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CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 26
Glasgow Plug 7: Plug Postludes Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Part of a week of exploratory music-making. Plug 8: Music Lab – The Return of Volkov Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Ilan Volkov conducts MusicLab in a concert of new music. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Flercussion Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6pm. Jo Ashcroft (flute) and Calum Huggan (percussion) play music inspired by the Red Chalk exhibition. Pass the Spoon Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 7.30pm. £15–£17 (£6–£13). Foodie opera from artist David Shrigley, composer David Fennessy and the Red Note Ensemble. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Benedetti – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9.50–£28. Scotland’s favourite violinist plays everyone’s favourite work by Vivaldi, plus Gluck and Rameau.
Friday 27
Glasgow Plug 9: Red Note and Richard Ayres Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). A celebration of the contemporary English composer. Glasgow Phoenix Choir Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8–£15. Choral recital. Plug 10: Film Plug Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). A meeting of music and film. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Benedetti – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£26 (£10–£24; children/students/unemployed £5). See Thu 26. Gusztáv Fenyo: Vienna Series St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, 339 2708. 8pm. £12 (£10/£5). Schubert’s magnificent Sonata in B Flat Major D960. Edinburgh Pass the Spoon Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 7.30pm. £15–£17 (£6–£13). See Thu 26. RSNO: Naked Classics – A Scottish Symphony Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10. Adrian Prabava conducts Mendelssohn.
Saturday 28 Glasgow Plug Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 26. FREE BBC SSO: Hear and Now – Richard Ayres City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. Music by Ayres, and UK premieres by Marko Nikodijevic and Laurence Crane. RSNO: Naked Classics – A Scottish Symphony Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£34. See Fri 27. Dunedin Consort: Monteverdi’s Vespers Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 8pm. £15–£17.50. Site-specific performance.
Edinburgh Pass the Spoon Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £15–£17 (£6–£13). See Thu 26.
supposedly a sound picture of Beethoven’s chronic indigestion. Friday 4
Glasgow Pierrot Lunaire at 100 Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Arnold Schoenberg’s 1912 melodrama. FREE In Tune with the BBC SSO Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4.30pm. Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss and Elgar for BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Scottish Opera: Tosca Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9.50–£67. Puccini’s merry tale of political oppression, betrayal, torture, murder and suicide. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Biss Plays Mozart City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£26 (seniors £10–£24; children, students & unemployed £5). See Thu 3. Edinburgh FREE Giuseppe Lupis St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Lunchtime piano recital. RSNO: Denève Conducts Rite of Spring Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11–£34. Stravinsky, Barber and Debussy.
Saturday 5 Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Percussion Extravaganza Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3.30pm. £7 (£5). Young percussionists. Junior Conservatoire Chamber Music Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £4 (£3). Student recital. Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: I
Sunday 29
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. Sunday promenade concerts. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: Aquillos Ensemble St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Hindemith’s elegant and witty Kleine Kammermusik.
Monday 30 Glasgow Woodwind – part of Buffet Crampon Clarinet Days Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Recital. David James Brass Prize for French Horn Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 5.30pm. £4 (£3). Student horn players.
Tuesday 1
Glasgow Royal Marines Band Diamond Jubilee Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16 (£14). Brassy favourites for Her Majesty. All proceeds go to Seafarers UK. Piano Trio CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £5 (£3). David Fennessy’s Piano Trio with video works. Edinburgh Paul Hale St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Broughton Street, 556 1798. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Organ works by Handel, JS Bach, Rathbone, Franck, Jongen and Guilmant.
Wednesday 2
Glasgow Concerto Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £13.50 (£11). Student soloists. sound lab presents Kjuregej City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Alexandra Argunova, aka Kjuregej, sings Siberian and Icelandic songs. Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Will Pickvance (piano) and guests play classical favourites.
Thursday 3
Glasgow Edinburgh Quartet Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; children £4). Beethoven’s Quartet in A Minor Op 132. Mabel Glover String Quartet Prize Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6.30pm. £4 (£3). Student string quartets compete. Robert Black: Hanne Darboven Op 17a City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £6. Avant garde contrabass with unconventional score. Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Composers’ Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. New works from student composers. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Biss Plays Mozart The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9.50–£28. Dvorák’s lyrical Czech Suite, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20 K 466 with soloist Jonathan Biss and Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 with a turbulent final movement that’s
ROCK&POP Music
Norton Glue Factory, 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill, 7pm. £tbc. Gino Robair’s improvised opera about the self-styled Emperor of the United Sates Norton I. RSNO: Denève Conducts Rite of Spring Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£34. See Fri 4. Edinburgh FREE Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Choir recital. FREE Ian Ball St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 1.30pm. Organ.
Sunday 6
Glasgow Chamber Recital: Runnicles and Friends City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £7.50. Donald Runnicles (piano) plays Beethoven and Schumann. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See Sun 29. Scottish Opera: Tosca Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 4pm. £8.50–£67. See Fri 4. Edinburgh Dunedin Consort: Brandenburg Series III The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9.50–£22 (£8–£20; children & students £8). Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 2 is followed by the Cantata BWV 174.
Monday 7 Glasgow BBC SSO: Runnicles Weekend Closing Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23. Donald Runnicles conducts Golijov’s Mariel and Bruckner’s Symphony No 7.
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