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Band teams up with Glasgow psych folk ensemble Trembling Bells. With Shelagh McDonald. See preview, page 91. ■ Vagabond Social Club The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8–11.30pm. £4. Alt-acoustic/Americana night with a different line-up each time. Stirling ■ Sarah MacNeil Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Harpist who plays traditional Celtic pieces. Expect a variety of modern compositions, songs and traditional melodies performed by an exciting line up of musicians.
Monday 5 Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. See Mon 15.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow ■ Barluath The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £8. The five piece band includes a variety of instruments such as pipes, flute, fiddle, mandolin, whistle and vocals. Auchtermuchty ■ Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, 01337 860482. Times vary. Traditional music and folk are the focusses of this festival, which offers ceilidhs, concerts, dances, competitions and workshops with a line-up of prestigious guests and local, up-and- coming talent. Informal sessions allow visitors and musicians of all abilities to join in, so bring along your instrument of choice.
Monday 12
Glasgow ■ The Master’s Solo Piping Competition The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10am & 5pm. £6 (£4; both £10 (£6)). The piping fest begins with this solo competition, which is now a qualifier for the Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship. The Piobaireachd starts at 10am while the March Strathspey and Reel competition begins at 5pm (separate tickets are required for each event). Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87. ■ Come & Try: Bagpipes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am–2.30pm. £2. A basic introduction to playing the bagpipes, come and try this traditional iconic instrument. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow ■ Alasdair Roberts The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £9. The singer-songwriter and guitarist from Callander performs folk. ■ International Quartet Competition Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£12.50). Four man pipe teams compete to impress ten judges hidden amongst the audience. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87.
Wednesday 14 Glasgow ■ Pipes & Strings Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£12.50). An evening of music from Canada, Scotland and Galicia featuring pipes, fiddle and piano trio Andrea Beaton, Matt McIsaac and Troy MacGillivray; piper Finlay MacDonald and Shetland fiddler Chris Stout and mix of folk and world music from Bellon Maceiras.
Thursday 15 Glasgow ■ Pipes of Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.15pm. £18.50. Top pipe bands from around the world featuring Scottish Power Pipe Band, The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band and New York Metro Pipe Band. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87. ■ Gaels & Gracenotes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£12.50). Gaelic music concert featuring vocalist Julie Fowlis, the Armagh Pipers and James Mackenzie (Breabach). Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87.
Friday 16
Glasgow ■ Friday Night Folk Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£12.50). A modern take on folk and pipes with Angus MacKenzie (pipes/whistle) and Ross Martin (guitar) in a new quartet with Yann-Fanch Kemener (vocals) and Arnaud Ciapolino (wooden flute); Niall & Cillian Vallely and Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87.
Dunfermline ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £18 (£17). With over two decades of performing together behind them, the fiddle and accordion duo continue to set the standard. Innerleithen ■ Innerleithen Music Festival Innerleithen, 01721 725777. Times vary. Prices vary. An established Celtic music festival that augments its line-up of local musicians, sessions, traditional singing, street events and workshops with international stars, who in the past have included Barbara Dickson, Capercaillie, Eddi Reader, Dougie MacLean and Battlefield Band.
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Thursday 11
Glasgow NYOS Senior Orchestra City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £12. James Lowe conducts Tormis’ Overture 2, Pärt’s Cantus in Memoriam Britten, Lutoslawski’s Little Suite and Dvorák’s Symphony No 6. St Bride’s International Organ Series St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, stbride.org.uk 8pm. £7.50 including wine. Organ recital by Simon Harden of Frankfurt, Germany.
Edinburgh #OperaCo: Don Giovanni The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 220 1677. 7.30–9.30pm. £12 (£10). Mozart’s tale of a compulsive seducer. Oban Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Wind and Brass Tour St John’s Cathedral, George Street, sco.org.uk 8pm. £12 (seniors £10). Music for wind and brass by Beethoven, d’Indy, Haydn and Dvorak.
Friday 12 Isle of Mull Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Wind and Brass Tour Mull Theatre, Druimfin, Tobermory, 01688 302828. 8pm. £5–£12. See Thu 11.
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Glasgow ■ World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, theworlds.co.uk Times vary. Weekend £18–£20 (£10–£15, family £40–£42); one day £11–£14 (£6–£9; family £25–£28). The best pipe bands from all over the world, featuring 8,000 pipers and drummers, compete for the most prestigious prizes and the coveted World Champion crown. As well as the music, a dedicated children’s zone, gourmet food and Highland games add to the day out. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87. Motherwell ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 403120. 7.30pm. £19 (£17). See Fri 16.
Sunday 18
Glasgow ■ World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, theworlds.co.uk Times vary. Weekend £18–£20 (£10–£15, family £40–£42); one day £11–£14 (£6–£9; family £25–£28). See Sat 17. Part of Piping Live! – win tickets, page 87. Innerleithen ■ Innerleithen Music Festival Innerleithen, 01721 725777. Times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 16.
Tuesday 20 Glasgow ■ Rudeigin The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £8. A five piece line-up from Lanarkshire performing traditional Scottish, Irish and American
Edinburgh Bus Pass Concert Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7pm. £10 (£8). Robert J Howden conducts local musicians in a programme of classical film themes and easy listening hits, in this benefit concert for diabetes and Parkinson’s research. Lochgelly Scottish Schools Orchestra Lochgelly Centre, Bank Street, 01592 418141. 2.45pm & 4.45pm. £9 (children £2). The end product of the residential music course featuring orchestral music performed by 9–15 year-olds.
Sunday 14
Lochearnhead Balquhidder Summer Festival Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01567 820134. 7pm. £8 (£7, under 15s free). A series of eight summer classical concerts given by invited professional musicians in beautiful surroundings. ■ Philomusica of Edinburgh Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01877 384202. 7pm. £8 (£7; under 15s free). Lawrence Dunn conducts works by Boyce, Mozart, Vivaldi, Morricone, Handel, Barsanti, Holst, Grieg, Steele, Rheinberger, Gounod and Anderson. Part of Balquhidder Summer Festival.
Thursday 18 Glasgow St Bride’s International Organ Series St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, stbride.org.uk 8–9.30pm. £7.50 including wine. The final concert of the series is a recital by Thomas Heywood of Melbourne, Australia.
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✽ National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Flagship orchestra comprised of Scotland’s top instrumentalists in full blown symphonic programme of Dvorak, Glazunov and Shostakovich, with a new piece by Judith Bingham called ‘Celticity’, specially written for the national youth orchestras of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Thu 1 Aug.
✽ Ediburgh Youth Orchestra After NYOS, it’s time for Edinburgh Youth Orchestra’s summer concerts and a chance to hear even more of Scotland’s impressive young musical talent, who no doubt take inspiration from their starry guest soloists of cellist Julian Lloyd Weber and soprano Jane Irwin. Paisley Abbey, Sat 10 Aug.
✽ Paris National Opera Children’s Choir Aged
7–25, the eighty young singers who make up the Paris National Opera Children’s Choir tour Scotland with their concert version of Ravel’s operatic fantasia, ‘L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges’, in which an angry child vandalises everything around him, but all comes good in the end. St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Mon 22 Jul.
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Berwick upon Tweed William Berger and Alasdair Beatson Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 5–6pm. £10 (£5). Berger (baritone) and Beatson (piano) perform songs: Dvorák’s Gypsy Songs, Ravel’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée and Falla’s Canciones Populares Españolas. Part of Music at Paxton. Endellion Quartet, William Berger and Alasdair Beatson Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.45pm. £22 (£11). The quartet plays Haydn’s Quartet Op 71 No 1, then Berger (baritone) joins for Respighi’s Il Tramonto and Barber’s Dover Beach. Alasdair Beatson (piano) accompanies for Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, and finally the quartet plays Schubert’s Quartet in D Minor D810. Part of Music at Paxton. 11 Jul–22 Aug 2013 THE LIST 99