MUSIC | Folk / Classical
Sunday 13
Glasgow ■ Tunng and Pinkunoizu Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £12. Tunng are death metal meets folk via machine funk. Expect emotion, groove and a unique sound. Co-headlining with German/Danish Krautrockers Pinkunoizu. Edinburgh ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends.
Monday 14 Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. See Mon 23.
Paisley ■ Admiral Fallow & The Twilight Sad with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Paisley Abbey, Abbey Place, 889 7654. 7.30pm. £22. A special evening of folky indie and dark shoegaze, accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Part of Spree.
Tuesday 15
Glasgow ■ Damien Dempsey Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Arresting singer-songwriter from Dublin’s Northside with a full-on guttural vocal style which has found favour with Morrissey. ■ Eddie Walker & Fraser Spiers The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £9. Folk, blues, ragtime and great guitar and harmonica playing. Edinburgh ■ Kirsty Law Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £7. Contemporary and traditional Scottish folk by the Borders-based singer- songwriter.
Wednesday 16 Edinburgh ■ George Papavgeris Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Traditional and contemporary folk by the Greek-born singer-songwriter. ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 8pm. £5. See Wed 25.
CLASSICAL
Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Alex Johnston and Carol Main. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 19
Glasgow Red Note Ensemble: From Reels to Ragas Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Music by JS Bach, Kuljit Bhamra, Arvo Pärt and John Mayer, as well as Scottish tunes. BBC SSO: Thomas Hampson Sings Mahler City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£24. Songs from Mahler, plus Britten’s The Building of the House and Mahler’s wicked awesome Symphony No 5. Donald Runnicles conducts. Edinburgh Mr McFall’s Chamber: Freak Out The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street,
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CASUAL SEX There’s been a lot of hype surrounding this rising Glasgow quartet and, upon listening to the likes of ‘Stroh 80’ and ‘Soft School’, it’s easy to see why. Taking inspiration from the likes of the Psychedelic Furs and Brian Eno, Casual Sex merge 80s jangly guitar and synth rock with pristine, polished production. You can stream their debut EP, The Sound of Casual Sex, at soundcloud.com/casual-sex – which is a darn sight safer than googling them, we can tell you. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Fri 4 Oct.
225 2564. 8pm. £14 (£12). Works by American mavericks Frank Zappa, George Crumb and Captain Beefheart, and new works by Paul Harrison and Martin Kershaw. 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’.
Haddington Literary Britten Holy Trinity Church, 01620 823738. 7.30pm. £15. Andrew Kennedy sings Britten’s settings of Auden with Iain Burnside (piano), plus readings from Auden by Alex Jennings. Lammermuir Festival.
Friday 20
Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Choral Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Sweden’s Birger Male Chorus. Longniddry Danish String Quartet Aberlady Parish Church, High Street, Aberlady, 01875 870777. 7.30pm. £15. Emerging stars of Danish chamber music plus
Mark Simpson (clarinet) play Janácek and Brahms. Lammermuir Festival. Musselburgh Mr McFall’s Chamber: Freak Out The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14.25 (£12.25). See Thu 19.
Saturday 21
Haddington NYCoS National Girls Choir St Mary’s Parish Church, The Sidegate, 287 2856. 7pm. £10–£20. Choral works by Britten, Brahms and William Sweeney, with guest performers Alec Frank- Gemmill and Harry Johnstone (horns), Sharron Griffiths (harp) and John Kitchen (organ). Lammermuir Festival. Cecilia Bernardini St Mary’s Parish Church, The Sidegate, 01620 829354. 10pm. £12. Outstanding Dutch violinist plays Bach, including Partita No 2. Stenton Danish String Quartet Stenton Parish Church, Main Street, danishquartet.com 3pm. £12. Quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn. Lammermuir Festival.
Sunday 22 Glasgow FREE BBC SSO: Come and Sing
Mozart’s Requiem City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2.30–4pm. A chance to find if you can sing Mozart. Participation is by application only and booking is essential. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Lawrence Dunn conducts Philomusica Edinburgh in music by Warlock, Vivaldi, Mozart, Grieg and others.
Dunbar Danish String Quartet St Mary’s Parish Church, Whitekirk, danishquartet.com 3pm. £12. Quartets by Haydn and Mozart. Lammermuir Festival. Haddington The Dunedin Consort St Mary’s Parish Church, The Sidegate, 01620 829354. 7.30pm. £10–£25. Works by CPE Bach featuring Jonathan Manson (cello), and Mozart’s mighty Requiem. Lammermuir Festival.
Perth NYOS Camerata Scotland St John’s Kirk, 31 St John Street, 01738 621818. 3pm. £8 (£5). Gordon Bragg directs music by Heinrich Biber, Sandor Veress and Schubert.