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■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Rd, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Norman Mackay’s Ceilidh Experience. Wednesday 25
Edinburgh ■ Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7pm. £12.50. Admired pop/blues songsmith – founder of cult band The Bible and frequent collaborator with Eddi Reader. With State of the Union’s Brooks Williams. FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 7pm. See Wed 4. ■ Trembling Bells with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Muldoon’s Picnic The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 7pm. £18. The Glasgow-based four-piece and the American singer- songwriter perform folk and country from the album The Marble Downs. ■ Andy Irvine Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £9 (£7; members £6). A solo performance from this Irish singer and mandolin player who co-founded a succession of acclaimed Irish bands, from Sweeney’s Men to Patrick St. FREE Matt Norris The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk St, 629 0275. 8pm. See Wed 4.
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Glasgow FREE Tango Libre La Bodega Tapas Bar, Dance with Attitude Studios, 1120 South St, 581 3401. 7.30pm. See Thu 29. ■ Andy Irvine Star Folk Club, St Andrew’s in the Square off Saltmarket St Andrew’s St, 563 0454. 8pm. £10 (£8). See Wed 25. FREE JEM Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago La, 357 4524. 8pm. Indian and Scottish music on guitar, cello and sax. Edinburgh ■ Andi Neate The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 8pm. £8 (£6). A mix of folk and jazz from this Highland lass. Launching her new album.
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Thursday 29
Glasgow BBC SSO Afternoon Performance 5: Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7 in advance; £9 on the day. Stefan Blunier conducts William Wallace’s The Passing of Beatrice, Lyadov’s Eight Russian Folk-Songs, Shostakovich’s Symphony No 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra featuring soloist Gemma Rosefield. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Jennifer Port Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6pm. Clàrsach recital. Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson St, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. Stravinsky, Auden & Kallman’s astringent morality tale is directed by David McVicar with Edgaras Montvidas, Steven Page and Carolyn Sampson in the leading roles. Hebrides Ensemble: Quartet for the End of Time The Jam House, 5 Queen St, 226 4380. 7.30pm. £14 (£7).
Messiaen’s mighty Quartet is one of the few musical masterpieces to have been composed and premiered in a German POW camp. Here it’s played with new works for the same instruments by Suzanne Parry and Mark Boden. St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£27.50. Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1 with soloist Dmitri Alexeev and Shostakovich’s Symphony No 5, the huge critical and popular success of which probably saved its composer from the gulag. Yuri Temirkanov conducts. Friday 30
Glasgow Gusztáv Fenyo: Vienna Series St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Rd, 339 2708. 8pm. £12 (seniors £10; students, under 18s, disabled, unemployed £5). Piano works by Schubert, Haydn, Mozart and finally, Beethoven. Edinburgh FREE Katharine Platt St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Young harpist in solo recital. FREE Ben Johnson & James Baillieu: Die schöne Müllerin St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry St, 668 2019. 1pm. Boy meets girl, girl goes off with huntsman, boy throws himself in the river. Schubert’s great song cycle will be brdcast live on BBC Radio 3, so the audience must be seated by 12.45pm. Edinburgh University Wind Band Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Morven Bell conducts. RSNO: Beethoven Eight Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11–£34. Glaswegian conductor Douglas Boyd conducts Bizet, Chopin and Fauré, and finally Beethoven’s Symphony No 8.
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Glasgow FREE Avis McIntyre Renfield St Stephen’s Church, 260 Bath St, 332 2826. 1pm. Organ recital. Glasgow Chamber Choir: Handel’s Messiah St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Rd. 7pm. £10 (£5). Handel’s lovable old warhorse. Contact secretary@glasgowchamberchoir.org.uk for tickets. RSNO: Beethoven Eight Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£34. See Fri 30. Edinburgh FREE Jesmond Choral Group and The Priory Singers St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Vocal ensembles from Newcastle and Wales join forces for Fauré’s Requiem. Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson St, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Thu 29. Edinburgh Concert Band: Charity Concert for Richmond’s Hope Performing Arts Centre, Stewart’s Melville College, Queensferry Rd, edinburghconcertband.org.uk 7.30–9.30pm. £8 (£5). Charity concert from the woodwind, brass and percussion ensemble. Jubilo: Handel’s Messiah St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Rd, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Jubilo celebrates 30 years with a reunion performance of Handel’s mighty Christ- ganza. Featured soloists are Susan McNaught, Katrine Townhill, Andy Fraser and Ivor Klayman, with accompaniment from Edinburgh Players. The Open Orchestra Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Amateur orchestra plays Prokofiev, Lehar, Falla and Chabrier. Rutter Requiem: A Concert for Passiontide St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George St, 225
3847. 7.30pm. £5. John Rutter’s Requiem and choral works by McDowall and Mendelssohn. Sospiro: Membra Jesu Nostri St Michael and All Saints Church, Brougham St, Tollcross, sospirobaroque@hotmail.co.uk. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). The baroque ensemble plays Buxtehude’s celebrated cantata cycle.
Sunday 1 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle St, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Il Divo SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £29.50–£65. Simon Cowell’s boys sing pop songs in Italian.
Monday 2 Edinburgh FREE Dunwoody High School Chamber Orchestra St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Recital by student ensemble from Georgia (USA).
Tuesday 3
Edinburgh Recorder and Piano Recital St George’s School for Girls, Garscube Terrace, 226 3392. 1.15–2pm. £5 (schoolchildren £1). Chris Orton (recorders) and Audrey Innes (piano) play music from the 14th to the 21st centuries. Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. Suggested donation £5. Yati Durant conducts film music by Morricone, Durant and Saint-Saëns. Scottish Ensemble: Seavaigers Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Rd, 478 8446. 7.30pm. £12.50–£14.50. The Edinburgh premiere of Sally Beamish’s Seavaigers, performed with ace Scottish/classical/improvisation fusion-meisters Catriona McKay (clarsàch) and Chris Stout (fiddle).
Wednesday 4 Glasgow sound lab: Stelkur City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6 plus £1/£1.50 booking fee. Icelandic contemporary music ensemble.
Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Will Pickvance (piano) and guests play classical favourites and new material. Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra Morningside United Church, 15 Chamberlain Rd, 447 8724. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives Op 85 with a chorus of singers from across the city. Thursday 5
Glasgow Xuefei Yang Westbourne Music, 7 West George St, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; children £4). Recital by guitar virtuoso. BBC SSO: Shostakovich’s Fifth and Prokofiev Piano Concerto 5 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23. Martinu’s Memorial to Lidice, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 5, featuring Denis Kozhuhkin, and Shostakovich’s provocative and disturbing Symphony No 5. Ludovic Morlot conducts.
Friday 6 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra Morningside United Church, 15 Chamberlain Rd, 447 8724. 7.30pm. Good Friday performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
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Scottish Opera: The Rake’s Progress World renowned opera director David McVicar returns to his native Scotland for his first staging of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, putting human frailty at its heart. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 29 & Sat 31 Mar.
Pass the Spoon It’s a sort of opera about cookery, which was a huge hit with audiences and critics during its sell-out run at Glasgow’s Tramway last year. There are actors, singers, giant puppets, music and at least your five a day of fruit and veg in composer David Fennessy’s collaboration with visual artist/librettist David Shrigley. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 26-Sat 28 Apr.
RSNO: Järvi Conducts Sibelius One It’s always a special occasion when Neeme Järvi returns to the RSNO. This time, he brings a forgotten Scottish treasure written in France by Borders-born composer Sir John Blackwood McEwen. And Järvi’s version of Sibelius’ First Symphony should be mind-blowing stuff. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Apr; Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sat 29 Apr.
Saturday 7
Glasgow Inconsistent Whisper The Arches, 253 Argyle St, 565 1000. 4pm. £3. Performance installation by Glasgow- based artist Torsten Lauschmann and Red Note Ensemble. Part of Behaviour. Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Spring Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £15 (£12; students £5; children £2). Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with soloist Philip Higham, and Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, 113 years old but still enigmatic. Garry Walker conducts. Edinburgh FREE David Goodenough St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Rd, 229 1142. 1.30pm. Organ recital.
Sunday 8
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle St, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. See Sun 1. Edinburgh Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Spring Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15 (£12; students £5; children £2). See Sat 7.
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