MUSIC | Folk/ Classical
Monday 9
Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. See Mon 26. Tuesday 10
Glasgow ■ Jenna Reid & Kevin MacKenzie The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £9. The Shetland-born fiddle player, known for her work with Filska and Dóchas, is joined by guitarist Kevin MacKenzie for marches, reels and more. Edinburgh ■ Rura Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £tbc. Energetic contemporary folk from up and coming Scottish musicians on whistles, Highland pipes, fiddle, flute, guitar and bodhran. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring the Pentland Ceilidh Band.
Wednesday 11
Edinburgh ■ Café Voices Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7–9pm. £5. A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song. Tonight, ‘Winners & Losers’ with storyteller Bea Ferguson. Isle of Colonsay ■ Ceol Cholasa Colonsay Village Hall, Scalasaig, 01951 200336 . Times vary. £60–£70. Five-day folky fest on Colonsay with some great acts appearing. This year’s line-up features Tannahill Weavers, Maeve McKinnon, Cara, Sarah McQuaid, Corran Raa, Tattie Jam and the Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues, 01506 433634. Times vary. Prices vary. Born from Linlithgow’s highly active folk scene, the town’s folk festival has featured big names such as Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, along with music covering the whole spectrum of folk tastes. With musical workshops and family-oriented events, this is, as they claim, ‘friendly folk in Linlithgow’.
Thursday 12
Glasgow ■ Diana Jones The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £12. Singer-songwriter Jones returns with her stripped down Tennessee sounds. ■ Stu Larsen & Natsuki Kurai King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Acoustic vagabond from Australia joined by Japanese harmonica maestro.
Dunfermline ■ Kieran Goss Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £12.50. Irish folk-pop singer-songwriter with acoustic guitar. Isle of Colonsay ■ Ceol Cholasa Colonsay Village Hall, Scalasaig, 01951 200336 . Times vary. £60–£70. See Wed 11.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues, 01506 433634. Times vary. Prices vary. See Wed 11. Oban ■ Mà nran Corran Halls, The Esplanade, 01631 567333. 7.30–10.30pm. £14–£16 (seniors £14; children £5; family £38). Original songs in Gaelic and English with a driving backbeat from Mànran. With Aly Bain & Phil
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Cunningham and Feis Latharna. Part of Blas Festival. ■ Sarah McQuaid Victory Hall, Benderloch, 01631 720498. 7.30pm. £12. The Spanish-born singer-songwriter and guitarist plays traditional tunes alongside contemporary songs. Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £9. See Thu 12. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Heeliegoleerie guest.
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Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club with Teannaich The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £10 (£8). Join in a lively ceilidh evening where dances are taught on the night, so all abilities are welcome. ■ Hispanic Fiesta Fundraiser Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm–3am. £7 (£5). A night of Spanish music, dance and singing.
Greenock ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, 01475 723723. 7.30pm. £16. See Thu 22. Isle of Colonsay ■ Ceol Cholasa Colonsay Village Hall, Scalasaig, 01951 200336 . Times vary. £60–£70. See Wed 11.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues, 01506 433634. Times vary. Prices vary. See Wed 11.
Saturday 14
Glasgow ■ Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9–£19.50. The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra is the country’s foremost large ensemble for traditional music.
By Oban ■ Dick Gaughan Easdale Island Community Hall, Easdale Island, 01852 300113. 8.15pm. £12 (£10). See Thu 22. Isle of Colonsay ■ Ceol Cholasa Colonsay Village Hall, Scalasaig, 01951 200336 . Times vary. £60–£70. See Wed 11.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues, 01506 433634. Times vary. Prices vary. See Wed 11.
Sunday 15
Isle of Colonsay ■ Ceol Cholasa Colonsay Village Hall, Scalasaig, 01951 200336 . Times vary. £60–£70. See Wed 11. Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues, 01506 433634. Times vary. Prices vary. See Wed 11.
Monday 16
Glasgow FREE Split Second Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm–midnight. Duo playing Eastern European and klezmer music.
Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. See Mon 26. Stirling FREE Traditional Music Workshops Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. Times tbc. Monday night traditional music workshop for children and young people from Stirling and Clackmannanshire Council Schools. Ages 10–18.
Tuesday 17 Edinburgh ■ Sarah McQuaid Leith Folk Club,
Edinburgh ■ Jim Malcolm Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter who is also the voice of Old Blind Dogs.
Thursday 19 Stirling ■ KAN Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £13 (£11). Instrumental folk quartet featuring Brian Finnegan (Flook), Aidan O’Rourke (Lau), Ian Stephenson and Jim Goodwin.
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Thursday 22 Kirkcaldy Opera Bohemia: Eugene Onegin Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd, operabohemia.co.uk 7.30–9.30pm. £13 (£11; children £5). Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is the world’s favourite Russian opera (let’s face it, nobody really likes Vakula the Smith) and Opera Bohemia brings it to life with Douglas Nairne as the titular man- about-town and Catriona Clark as Tatyana.
Saturday 24
Glasgow Opera Bohemia: Eugene Onegin St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, Kelvindale, 334 0782. 7.30–9.30pm. £13 (£11; children £5). See Thu 22. Dunfermline FREE Gaita Medieval Music Ensemble Pittencrieff Park, Dewar Street, gaita.co.uk 11am–6pm. Medieval sounds in a medieval setting. Part of Bruce Festival.
Sunday 25 Dunfermline FREE Gaita Medieval Music Ensemble Pittencrieff Park, Dewar Street, gaita.co.uk 11am–4pm. See Sat 24.
Monday 26
Ayr FREE The Organist Entertains Ayr Town Hall, Carrick Street, 01292 611222. 12–1pm. Recital by Calum Robertson from Edinburgh. Perth Perth Youth Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £11. See Thu 22.
Thursday 29 Rutherglen Martin Aelred: An Evening in Tuscany Rutherglen Town Hall, 139 Main Street, 613 5700. 7.30–9.30pm. £10. Scottish tenor Martin Aelred performs the music of Andrea Bocelli.
Monday 2 Ayr The Organist Entertains Ayr Town Hall, Carrick Street, 01292 611222. 12–1pm. £2. See Mon 26.
Friday 6
Glasgow Ian Peaston: Violin Variations Lillie Art Gallery, Station Road, Milngavie, 956 5536. 7.30pm. £5 (schoolchildren free). Ian Peaston plays violin through a sampler that enables him to build up a big sound consisting of loops of his own playing. RSNO: An Evening of Music at Kelvingrove Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 8pm. £20. A north-European smörgåsbord of old and new-ish works, featuring Bach’s Suite No 3, Pärt’s Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte . . ., Britten’s Courtly Dances from Gloriana and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, and finally Bach again with Suite No 4. Laurence Cummings conducts. Dunfermline Ballads, Songs and Snatches Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £12 (£10; child £5). Dunfermline Gilbert and Sullivan Society present songs and music from the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan and other late Victorian composers.
Falkirk Classic Music Live! Falkirk Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £9 (students £2). Live classical music series. Daniel’s Beard.
Saturday 7
Glasgow RSNO: An Evening of Music at Kelvingrove Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 8pm. £20. See Fri 6. East Kilbride Martin Aelred: An Evening in Tuscany East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. 7.30–9.30pm. £10. See Thu 29.
Monday 9
Ayr The Organist Entertains Ayr Town Hall, Carrick Street, 01292 611222. 12–1pm. £2. See Mon 26.
Thursday 12 Hamilton Scottish Chamber Orchestra The Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01698 452299. 7.30–9.30pm. £14.00 (£5; seniors £12.00). Joseph Swensen conducts Beethoven’s Overture, Coriolan; Kodaly’s Summer Evening; the world premiere of Sally Beamish’s Flodden and Beethoven’s Symphony No 4. Featuring guest soloist Shuna Scott Sendall (soprano).
Friday 13
Dunbar Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dunbar Parish Church, Queen’s Road, sco.org.uk 8pm. £10–£25. See Thu 12. Part of Lammermuir Festival. East Lothian Lammermuir Festival Various venues, 473 2000. Times vary. Prices vary (£10–£25). Classical music in unusual locations from a festival with the motto ‘Beautiful Music in Beautiful Places’. Previous acts have included Dunedin Consort, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Scotland.