MUSIC | Classical Monday 3
Glasgow Singers from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1pm. £5–£25. Early Renaissance vocal works from between 1450 and 1550. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Alasdair Beatson, Alexander Janiczek and Philip Higham Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Schubert’s Piano Trio D929. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Alba Brass & John Wallace Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Works by Ewald, Quigley and Bohme. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right.
Tuesday 4
Glasgow Concerto Caledonia Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1pm. £5. Works written between 1550 and 1650 for fiddle, lyra d’amore and harpsichord. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Jatsszuk Ensemble Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Chamber works by Spedding, Rozsa and Suk. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Daniel’s Beard Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Chamber works by Hindemith, Martinu and Khachaturian. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Edinburgh FREE Andrew Caskie Palmerston Place Church, 12 Palmerston Place, 220 1690. 7.30pm. Organ recital.
Wednesday 5 Glasgow Mark Bailey & John Kitchen Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1pm. £5–£25. Sonatas for cello and keyboard by JS Bach. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Athenaeum Winds Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Works for wind by Ligeti, Ravel Jim Parker. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right. Red Note Ensemble Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Music by students of the RCS composition department. Glasgow String Quartet Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. RSNO principals play Janacek and Shostakovich. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, right.
Thursday 6
Glasgow Concerto Caledonia Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Baroque virtuoso Rachel Podger (violin) sits in for suites and fantasias by Purcell and music by Locke and Matteis. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, above. Jean Johnson & Steven Osborne Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Music for clarinet and piano by Brahms and Schumann. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, above. Edinburgh The Art of the Lied St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. £5. Young musicians perform songs and lieder. Admission is free to Friends of
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the golden age of variety. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Kapten Trio Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Kristi Kapten, Rachel Spencer and Duncan Strachan play works by Boyle, Tulve and Shostakovich. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Bedlam Baroque Cottier’s, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 5825. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Historically-informed performances of Telemann. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Edinburgh RSNO Chamber Series: Classical Strings Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 2.30pm. £12. Chamber works by Wolf and Schubert. Glasgow Chamber Choir Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 4pm. £10 (£8). See Sat 8. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Russkaya Cappella performs Russian choral works.
Monday 10 Glasgow BBC SSO Brass Quintet Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Brass works by Scheidt, Plog, Parker and Arnold. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left.
Tuesday 11
Glasgow Daniel’s Beard Winds Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1pm. £5. Pieces for wind by Amy Beach, Villa-Lobos, Barber and Holst. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Daniel’s Beard Cottier’s, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 5825. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Piano trios by Schnittke and Brahms. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left.
Edinburgh Love Music Community Choir Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7–9pm. £5. See Tue 21. Wednesday 12
Glasgow Jamie McDougall, Angel Padilla and Matthew McAllister Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Jamie McDougall (tenor), Matthew McAllister (guitar) and Angel Padilla (harp) play Scottish and Mexican songs and folksong arrangements by Britten. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Mr McFall’s Chamber with Valentina Montoya Martinez Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Tangos and South American songs. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left.
Thursday 13
Glasgow Scottish Ensemble The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Chamber works by Wolf, Richard Strauss and Brahms. Daniel’s Beard Cottiers Theatre, 93– 95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Works by Kirchner, Stringer and Richard Strauss. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, left. Edinburgh Edinburgh College Annual Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Student showcase.
WEST END FESTIVAL CONCERTS COTTIER CHAMBER PROJECT Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 31 May–14 Jun
Sometimes described as ‘the music of friends’, chamber music usually brings to mind small scale and intimate. No doubt that’s the case with individual performances in this year’s Cottier Chamber Project, but otherwise we’re talking big. Now in its third year, the event has quickly gathered momentum to stake a claim for being the UK’s largest chamber music festival, with 29 groups staging 38 events in Glasgow during the first half of June. ‘Four years ago, we did a pilot as a bit of an experiment,’ says artistic
director Andy Saunders. The result was clearly positive, and the event has grown in popularity both with the Scottish based chamber ensembles taking part and their audiences. There is a huge variety within the groups participating, from string quartets to more unusual, even odd, combinations of instruments, including a trio involving three wineglasses. Of particular note is the Pavel Haas Quartet (pictured), who open the series with a special weekend, bidding adieu to their Glasgow residency over the past three years.
‘The lunchtime series at the University of Glasgow is also really interesting,’ says Saunders, ‘as in its chronological sweep, each concert has a 100 years snapshot allocated to it.’ Although horn player Saunders will be performing in the Project with his own ensemble, Daniel’s Beard, the draw of other concerts is irresistible. ‘There’s something I’d quite like to go to every night. The Red Note gig, for instance, is going to be completely bonkers. It’s sort of improvised West End musicals, with audience suggestions for plot-lines.’ Based in the stunning Cottier Theatre, with its newly restored interior
decoration, the concerts are around one hour in length and feature an intriguing mix of popular, unusual and unjustly neglected music performed by many of Scotland’s favourite chamber ensembles. (Carol Main) ■ See cottierchamberproject.com or westendfestival.co.uk for info.
the Music of St Giles’ Cathedral. Friday 7
Glasgow Daniel’s Beard Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £7–£25. Chamber works by Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, above. Red Note Ensemble Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £7–£25. Red Note Ensemble, musical director Brian Irvine and a singing cast make improvised theatre. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, above.
Saturday 8 Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3.45pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 18. Glasgow Chamber Choir Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, 334 2788. 7pm. Entry by donation. Choral pieces by Barber, Thompson, Busch, Whitacre, Shearing and Lauridsen. Part of West End Festival.
Edinburgh ✽ Aleksander Kudajczyk St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street,
229 7565. 6.30–9pm. £10 (children free). Pieces by Chopin for solo piano.
Chapter House Singers St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 7.30pm. £10. Choral works by Brahms, Elgar and Shostakovich. With guest soloists. Les Shankland conducts. Edinburgh Bach Choir St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £14 (£12; students £5; children free). Choral works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, conducted by Neil Mantle. With guest soloists. Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, sco.org.uk 7.30pm. £12 (£8). Gregory Batsleer conducts choral works by Bernstein, Lauridsen, MacMillan and Pärt, along with organ music by Bach and Messiaen. With guest soloists
✽ Scottish Ensemble: Quartets Squared The Queen’s Hall,
87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (students £5; under 15s free if accompanied by a full-paying adult). Quartet works by Martin Suckling, Shostakovich and Britten. Sospiro and Scottish Chamber Choir: Mass in B Minor Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10 (students £5; under 18s free). Young baroque ensemble takes on Bach’s enormous mass.
Sunday 9 Glasgow Gordon Cree Trio Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 4.30pm. £7–£25. Gordon Cree channels