Fennessy and Red Note Ensemble. Edinburgh FREE Music in KB Erskine- Williamson Bldg, King’s Bldgs, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd, music-in-kb.com 1.05pm. Hear Julian Wagstaff’s string trio In Extremis. Scottish Opera: The Barber of Seville Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Fri 21. Last Night of the Midlothian Proms Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). A mixed selection of bands, orchestras and choirs. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Romantic Love Stories The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9.50–£28. Karen Cargill as guest soloist.