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(£9; students £5; children £1). James Lowe conducts works by Larsson, Finzi, Spence, Smith and Mendelssohn, with guest soloist Scott Lygate. Edinburgh University Chamber Choir Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 8pm. £8 (£5). Eric von Ibler conducts Palestrina’s Missa ‘Aeterna Christi Munera’ and works by Naylor, Stanford, Leighton and Whitacre.
Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. £tbc. Composed and improvised music. Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Wed 21.
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Sunday 25
Glasgow Alasdair Beatson City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £10 (£8). Piano recital: Mozart’s 0 Variations in G; Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and Liszt’s arrangements of Schubert and Schumann. Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Schubert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£20. Russian virtuoso plays three Schubert sonatas, D958, D959 and D960. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3pm. £12 (£5–£10). Beethoven’s Sextet, Seiber’s Serenade, Weber’s Adagio and Rondo and Mozart’s Serenade K378. Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1 with soloist Viv McLean, then Symphony No 7. David Watkin and Chris George conduct. Scottish Sinfonia St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.45pm. £12 (£10; schoolchildren free.). Sibelius’ Karelia Suite, Grieg’s Piano Concerto with soloist Robin Hutt, and Nielsen’s Symphony No 5. Neil Mantle conducts.
Monday 26
Glasgow String Department Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Student musicians. Edinburgh Pacifica Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87– 89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12– £21. Haydn’s Op 76/4, Shostakovich’s No 2 Op 68 and Beethoven’s Op 132.
Tuesday 27 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Haydn’s Op 33 No 5 and Britten’s Divertimenti.
Wednesday 28 Glasgow GU Contemporary Music Ensemble Glasgow University
Glasgow FREE Music in the University: Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Lunchtime arias with Katie Grosset (mezzo-soprano), Rónan Busfield (tenor) and Andrew McTaggart (baritone). BBC SSO: Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Rodrigo’s Concerto d’Aranjuez, plus Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonica and Symphony No 41, and John Maxwell Geddes’ Ombre. Andrew Manze conducts, with guest soloist Sean Shibe. Edinburgh FREE Royal Norwegian Advent Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 7pm. Seasonal concert. FREE Edinburgh University Composers’ Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. New works. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Choral Romance The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£29 (£5–£27; under 16s free). Works by Schumann and Brahms. Olari Elts conducts, with baritone Markus Werba and the SCO Chorus.
Friday 30
Glasgow Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Beethoven’s Wind Sextet, Weber’s Adagio and Rondo and Mozart’s Serenade in E Flat K375. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Choral Romance City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13–£27 (£5–£25; under 16s free). See Thu 29. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Quartet Heriot- Watt University Union, Riccarton, 451 5333. 12.30pm. Britten’s Quartet No 1. Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Neil Metcalfe conducts Poulenc and Gardner. Edinburgh University Wind Band Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Morven Bell conducts.
Saturday 1
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £3. See Sat 24. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Choir/Sospiro: Messiah Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10 (students £5; under 18s free). The oratorio that (everyone) keeps on giving.
Sunday 2
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See Thu 15. FREE Glasgow Madrigirls: Advent Service by Candlelight Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. Annual choral service. Edinburgh Edinburgh University Female Voice Choir Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.30pm. £6 (£4). Choral concert. FREE Edinburgh Napier University Chamber Ensembles St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Vocal and instrumental chamber music. Open Orchestra Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Works by Dvorçk, Haydn and Elizabeth Cone.
Monday 3
Glasgow Flute Department: Remembering David Nicholson Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6 (£4). Concert in memory of late RSAMD flute teacher. Edinburgh FREE St Mary’s Music School Rush Hour Chamber Music Concert St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, 225 7001. 6pm. Young musicians in recital.
Tuesday 4
Glasgow Scottish Ensemble: Variations Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £13. Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s arrangement of Bach’s amazing Goldberg Variations, plus Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Edinburgh Pure Brass Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 11am. £3 (free for students and schools). Seasonal music, classical pieces and contemporary tunes.
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✽ Brodsky Quartet at 40: Wheel of 4Tunes Top notch string quartet who come armed with piles of scores so that they are prepared to play anything the wheel of great string quartet fortune might come up with for them. They’ll be joined on stage by an audience member to do the spinning. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, Fri 23 Nov.
✽ Simon Thacker’s Svara- Kanti (pictured, above)
Indian/Western fusion formed by classical guitarist Simon Thacker in a highly ambitious intercultural programme with new music by Nigel Osborne, American pioneer Terry Riley and arguably India’s greatest composer, Shirish Korde. Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Sun 25 Nov (see Folk listings).
✽ Daniil Trifonov As part of Glasgow’s celebration
of exceptional pianistic performances – The Piano 2012 – the young Russian pianist, who has scooped up prize after prize in the international music world’s prestigious competitions, plays a Romantic programme of Scriabin, Liszt and Chopin’s 24 Preludes. City Halls, Glasgow, Sat 24 Nov. (Carol Main)
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