Music CLASSICAL
Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9.50–£67. See Sat 17. Reich/Andriessen Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50–£20 (£15.50–£18). London Sinfonietta, Bang On A Can and soprano Cristina Zavalloni perform works by Reich and Andriessen. Part of minimal. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven Five City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£26 (seniors £10–£24; unemployed, children and disabled £5). See Thu 22. FREE ...miserere... Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. Misereres by Allegri and Andriessen. Free to ticket-holders of the Reich/Andriessen concert held earlier in the evening. Part of minimal. Edinburgh FREE Music in the University: Stephen de Pledge Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. See Thu 22. Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). William Conway conducts Rekleitis, Adams and Schumann. Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Neil Metcalfe conducts Goodall and Vaughan Williams. RSNO: Brahms – A German Requiem Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11–£34. Lawrence Renes conducts Brahms and Lieberson.
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Glasgow FREE Cyril Baker Renfield St Stephen’s Church, 260 Bath Street, 332 2826. 1pm. Organ recital. Bang On A Can: Early The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £12. New music from New York. Part of minimal. Little Match Girl Passion City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 4.30pm. £12. David Lang’s Pulitzer-winning passion. Part of minimal. Glass/Flux: Music from Einstein on the Beach City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6pm. £12. Works by Glass, Young and Riley. Paul Hillier directs Ars Nova Copenhagen, with soloist Jonathan Morton. Part of minimal. RSNO: Brahms – A German Requiem Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£34. See Fri 23. Theatre of Voices: Stimmung The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £15. A cushion concert of Stockhausen. Part of minimal. Bang On A Can: Late The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10.30pm. £12. New work and classics. Part of minimal. Edinburgh Edinburgh Bach Choir St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). Bach’s Easter Oratorio, Mass in G Major BWV 236 and two Cantatas. FREE Pulaski Heights UMC Choirs St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Recital by choirs from Arkansas. Edinburgh Grand Opera St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 7.30pm. £10. Showcase concert. Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Michael Graham conducts Saint-Saëns and others. Rachel Brown, Kath Sharman and Laurence Cummings St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £17 (seniors £15; students and unwaged
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£5). Works for flute, cello and harpsichord. Edinburgh University Chamber Choir with Chamber Ensemble Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 8pm. £8 (£5). Eric von Ibler conducts Duruflé, David Alan-Nihil and Fauré. Sunday 25
Glasgow Smith Quartet: Feldman Quartet No 2 City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £25. Feldman’s six-hour masterpiece. Part of minimal. Len Rawle Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, 632 5811. 2.45pm. £7 (members £6). Cinema organ recital. Composition Marathon The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £8–£12. Ten composers and five ensembles in a 12-hour compose-a-thon. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See Sun 4.
Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 4pm. £9.50–£67. See Sat 17. Sewing Machine Orchestra The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 4pm & 8.30pm. £7 (£5). The sounds of sewing machines. Part of Behaviour. Ars Nova Copenhagen: In C City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £15. Terry Riley’s chill-out classic with pieces by Andriessen and Martland. Part of minimal. RCS Junior Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50. Christopher Adey conducts. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: Edinburgh Napier Composers’ Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. New works by student composers. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Rhapsodic Brahms Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£26 (concessions available). See Thu 22.
PREVIEW SPEED CLASSICAL COMPOSING COMPOSITION MARATHON Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Sun 25 Mar To commission ten composers at the same time to write a new work each is quite an undertaking. To ask them all to do it in the space of only twelve hours could be verging on insanity, especially as none of the ten will have an inkling of which instruments they’ll be writing for until the day before their pieces are performed. The Scottish Music Centre’s Composition Marathon project is a world-first for composition. Through its ten world premieres being presented at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket, audiences are offered a unique opportunity to hear the very latest in cutting-edge contemporary classical music from Scotland, with performances from some of the country’s most innovative, top chamber ensembles. The eclectic line-up is Daniel’s Beard, Ensemble Thing, Peter Gregson (pictured) with Keith Beattie, Pure Brass and Flercussion. The brainchild of SMC Communications Officer, Christopher Glasgow, the Composition Marathon has three main aims. Coinciding with the visit of New York based music commissioning revolutionaries, Bang on a Can, to Glasgow’s Minimal season, the Composition Marathon is, says Glasgow, ‘something that ties in with their ethos but has its own identity. Minimal has an international focus and this is a complement to that. It is also about creating opportunities for composers and performers.’ Additionally about supporting and promoting the work of Scottish composers in the longer term, Composition Marathon attracted entries from over 20 composers. Some were students and some more established, but all now have a new or developing relationship with the SMC. The Centre will keep the ten new scores in its archives and make them available for future performances. ‘Performers, if they like the pieces, can then take them into their repertoire. It’s creating new dialogues between them and composers,’ says Glasgow, ‘and if we’re helping composers and performers, then hopefully everyone will be happy.’ (Carol Main) ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun.
Monday 26
Glasgow East Dunbartonshire Schools String Orchestra and String Ensemble Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). Student recital. Edinburgh FREE Margaret Fletcher Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh Lieder Prize 2012 Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 2pm. Lieder competition.
Tuesday 27
Glasgow Danny Driver Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 0844 493 2202. 7.30pm. £12 (£5). Solo piano works by CPE Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti and JS Bach. East Dunbartonshire Schools Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble and Wind Band Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). Student concert. Edinburgh FREE University of Edinburgh Music Students Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Student recital. Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Sat 17. The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral and Choir and Orchestra of St Mary’s Music School St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 538 7766. 7.30pm. £9 (£6; children £3). Student concert.
Wednesday 28
Glasgow Hebrides Ensemble: Quartet for the End of Time St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 0844 481 8898. 7.30pm. £14 (£7). Messiaen’s mighty quartet with new works by Suzanne Parry and Mark Boden. Edinburgh Edinburgh Quartet: Beethoven Quartets St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, 225 7001. 7.30pm. £12 (£8; students & children £4). Op 18 No 6, Op 59 No 2 and Op 132. FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Wed 7. Dunedin Consort: St Matthew Passion The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £22–£25. John Butt directs. Fejes Quartet with Scott Mitchell: From Razumovsky to Shostakovich Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Quintet music.
Thursday 29 Glasgow BBC SSO Afternoon Performance 5: Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7–£9. Stefan Blunier conducts Wallace, Lyadov, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with soloist Gemma Rosefield.
Edinburgh Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Sat 17. Hebrides Ensemble: Quartet for the End of Time The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£7). See Wed 28. St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£27.50. Yuri Temirkanov conducts Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.