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Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Will Pickvance (piano) and guests play classical favourites and new material. CLIC Sargent Carol Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£18 (under 14s £6). Charity concert benefiting young people with cancer and their families.
Thursday 19
Glasgow Bothwell Philharmonic Grand Christmas Charity Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £14. With special guests The Gorgie Salvation Army Band. FREE Gordon Stewart Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30–8.45pm. Organ recital. Ayr BBC SSO: Christmas Classics Ayr Town Hall, New Bridge Street, 01292 288235. 7.30–9.30pm. £3–£22. Christmas favourites presented by Jamie MacDougall and conducted by Stephen Bell.
Friday 20 Glasgow Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival Carols by Candlelight Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50–£32.50. Carols and seasonal tunes performed in period costumes for that extra touch of wig. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Zacharias Plays Mozart City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£28. Christian Zacharias conducts from the piano Haydn’s Symphony No 85, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 9 K271 ‘Jeunehomme’, Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and Poulenc’s Sinfonietta.
Edinburgh ✽ Dunedin Consort: Handel’s Messiah The Queen’s Hall,
87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £12–£25. John Butt directs the ensemble’s annual performance of Handel’s ever-popular favourite.
Dundee The RSNO Christmas Concert: The Snowman Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12.50–£35. Family-friendly seasonal concert including an accompanied screening of The Snowman, because every Christmas needs a fable about losing your best friend. Christopher Bell conducts.
Glasgow The RSNO Christmas Concert: The Snowman Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2pm & 6pm. £12.50–£35. See Fri 20. André Rieu: And the Waltz Goes On The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 8pm. £40–£90. Silky-haired violin impresario.
✽ Dunedin Consort: Handel’s Messiah Kelvingrove Art
Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 8pm. £15–£17.50. See Fri 20.
Edinburgh Jubilo St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Walter Thomson conducts a Christmas concert. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Zacharias Plays Mozart The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). See Fri 20.
Sunday 22
Glasgow BBC SSO: Christmas at the Movies City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £11–£24 (under 16s £5). Musical classics from the big screen, conducted by Matt Dunkley and presented by Jamie MacDougall. The Christmas Cracker Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17–£25. A Christmas sing-along with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and City of Glasgow Chorus. Edinburgh The RSNO Christmas Concert: The Snowman Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 3pm. £12.50–£35. See Fri 20.
Monday 23
Glasgow Springfield Cambridge Festival Chorus and Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 07811 344307. 7.30pm. £10–£14. Carols and gospel songs directed by Alan A. Craig. All proceeds go to the Children’s Hospice Association (Scotland).
Wednesday 1 Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: New Year in Vienna Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £10–£30. Seasonal songs and waltzes from Lehar and Johann Strauss Jr, plus showtunes. Nicholas McGegan conducts, with featured soloist John Mark Ainsley (tenor).
Glasgow RSNO: Handel’s Messiah Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50–£35. Jonathan Cohen conducts an all-star cast with the RSNO Chorus. Edinburgh Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Messiah Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. noon. £13–£27 (£11.70–£24.30; under 16s £5). The Union’s annual performance of Handel’s oratorio is, after 127 years, an Edinburgh institution. James Lowe conducts.
Saturday 4 Glasgow Caledonian Voices Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, 552 8198. 7.30pm. £10. The choir performs Brahms’ early masterpiece, the Deutsches Requiem Op 45.
Monday 6
Glasgow Harps and Guitars Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9.50 (£7.50). Student showcase.
Tuesday 7
Edinburgh Arunda Wind Trio Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 11am. £3 (students & schoolchildren free). Wind trio of oboe, clarinet and bassoon as part of Live Music Now Emerging Artists series. Thursday 9
Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Paris Masterworks The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). Joseph Swensen conducts orchestral works by Debussy, Bizet and Mozart, featuring Alison Mitchell and Sivan Magen.
Friday 10 Glasgow Sound of Thought CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Times vary. Prices vary. New music from Glasgow Uni postgraduate students. Governors’ Recital Prize for Chamber Music Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £4 (£3). Student competition. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Paris Masterworks City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£28. See Thu 9.
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✽ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: A Night in
Italy Brighten up a dark winter with a night out in sunny Italy and some little-heard gems of the vocal repertoire from Respighi and Rossini sung by internationally acclaimed mezzo- soprano Renata Pokupic and conducted by Italian maestro Enrique Mazzola. City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 17 Jan; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 18 Jan.
✽ Academy of St Martin in the Fields The Usher Hall’s
impressive visiting-orchestra series starts off 2014 with the chamber orchestra made famous under its founding conductor, Sir Neville Marriner. They come to Scotland with music director, superstar violinist Joshua Bell, as part of a European tour that starts in Istanbul and finishes in Dublin. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 20 Jan.
✽ Dunedin Consort: Handel’s Messiah Always
a highlight in the run-up to Christmas, the award-winning Dunedin Consort’s performance of Messiah is one not to be missed. The ensemble plays on period instruments under the direction of Baroque music expert John Butt. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Dec; Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, Sat 21 Dec.
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