MUSIC | Classical
FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Organ recital by Andrew Caskie. St Andrews The Sixteen: An Immortal Legacy Holy Trinity Church, South Street, 01334 478625. 7.30pm. £16 (£13). Selections from Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd and Sheppard as well as pieces by Britten, Tippett and MacMillan. St Andrews Voices.
Tuesday 8
Edinburgh FREE Christopher Field and Audrey Innes Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Chamber works by Thorpe Davie and Beethoven.
Wednesday 9
Glasgow BBC Concert Orchestra: Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films Of Tim Burton SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £25–£55. John Mauceri conducts film scores. Edinburgh Edinburgh Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£12; students/children £5). Quartets by Haydn, Prokofiev and Dvorák.
Thursday 10
Glasgow FREE Music in the University: Glasgow Music Festival Prizewinners Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Laura Ayoub (violin) and Richard Schofield (alto saxophone) play pieces by Piazzolla, Ian Clarke, Sarasate, Lawson Lunde and Jules Demersseman. BBC SSO: Märkl Conducts Debussy and Messiaen City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£24. Jun Märkl conducts French orchestral classics. Guest soprano: Gweneth-Ann Jeffers.
Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Vienna to Prague The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). Alexander Janiczek (violin) directs works by Dvorák, Mozart and Janácek, with guest soloist Llyr Williams. Musselburgh La Serenissima The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Adrian Chandler directs works by Vivaldi.
Friday 11
Glasgow RCS Wind Orchestra: Keep Dancin’ Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10. The wind ensemble plays dance tunes by Arnold, Bernstein and others. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Vienna to Prague City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£28. See Thu 10. The Tallis Scholars at 40 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 8pm. £20–£25 (£18–£23; under 26s £5). Works by Tavener, Pärt, Eric Whitacre, Byrd, Tallis and Josquin. Edinburgh FREE David Watkin and Yati Durant St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 1.10pm. Watkin (cello) and Durant (composition and electronics) play Bach’s Cello Suite No 1 BWV 1007 and Bach/Durant’s Cello Suite No 4 BWV 1010.
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SHAKESPEARE-INSPIRED OPERA SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BEATRICE AND BENEDICT Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 3 Oct; City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 4 Oct
For 40 years, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has been bringing the very best of orchestral music to Edinburgh and Glasgow doorsteps, as well as much further afield. Their education work has been rightly lauded for its pioneering ambition; their commissions of new music have produced some highly significant works of the 20th and 21st centuries; and numerous illustrious conductors and soloists have graced the SCO’s platforms. Celebrating all of this and undoubtedly more, the SCO turn to the world of opera for the opening performances of their 40th anniversary season. In two concert performances headed up by Robin Ticciati, one of their most successful principal conductors
from the past four decades, Berlioz’ Beatrice and Benedict is the latest opera to fulfil SCO’s now traditional start to a new season. In March, Ticciati extended his commitment to the SCO for a further three years, and at the age of 30, is one of the most sought-after opera conductors around. Glyndebourne, Covent Garden and New York Met have all engaged him already, and in 2014 he takes up the post of music director at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Given its UK premiere in Glasgow during the 1930s, Beatrice and Benedict is based on Shakespeare’s play
Much Ado About Nothing, with the title roles of its two amusingly witty lovers taken by Scottish mezzo- soprano Karen Cargill and American tenor Kenneth Tarver.
Other anniversary highlights to come include a two-week performance cycle of every Schumann symphony (again with Ticciati conducting), new commissions from Peter Maxwell Davies, Martin Suckling and Sally Beamish and piano concertos from Llyr Williams, Maria João Pires and Christian Zacharias. Plus there are some return visits from old friends, conductors Joseph Swensen and Oliver Knussen, and a major tour to the Far East. (Carol Main)
RSNO: Oundjian Conducts Dvorák Seven Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£36 (under 26s £5; under 16s free). Orchestral works by Dvorák, Shostakovich and Britten with soloist Sol Gabetta (cello).
Saturday 12
Glasgow FREE Scottish Opera: A Little Bit of Don Giovanni Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221. 2pm & 3.30pm. A lunchtime bite of Mozart. Edinburgh Quartet Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £tbc. Quartets by Haydn, Prokofiev and Dvorák. RSNO: Oundjian Conducts Dvorák Seven Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (under 26s £5; under 16s free). See Fri 11. The Tallis Scholars at 40 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £12–£25 (£10–£23; under 26s £5). Thomas Tallis’ epic motet Spem in alium and other works. Perth La Serenissima Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £13–£23 (£11–£21). Works by Vivaldi.
Monday 14 Glasgow ■ Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Brass Ensemble Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6.50–£8.50.
Student showcase. Perth Hebrides Ensemble with Jane Irwin Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 1pm. £6–£7 if booked in advance; £8 on day of concert. Works by Howells, Takemitsu, Ravel and Berio with guest soprano.
Tuesday 15
Glasgow ✽ Scottish Opera: Don Giovanni Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £11–£73. Sir Thomas Allen directs Jacques Imbrailo, Peter Kálmán, Lisa Milne, Susan Gritton and Johann Saevarsson. Speranza Scapucci conducts. Hebrides Ensemble with Jane Irwin The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14 (£10; students £5). See Mon 14 but programme also includes a work by Minoru Miki.
Stirling Scottish Opera: Rodelinda macrobert, University of Stirling, 01786 466666. 7.30pm. £15. See Thu 26.
Wednesday 16
Glasgow Jane Watts Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30–8.45pm. £tbc. Organ recital. Edinburgh Hebrides Ensemble with Jane
Irwin The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£10; students £5). See Mon 14 but programme also includes a work by Minoru Miki. St Andrews Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Romantic Landscapes Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 462226. 7.30pm. £12.50–£21.50. Jaime Laredo (violin) and Sharon Robinson (cello) guest in works by Dvorák and Saint- Saëns, while in the second half Laredo conducts Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’.
Thursday 17
Glasgow Flercussion Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Flute and percussion duo. FREE Sarah Watts and Antony Clare Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm, Works for bass clarinet and piano by Piers Hellawell, George Nicholson, William Sweeney. FREE Scottish Opera: Don Giovanni Unwrapped Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 6pm. Learn more about Mozart’s enigmatic opera. Booking essential. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Romantic Landscapes The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). See Wed 16.