MUSIC | Classical
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Pires plays Mozart City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£29 (£5–£27; under 16s free). See Thu 15. Sven Werner: Tales of Magical Realism Part 2 Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm & 9.30pm. £12 (£8 concessions; £9 full price advance tickets; £6 concession advance tickets). See Thu 15. Edinburgh FREE Nicholas Wearne Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Organ recital. Cadenza: An Evening of Christmas Words and Music St Peter’s Church, Lutton Place. 7pm. Entry free with optional donation to Waverley Care. Christmas music. Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50 (£10–£71.50). Acclaimed steampunk staging of Mozart’s classic tale of the search for love, wisdom and, you know, stuff. Ekhart Wycik conducts. Sung in English. RSNO Naked Classics: Symphonie Fantastique Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10 (£5; under 16s free). Paul Rissmann introduces Berlioz’s celebrated bad trip and Thomas Søndergård conducts it.
Saturday 17
Glasgow 33 1/3: Bluebeard Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £9 seven day advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 15. Alexandre Tharaud Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12. Young French pianist plays Scarlatti, Ravel, Mahler and Beethoven’s Appassionata. RSNO Naked Classics: Symphonie Fantastique Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10 (£5; under 16s free). Sven Werner: Tales of Magical Realism Part 2 Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm & 9.30pm. £12 (£8 concessions; £9 full price advance tickets; £6 concession advance tickets). See Fri 16. Edinburgh Calton Consort: Translated Daughters Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10. James MacMillan’s Strathclyde Motets, Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia, Tavener’s Song for Athene and Arnold Bax’s Mater ora filium. Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Stravinsky & Bruckner St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £16 (£13.50; students £5). Stravinsky’s Mass and Bruckner’s Mass
No 2 in E Minor with the RCS Winds, conducted by Michael Bawtree. Edinburgh University String Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Will Conway conducts Britten and Suk.
Sunday 18
Glasgow 33 1/3: Bluebeard Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 2.30pm & 4pm. £9 seven day advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 15. Caird Trust Fundraising Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 3pm. £25. Hosted by Jamie MacDougall and featuring Ian Burnside, Kate Valentine and others. FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle St, 276 9599. 3pm. See Thu 15. Oxana Shevchenko City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £10. Kazakh pianist plays JS Bach’s French Suite No 3, Chopin’s Sonata Op 58 No 3 and Stravinsky’s Movements from ‘Petrushka’. Sven Werner: Tales of Magical Realism Part 2 Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm & 5.30pm. £12 (£8 concessions; £9 full price advance tickets; £6 concession advance tickets). See Thu 15. Richard Goode plays Beethoven City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5pm. £10–£20. The last three piano sonatas, Op 109, Op 110 and Op 111, with the Op 119 Bagatelles. Edinburgh Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 4pm. £17.50– £74.50 (£10–£71.50). See Fri 16. FREE St Giles’ at Six: Capital Concert Band – A Scottish Celebration St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Community wind band.
Monday 19
Glasgow Song Studio: The Seasons’ Wheel Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). A programme of songs celebrating the cycle of the seasons. Red Note: Noisy Nights City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. Free but ticketed. A chance to hear new music in an informal setting. Edinburgh Wotan’s Journey & The Narrations of Gurnemanz St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 7.30pm. £18 (students & under 26s £9). Sir John Tomlinson performs Wagner with Lionel Friend (piano).
Tuesday 20
Glasgow FREE Chapel Choir Concert: Christ the King Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 6–7pm. Choral concert featuring motets by Marenzio and Palestrina, and Walton’s Coronation Te Deum. Dan Tepfer: Goldberg Variations City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Acclaimed NYC pianist and composer plays (and improvises around) Bach. Edinburgh FREE Performances by Edinburgh University Music Students Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Student recital. Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50 (£10–£71.50). See Fri 16. Midlothian Schools Festival of Music Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9 (£5). Student case.
Wednesday 21 Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Will Pickvance (piano) and guests play classical favourites and new material. Royal Marines Band Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£16. Light classical music.
Thursday 22 Edinburgh Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50 (£10–£71.50). See Fri 16. Red Note: The Intoxicating Rose Garden Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£6–£11.50). Sally Beamish’s settings of Hafez performed by Michael Popper, with video by Laurie Irvine inspired by Lila Peacock’s illustrations, and Iranian setar player Anoosh Jahanshahi. Scottish Opera: La Traviata Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14 (under 26s £5). Verdi’s story of the doomed courtesan.
Friday 23
Glasgow ✽ Brodsky Quartet at 40: Wheel of 4Tunes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). The Quartet lets the wheel choose the programme! Nyman and Glass at the Piano City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£20 (£8–£18). Nyman’s Piano Concerto and Glass’s The Hours,
performed by Alasdair Beatson with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Edinburgh FREE Roxburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Movements from JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Dunedin Consort: Battle-Cantatas for the feast of St Michael the Archangel The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9.50– £22. JS Bach’s E Major Violin Concerto, Cantata 19 and Cantata 149, together with Zelenka’s Laudate puer domini. John Butt directs. Edinburgh University Music Society Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk. com 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Russell Cowieson conducts Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen, with soloist Douglas Nairn, and then Symphony No 1. RSNO: Also Sprach Zarathustra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). Prokofiev’s Selections from ‘Cinderella’, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 23 K488, featuring Saleem Abboud Ashkar, and Richard Strauss’ epic tone poem. Kazushi Ono conducts.
Saturday 24
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £3. Young musicians in recital.
✽ Daniil Trifonov City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12– £15. Romantic piano classics: Scriabin’s Sonata No 2 Op 19, Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor and Chopin’s 4 Preludes Op 28. Fires of Love St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 7.30–10pm. £10 (£7). Scottish music of the Renaissance. Music in the University: Kelvin Ensemble Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, 339 8697. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Brahms. Oliver Rundell conducts. RSNO: Also Sprach Zarathustra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). See Fri 23.
Edinburgh Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50 (£10–£71.50). See Fri 16. Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Michael Graham conducts Glinka, Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky. Meadows Chamber Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.45–10.30pm. £11
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100 THE LIST 15 Nov–13 Dec 2012