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noon, 4.45pm & 6pm. See Mon 6. ■ Piobaireachd The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. See Mon 6. FREE Pipe Up! The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. A talk on English bagpiping. FREE House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band College of Piping, 16–24 Otago Street, 334 3587. 1pm. Scottish pipers. ■ Jack Lee The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £6 (£4). From Canada, Lee has achieved success as a soloist and as a teacher. Part of Piping Live! FREE Pipes + Drums The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. Pipes|Drums present two hours of duet recitals duets from pipe majors and lead drummers. ■ A Drop of the Gold Stuff George Square, 353 8000. 1.45pm. £6 (£4). See Mon 6. FREE Music of The Nations George Square, 353 8000. 1.45pm. See Mon 6. FREE Scots Guards Volume 3 Book Launch The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Brigadier Nickerson hosts the launch of this third volume with live music from Pipe Major Jimmy Banks, Major (ret) Gavin Stoddart. FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. See Mon 6. FREE Pipe Up! with Fiona Dunn The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4pm. Discussing ‘Minority Language Planning and Policy: Developing Scottish Gaelic in the University of Glasgow’. FREE Toronto Police Pipe Band George Square, 353 8000. 4.15pm. Celebrating their 100th anniversary. ■ Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50 (£17.50). Celebrating their 40th anniversary. ■ Breabach, Kathleen MacInnes & Friends The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). A mix of piping and Gaelic song. ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Mon 6.
Thursday 9 Glasgow ■ Glaschu nan Gaidheal Bus Tour An Leanag, 22 Mansfield Street, pipingfestival.co.uk 10am. £12.50. A bilingual tour learning about the ‘Gaels in Glasgow’. FREE CLASP Competition Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 353 0220. 10.30am. See Wed 8. ■ Come And Try: Bagpipes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am–2.30pm. £2. See Mon 6. FREE Piping in the Square George Square, pipinglive.co.uk 11am, noon, 1pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm. See Mon 6. FREE Live Music At The Street Café The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon, 1pm, 4.45pm & 6pm. See Mon 6. FREE Pipe Up! The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. Fred Freeman leads today’s talk. FREE Study Piping in Scotland The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. A Q&A session looking at opportunities to study full-time, part- time or post grad.
■ Simon McKerrell The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £6 (£4). Traditional and contemporary Scottish and Irish music. FREE Come & Try: Irish Gaelic The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. Get a basic introduction to Irish Gaelic. Part of Piping Live! ■ A Drop of the Gold Stuff George Square, 353 8000. 1.45pm. £6 (£4). See Mon 6. FREE Music of The Nations George Square, 353 8000. 1.45pm. See Mon 6. FREE Clan MacLean Quaich & Book Launch The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Callum Beaumont, Bruce Gandy, Allan MacDonald and Brian Donaldson compete for the inaugural Clan MacLean Quaich to celebrate their book launch. FREE Craig Munro The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Solo show from the St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band and Red Hot Chilli Pipers member. ■ Piobaireachd The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. See Mon 6. FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. See Mon 6. FREE Pipe Up! with Professor Hugh Cheape The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4pm. A bilingual talk entitled ‘Clann Ruairi: Re-visiting the Mackays of Raasay’. FREE Sutor Creek The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.15pm. West coast pipe music from Angus Nicolson, Lauren MacColl and Ewan MacPherson. FREE The World Pipe Band Championships present . . . George Square, 353 8000. 5pm. See Tue 7. ■ Pipes of Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.15pm. £18.50. Featuring current world champions Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band alongside Celtic Spirit and Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. ■ Blazin’ Fiddles and Tejedor Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Since starting off as individual fiddlers in a showcase tour, Blazin’ Fiddles have grown into a fully-fledged fiddler super group with a worldwide following. ■ Taigh Ceilidh Ghlaschu Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, 337 3313. 7.30pm. £2 (£1; students £1). See Thu 2. ■ University of Strathclyde Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7.30pm. £12. Featuring Chris Armstrong, Angus MacColl, Niall Stewart and Gordon Walker. ‘Part of Piping Live!’ ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Mon 6.
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 2 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals, daily Mon–Sat, and followed by a tour of the organ on Fri. National Youth Orchestra of
CLASSICAL Music
Scotland Summer Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50–£19.50. Tecwyn Evans wields the baton for this feast of youthful musical talent as the NYOS gets ready for an appearance at the BBC Proms in London. Nicola Benedetti performs Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy alongside Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger and Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
Friday 3
Edinburgh A Beijing Night with the Chinese Three Tenors Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15–£35. Martin Yates conducts three of China’s top tenor voices, performing with the RSNO. Traditional opera repertoire from Rigoletto, Pagliacci and Tosca sits alongside some less well known Chinese pieces.
Saturday 4 Peebles Mr McFall’s Chamber: Baltic Music Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £14. Intrepid musical explorers Mr McFall’s Chamber travel to the Baltic States, encountering works by Pärt and Sibelius, Estonian ex-prog-rocker Erkki-Sven Tuur, and the little-known Finnish tango tradition.
Sunday 5
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday afternoon concert with John Willmett. Milngavie FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallion Road, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform each Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden.
Tuesday 7
Glasgow CincoSax Saxophone Quintet City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11. Versatile young saxophone quintet performing an eclectic programme of music from Bach to Nestico in new arrangements. Wednesday 8
Arbroath String Orchestra Musica Iuvenalis The Webster Theatre, 64 High Street, 01224 213800. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Performance from a widely-travelled string orchestra made up of high school and university students from Slovakia. Part of Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland with Nicola Benedetti
As excitement mounts prior to their appearance at the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, the young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland are joined by their Patron and violin prodigy Nicola Benedetti, who made her own Proms debut only two years ago. Under the direction of New Zealand born conductor, Tecwyn Evans, Benedetti is soloist in Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, originally written for legendary virtuoso Sarasate. ■ NYOS, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Thu 2 Aug. 2–9 Aug 2012 THE LIST 123