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Glasgow Special Recital: Idil Biret Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Recital by Turkish keyboard maestro. Governors’ Recital Prize for Percussion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6pm. £4 (£3). Percussion students’ recital.
Tuesday 15
Glasgow Baroque Ensemble Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Students play on period instruments. Wednesday 16
Glasgow Tony and Tania Webster Prize for Keyboard Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 10am. £4 (£3). Music from the Russian repertoire in this prestigious competition. Essence of Beauty: Italian Art Concerts Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 6.30pm. £12. Singer Renata Fusco is accompanied by Massimo Lonardi (lute) and Maurizio Piantelli (bass lute). RCS String Department Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). String students.
Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Wed 2. Thursday 17
Glasgow Governors’ Recital Prize for Chamber Music Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 11am. £4 (£3). Student prize. Duende Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; children £4). Flute/guitar duo plays works by Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla. BBC SSO: Afternoon Performance: Stravinsky and the Piano City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £9 on day, £7 in advance. Ilan Volkov conducts and Steven Osborne is the soloist in pieces by Stravinsky and Chopin. James Clark Leadership Course Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Students play works by Mendelssohn and Debussy. Edinburgh FREE Gothenburg University School of Music & Drama Chamber Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Recital by Swedish music students. FREE Kantorei Prenzlau St Giles’
Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 3pm. Recital by the choir of St Mary’s Church in Prenzlau, Germany. Friday 18
Glasgow Bisengaliev: The Virtuoso Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Kazakh violin virtuoso in recital, with accompanist Fali Pavri. Gusztáv Fenyo: Vienna Series St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, 339 2708. 8pm. £12 (£10/£5). Pianist Fenyo plays Beethoven’s Eroica Variations Op 35. Edinburgh FREE St Tomas Chamber Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Recital by Stockholm choir.
Saturday 19
Edinburgh Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.30pm. £10 (£7; children £3). Amateur orchestra plays Ives, Copland and Dvorák. Sospiro: The German Baroque Loretto School, Linkfield Road, Musselburgh. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). JS Bach, Buxtehude and Handel.
Sunday 20
Glasgow Scottish Cinema Organ Trust Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, 632 5811. 2.45pm. £7 (members £6). Organ recital by Donald MacKenzie of London’s Odeon Leicester Square. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See Sun 29. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: William Jewell College Concert Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Missouri college choir sings Byrd, Tallis, Bairstow, Rutter and others.
Monday 21
Glasgow Song Studio: Animal Magic – A Natural History Programme Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Classical songs about animals. Essence of Beauty: Italian Art Concerts Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 6.30pm. £12. Music for chamber orchestra by Puccini, Verdi and Rota. Edinburgh FREE University of Wisconsin- Stout Alumni Choir St Giles’ Cathedral,
ROCK&POP Music
Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Recital by choir of former UW-Stout students. HITLIST
Tuesday 22 THE BEST CLASSICAL & OPERA
Glasgow Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 11am. £4 (£3). Senior singing students. RCS: The Threepenny Opera Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Students perform Weill and Brecht. Edinburgh FREE David Hamilton Palmerston Place Church, 12 Palmerston Place, 220 1690. 7.30pm. Organ recital.
Wednesday 23
Glasgow Jean Highgate Scholarship for Singing Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 11am. £4 (£3). Student recital. RCS: The Threepenny Opera Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). See Tue 22. Edinburgh FREE Final Year BMus Recitals Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. Times tbc. Student recitals. FREE Anthony Hewitt: The Olympianist The Mound, olympianist.com 1pm. Hewitt is cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats, playing 23 concerts along the way. Programme includes works by Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven and Rachmaninov, plus a specially commissioned Piano Cycle by Steven Goss. For this concert, he performs from his customised BeethoVan (yup, it’s a van with a piano in it). FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Wed 2. Carmen Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 248 4848. 7.15pm. £10–£28. Edinburgh Grand Opera brings the heat and passion of 19th century Seville in Bizet’s classic. Scottish Opera: Tosca Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£67.50. See Fri 4. Anthony Hewitt: The Olympianist Oval Hall, Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, tickets on the door, see olympianist.com for more info. 7.30pm. £12. See above.
Thursday 24 Glasgow BBC SSO: Glass at 75 – Symphony No 6 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 plus booking fee. The UK premiere of Philip Glass’ Symphony No 6, plus Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration.
RSNO: Au Revoir Stéphane It’s Stéphane Denève’s last concert as RSNO music director. His final programme includes James MacMillan, Ravel and Richard Strauss. Goodbye Stéphane – we shall miss you! Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 11 May; Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 12 May.
Pass the Spoon David Shrigley and David Fennessy create a sort of opera about cookery with actors, singers, giant puppets, music and at least your five- a-day of fruit and veg. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 26–Sat 28 Apr.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Benedetti – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Nicola Benedetti (pictured) plays Italian baroque concertos and sonatas. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 26 Apr; City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 27 Apr.
RCS: The Threepenny Opera Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). See Tue 22. Edinburgh FREE Final Year BMus Recitals Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. Times tbc. See Wed 23. FREE Live Music Now: Sweet Harmony Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6pm. Debussy, Purcell, Ivor Novello and Delibes. Carmen Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 248 4848. 7.15pm. £10–£28. See Wed 23.
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