MUSIC | Classical
Isle of Coll Red Note Ensemble: From Reels to Ragas Coll Hall, Arinagour. 7.30pm. £8 (£4; under 12s free). High-intensity Indian/Scottish fusion, featuring works by Judith Weir, Kuljit, Lutoslawski, Giles Swayne, Bright Sheng, Jacqueline Shave and John Mayer (the Anglo-Indian jazz composer, not the American pop-blues singer).
Saturday 20 Berwick upon Tweed Alasdair Beatson Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 5–6pm. £10 (£5). Outstanding young pianist plays Beethoven’s Sonata in A, Op 101 and Schumann’s Fantasy in C, Op 17. Part of Music at Paxton. The Rhodes Piano Trio Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £20 (£10). The Rhodes Piano Trio plays music from Czech composers: Martinu’s Short Pieces, Smetana’s Piano Trio in G minor and Dvorák’s Piano Trio in F minor, Op 65. Part of Music at Paxton.
Sunday 21 Glasgow Hallé Youth Choir St Andrew’s in the Square, 0844 481 8898. 3pm. £9 (£7). Top quality mixed-voice singers aged 13–19 from across the North West of England.
Edinburgh Davitt Moroney St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 5pm. £tbc. Keyboard recital by Prof Davitt Moroney, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Parthenia, the first printed collection of keyboard music in England, which featured pieces by three giants of the era: William Byrd, John Bull and Orlando Gibbons.
Berwick upon Tweed Choral Event: EXtraCHORd Meets the 24! Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 3–4pm. £7.50 (concessions free). Choral music from the 16th century to this one, featuring pieces by Cecilia McDowall, William Byrd, Wolfram Buchenberg, Albert Becker, René Clausen, Martin Ramroth, Mozart, Ivan Hrušovsky, Herbert Howells, William Brooks and Max Reger and arrangements by Ben Parry, Jonathan Rathbone and Oliver Gies. Part of Music at Paxton. Arcadia Quartet Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 6pm. £20 (£10). Romanian quartet plays Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A Minor Op 20 No 5, as well as Bartok’s Romanian Dances and Haydn’s intense Op 20 No 5. Part of Music at Paxton. Lochearnhead ■ Scottish Wind Ensemble Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01877 384202. 7pm. £8 (£7; under 15s free). Krommer’s Partita Op 57; Beethoven’s Octet Op 103, Gary Carpenter’s Ein musikalisches Snookerspiel and Mozart’s Serenade No 12 K388. Part of Balquhidder Summer Festival.
Monday 22
Edinburgh ✽ Paris National Opera Children’s Choir St Mary’s
Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225
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Le Chant des Oiseaux and Orlando de Lasso’s Audite Nova. Part of Music at Paxton. Emma Johnson and Pascal Rogé Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £22 (£11). Clarinettist Johnson and pianist Rogé play classics from the French repertoire by Widor, Debussy, Saint- Saëns, Poulenc, Ravel, Milhaud and Messiaen. See preview. Part of Music at Paxton.
Sunday 28 Berwick upon Tweed Pure Brass: Brass on the Grass Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 3–4pm. £7.50 (concessions free). Brass quintet plays popular favourites. Part of Music at Paxton. Jane’s Minstrels Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 6pm. £22 (£11). Roger Montgomery conducts Elgar’s Violin Sonata, Holst’s Terzetto for flute, oboe and viola, Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor and the world premiere of Payne’s own The Undiscovered Country. Part of Music at Paxton.
Thursday 1
Glasgow ✽ National Youth Orchestra of Scotland Glasgow Royal
Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 (£8; children £4). Christopher Seaman conducts Dvorák’s Carnival Overture, Judith Bingham’s Celticity, Glazunov’s Violin Concerto with guest soloist Alina Pogostkina, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No 10.
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT PAXTON Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Fri 19–Sun 28 Jul The stunningly beautiful Paxton House on the banks of the Tweed in the Scottish Borders is a pleasure to visit at any time, but even more so when the annual Music at Paxton festival of chamber music is on. One of the highlights this year is French pianist Pascal Rogé, who gives two concerts, including a solo recital of the French repertoire he is renowned for, with music by Debussy, Ravel, Satie and, marking the 50th anniversary of his death, Poulenc. Rogé performs more French music in a joint recital with virtuoso clarinettist Emma Johnson. Paxton is around one hour’s drive from Edinburgh and it’s worth making the most of the trip by getting there for afternoon tea, supper, picnic or pre-concert drink. (Carol Main) ■ Pascal Rogé, Fri 26 Jul; Pascal Rogé with Emma Johnson, Sat 27 Jul, see musicatpaxton.co.uk for info.
6293. 6.30pm. £8 (£5). Children from the Paris National Opera Children’s Choir perform Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges. Auchtertool Posaunenchor Brass Ensemble Auchtertool Kirk, Fife. Admission: at door. 7pm. Free. A summer concert with guests from Germany who play a programme of Music Without Borders, from early music to jazz.
Tuesday 23
Edinburgh Chamber Philharmonia Cologne St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 7.30pm. £15 (£10; seniors £13). Germany’s hardest-gigging chamber orchestra plays Vivaldi’s Concerti Virtuosi, Bach’s Violin Concerto No 2, Boccherini’s Fandango for Guitar and Strings, Mozart’s Divertimento KV137 and Monti’s Csardas for Violin and Orchestra. Guest soloists are Sergey Didorenko (violin), Adam Solta (guitar) and Christoph Jahn (cello). Berwick upon Tweed Arunda and Trio Isara Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £12 (£6). Arunda Trio play a wind Divertissement by Mozart, Jacques Leclair’s La Petite Pâtisserie, Georges Auric’s Romance and Jean Françaix’s Divertissement. Sharing the bill is Munich based multi-national Trio Isara from Finland, Greece and Switzerland, playing Beethoven’s Kakadu Variations and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D Minor. Presented in partnership with Live Music Now. Part
of Music at Paxton. Saturday 10
Killin Red Note Ensemble: From Reels to Ragas Big Shed, Tombreck Farm. 9pm. £8 (£4; under 12s free). See Fri 19. Wednesday 24
Berwick upon Tweed David Watkin Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £16 (£8). SCO principal cellist David Watkin shares his knowledge of the Bach Cello Suites and performs Nos 1, 3 and 5. Part of Music at Paxton.
Thursday 25 Berwick upon Tweed Florilegium Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £20 (£10). Music by Corelli and his contemporaries to mark the 300th birthday of the inventor of tonality. Other featured composers are Handel, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Alborea and Vivaldi. Part of Music at Paxton.
Friday 26
Berwick upon Tweed Pascal Rogé Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £22 (£11). French piano virtuoso plays Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie. See preview. Part of Music at Paxton. North Berwick Chamber Philharmonia Cologne St Andrew Blackadder Church, High Street, 01620 895233. 7.30–9.30pm. £10–£14. See Tue 23.
Saturday 27 Berwick upon Tweed Les Canards Chantants Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 3.30–4.30pm. £7.50 (concessions free). Vocal ensemble formed of York University alumni perform songs and madrigals about animals, including Clément Janequin’s
Lochearnhead ■ Feargus Hetherington & Olga Gorelik Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01877 384202. 7pm. £8 (£7; under 15s free). Violinist Hetherington and pianist Gorelik play Mackenzie’s Six Pieces Op 37, Elgar’s La Capriceuse Op 17, Bowen’s Fantasy for Viola and Piano, McEwen’s Violin Sonata No 2 and Bantock’s Violin Sonata No 1. Part of Balquhidder Summer Festival.
Paisley ✽ Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Summer Concerts Paisley Abbey,
Abbey Place, 889 7654. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Sian Edwards conducts Elgar’s ’Cockaigne’ Overture and extracts from Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Nino Rota and Lloyd Webber, with guest soloists soprano Jane Irwin and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.
Saturday 17 Hamilton Gaita Medieval Music Ensemble Chatelherault Country Park, Carlisle Road, 01698 426213. 10am–4.30pm. Admission is included. Medieval sounds in a medieval setting. Part of Scotland’s Festival of History.
Sunday 18
Hamilton Gaita Medieval Music Ensemble Chatelherault Country Park, Carlisle Road, 01698 426213. 10am–4.30pm. Admission is included. See Sat 17. Part of Scotland’s Festival of History. Lochearnhead Joseph Fleetwood Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01877 384202. 7pm. £8 (£7, under 15s free). Solo piano recital, featuring Schubert’s Sonata Op 164, Mendelssohn’s Fantasia (Scottish Sonata) Op 28, Rachmaninov’s Five Preludes and Étude Tableau Op 39/9, Prokofiev’s Sonata No 7 Op 83 and Chopin’s Scherzo No 2 Op 31. Part of Balquhidder Summer Festival.