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Thursday 12
Glasgow Cottier Chamber Project Various venues: Glasgow, cottierchamberproject. com Times vary. Prices vary. Lively, genre-hopping chamber music festival. The 2014 lineup includes Red Note Ensemble, the Edinburgh Quartet, Alasdair Beatson, the James Brothers, Alastair Savage Trio, Concerto Caledonia, Moishe’s Bagel and musicians from the RSNO and SCO. FREE Tom Rathbone Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1.10pm. Bach’s Cello Suite No 4 BWV 1010. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. The Sloans Project Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. 2.30pm. £12. Gareth Williams and David Brock’s promenade opera features Cheryl Forbes (soprano); Miranda Sinani (mezzo); Jamie MacDougall (tenor) and Douglas Nairne (baritone) as the audience travel over two floors of Sloans, following intertwined stories. RCS Ensemble Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Piano trios by Thomas Wilson and Maurice Ravel, performed by Aaron McGregor (violin), David Munn (cello) and Sarah Ayoub (piano). Cottier Chamber Project. BBC SSO: Modern Times City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16. Chaplin’s 1936 classic featuring Chaplin’s own score, as personally hummed by him to a professional orchestrator, restored and conducted by Timothy Brock and played live. Choral Inspirations St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, westendfestival.co.uk 7.30pm. £5. Choral works by Kodály and Parry. West End Festival. High Heels and Horse Hair Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 8.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Alice Rickards (violin) and Sonia Cromarty (cello) play works by James Oswald, Paul Stanhope, Hayden Reeder, Sarah Hopkins, Edward McGuire and Peter Sculthorpe. Cottier Chamber Project. Edinburgh FREE Silverbirch Duo Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Duo of Carina Gascoine (flute) and Ross Wilson (guitar) play music inspired by Titian and Frederic Edwin Church, including pieces by Vivaldi, Toru Takemitsu and Robert Beaser. Edinburgh College Showcase The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Student musicians showcase of classical, jazz and traditional music.
Friday 13
Glasgow Scottish International Piano Competition Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Times vary. tbc. 30 players compete for the chance to play a concerto with the RSNO. FREE Alison McGillivray Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1.10pm. Bach’s Cello Suite No 5 88 THE LIST 12 Jun–10 Jul 2014
in C Minor BWV 1011. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. Daniel’s Beard Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Chamber works by Hans Krása and Schubert. Cottier Chamber Project. Songs for a Summer’s Night Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. 7.30pm. £8. Choral works by Pergolesi, Passereau and others. West End Festival. Red Note: Improv Music Theatre Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 8.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day (students £5). Red Note, Brian Irvine and some of Scotland’s sharpest singing actors in an entirely improvised show, employing suggestions from the audience. Cottier Chamber Project. Edinburgh Commonwealth Games Gala Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11–£21 (seniors & disabled £10–£19; students & unwaged £10; children £5). A concert to celebrate the arrival of the Queen’s Baton Relay in Edinburgh. Alexandre Bloch conducts Walton’s Coronation Te Deum, Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 5, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (conductor: Michael Bawtree) and Stephen Hough (piano). Linton Singers Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10. Choral music by Mailand, Hildegard von Bingen, Gabrieli, Bach, Monteverdi, Mauersberger, Pachelbel and Peebles.
Saturday 14 Glasgow Daniel’s Beard St Silas Episcopal Church, 69 Park Road Woodlands, 0333 666 3366. 11am. £5 in advance, £7 on day, £3 children, Free: Beard Like Brahms. Lenny Sayers’ settings of poems by Edward Lear and a new setting of Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott. Cottier Chamber Project. FREE Coull Quartet Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 4pm & noon. Sports- themed music for string quartet: Joe Cutler’s Ping! and Nick Fells’ Ps(c) yched. Paul Chamberlain Renfield St Stephen’s Church, 260 Bath Street, 332 2826. 1–2pm. Free but donations are welcome. Recital by virtuoso accordionist. Flanders Recorder Quartet Ibrox Parish Church, Clifford St, flanders- recorder-quartet.be/en/home 5–6.30pm. £10 (accompanied schoolchildren free). Dutch wind players rock your world with their assembled fipples. Edinburgh Quartet St Silas Episcopal Church, 69 Park Road Woodlands, 337 2276. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on the door (students and under 18s £5). Graham Hair’s Bellezze Cangianti and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 4. Cottier Chamber Project. Festival Of Song – Massed Choirs Govan Old Parish Church, 866 Govan Road, 440 2466. 7pm. £12 (£10). Glasgow Phoenix Choir, Govan Gaelic Choir and others in concert. West End Festival. Rhapsodies Françaises for Clarinet and Piano St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, westendfestival.co.uk 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Works for clarinet and piano by Poulenc and Debussy. West End Festival. Red Note Ensemble Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 8.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms. Works by local boy Eddie McGuire: Elegy, Entangled Fortunes
and Quintet 2. Cottier Chamber Project. Edinburgh Calton Consort and Rose Street Ensemble Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Purcell’s tragi-riffic Dido and Aeneas. Emma Morwood (Dido), Donald Thomson (Aeneas), Taylor Wilson (Sorceress), directed by Jason Orringe. Canzona St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 650 2805. 7.30pm. £14 (£10; students £5). Music by Gabrieli, Castello, Fontana, Marini and others. Part of Sypert Summer Concert Series.
Sunday 15
Glasgow FREE Eine Brise for 111 Cyclists Glasgow University, University Ave, gla.ac.uk 2–2.15pm. (ticketed). A performance of Kagel’s outdoor work for 111 cyclists. Please register if you wish to participate; places are limited. RSNO Chamber Series: Enchanting Fantasy Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 6.30pm. £8 (under 26s £5; under 16s free). Chamber music by Debussy, William Alwyn and Saint-Saëns. Cottier Chamber Project. Songs of Peace and Harmony The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7pm. £8. The choir sings songs of concord. West End Festival. RSNO: A Soldier’s Tale Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £8 (under 26s £5; under 16s free). Stravinsky’s cheery tale of a soldier who does a deal with the devil. Cottier Chamber Project.
Edinburgh Flanders Recorder Quartet Fairmilehead Parish Church, 1a Frogston Road West, Fairmilehead. 2–3.30pm. £10 (accompanied schoolchildren free). See Sat 14. FREE Tinderbox Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 2pm. The youth orchestra in open rehearsal.
✽ Edinburgh Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3.30pm. £15 (£12; students & children £5). Chamber works by Mozart, Hans Gál and Mendelssohn featuring guest soloists Juliette Bausor (flute) and Maximiliano Martin (clarinet). FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Russkaya present Kastalsky’s Requiem.
Berwick upon Tweed FREE Olga Jegunova Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 2.30pm. Works for solo piano by Schubert, Debussy and Rachmaninov.
Perth Perth Piano Sundays Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 3pm. £12–£20 (£10–£18). Young Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin plays works by Haydn, Brahms and Liszt. Booking essential.
Monday 16 Glasgow FREE Alison McGillivray Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1pm. Bach’s Cello Suite No 6 in D Major BWV 1012. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. Martín, Stafford & Mitchell Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Music for two clarinets and piano by Mendelssoh, Crusell, Poulenc and Ponchielli. Cottier Chamber Project. An Evening with John Williams Hyndland Parish Church, 79–81 Hyndland Road, gwb.org.uk 7.30pm.
£8 (£5). Glasgow Wind Band plays film scores by Hollywood’s Mister Reliable. West End Festival. Glasgow String Quartet Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 8.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Quartet music by Shostakovich and Reich. Cottier Chamber Project.
Tuesday 17 Glasgow FREE Anthony Moffat Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1pm. Bach’s Sonata for violin No 2 BWV 1003. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. Janiczek & Higham Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Music for violin and cello by Martin" , Schnittke and Ravel. Cottier Chamber Project. FREE Cathures Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, 334 2788. 7.30pm. Music relating to the choir’s native Glasgow. West End Festival.
Wednesday 18 Glasgow FREE Alexander Janiczek Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1pm. Bach’s Violin Sonata No 3 in C Major BWV 1005 Part of Cottier Chamber Project. Da Vinci Trio Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Piano trios by Marcel Tyberg and Beethoven. Cottier Chamber Project.
Thursday 19 Glasgow Allan Neave Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. noon. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Distinguished guitarist plays Bach, Fennessy and Tedesco. FREE Cecilia Bernardini Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1pm. Bach’s Partita for Solo Violin No 3 BWV 1006. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. Daniel’s Beard Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Messiaen’s rapturous Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Cottier Chamber Project.
Friday 20 Glasgow Cottier Chamber Project Various venues: Glasgow, cottierchamberproject. com Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 12. FREE Maya Iwabuchi Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 0333 666 3366. 1.10pm. Bach’s famous Partita No 2 for Solo Violin BWV 1004. Part of Cottier Chamber Project. FREE RSNO Tune In: Trombone Quartet The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 6pm. Music for trombones. MacDougall and Friends Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0333 666 3366. 6.30pm. £7 in advance, £9 on day, £5 students, Free: Beard Like Brahms, BBQ menu for £9 with ticket. Jamie MacDougall sings Haydn’s arrangements of Scottish folk songs, and works by Foster and Copland. Cottier Chamber Project.