MUSIC | Classical
FREE Glasgow Concerts in the 1930s: Performing Russian Music in Scotland Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 650 4284. 5–6.30pm. Songs by Medtner, Erik Chisholm, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Part of Scotland and Russia: Cultural Encounters in the Twentieth Century’. Saturday 18
Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Female vocal ensemble Autumn Leaves. High Heels and Horse Hair: Transplanted Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. 2.30– 4.30pm. £10 (£9 conc, £8 members) New music for violin and cello by David Fennessy, Martin Kershaw, Stuart MacRae, Eddie McGuire, Chris Stout, Hanna Tuulikki, David Ward and Judith Weir. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn and Mahler The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£31. See Fri 17.
City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£24.50. Semi-staged performance of Berg’s terrifying opera.
Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Canadian National Arts Centre String Trio and Horn Quintet in recital. Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£32 (£10–£30; students & unwaged £10; under 16s free). Pinchas Zuckerman (violin) directs works by Vaughan Williams, Estacio, Bruch and Beethoven. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn’s Harmony Mass The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£31. Tõna Kaljuste conducts Arvo Pärt and Haydn. St Andrews St Andrews Voices Various venues: St Andrews, 01382 909900. Times vary. Prices vary. Eclectic, genre-shuffling music festival. The 2014 programme celebrates Scotland’s cultural history as well as the vibrancy of the current scene. Until Sun 26 Oct.
Sunday 19 Friday 24
Glasgow Scottish Opera: La Cenerentola Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 4pm. £10–£76. See Fri 17. Glasgow Orchestral Society Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Stephen Broad conducts works by Copland and Poulenc, with guest soloist Geoffrey Tanti (piano). Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Michael Harris directs music by Bach, Handel and others. Joy Lisney & James Lisney The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £15 (£12). Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Cello.
Glasgow Sabine Devieilhe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00. French soprano with accompanist Anne le Bozec (piano). Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn’s Harmony Mass City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14.50–£28.50. See Thu 23. Edinburgh FREE David Gerrard Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Organ recital. RSNO: Metamorphosen Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£37 (£6–£18.50). Works by Richard Strauss, Bartók and Beethoven. Thomas Søndergård conducts.
Monday 20 Saturday 25
Glasgow Lorraine McAslan and Victor Sangiorgio Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. Music for violin and piano. Rhydian Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £32.50. Platinum blonde X Factor guy. Tuesday 21
Edinburgh FREE Clea Friend and Alex Taylor Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Music for tenor violin and piano by Bach, Schubert and Shiori Usui.
Wednesday 22 Glasgow Il Divo The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £35–£125. Popera from the sharp-suited four. sound lab presents Conrad Spectacle City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Minimalist electroacoustica.
Thursday 23
Glasgow FREE Murray McLachlan Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Works for piano by Bach, Chopin, John McLeod and Liszt. Feargus Hetherington & Gavin Brady The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 6.30–7.30pm. £10 (children £7). Sonatas by Debussy and Brahms.. BBC SSO: Wozzeck in Concert 94 THE LIST 16 Oct–13 Nov 2014
Glasgow Scottish Opera: La Cenerentola Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £10–£76. See Fri 17. RSNO: Metamorphosen Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£35 (£6–£17.50). See Fri 24. Edinburgh The Sixteen Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 473 2000. 7.30–10pm. £15–£26. Music by John Sheppard, Richard Davy and William Mundy.
Sunday 26
Glasgow The Orchestra of Scottish Opera in Concert St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 3pm. £13 (£10). Music by Copland and Stravinsky. Booking essential. Bel Canto The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 6.30–8.30pm. £10. Works by Byrd and Tallis. Paul Potts Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £26.50–£28.50. Popera from the amiable singer. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. The Nenthorn Ensemble, with guest flautist Lis Dooner, play works by Mozart and Haydn.
Monday 27 Glasgow Autumn Winds Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332
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DARK FAIRYTALE OPERA LA CENERENTOLA – CINDERELLA Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Fri 17, Sun 19, Sat 25 Oct; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 13, Sun 16, Wed 19, Sat 22 Nov
It is a familiar enough story. The rags to riches Cinderella is the beautiful princess who reaches the dizzy heights of fairytale romance with her handsome prince, leaving her cruel stepmother and two ugly sisters seething in her wake. Opening their 2014-15 season with Rossini’s version of the Cinderella folktale, Scottish Opera’s new production of La Cenerentola is a version which is several shades darker than Disney. In Sandrine Anglade’s directing debut for the company, the drama unfolds into less familiar territory. ‘It doesn’t have the usual magical elements of the fairytale,’ says soprano Rebecca Bottone, who sings Clorinda, one of the ugly sisters. ‘It’s more realistic, so that the fairy godmother, for instance, is tutor to the prince. What is also very real is that the wicked stepmother is actually Cinderella’s father, which becomes much more threatening. And the ugly sisters aren’t so much ugly as evil.’
Costumes are, according to Bottone’s description ‘18th-century
funked up’, but what impresses her a lot about Anglade’s take on the Cinderella story is the comedy. The singers have been given playful things to do – Bottone’s ‘strutting hip action’ and massive blond wig with obvious root growth, for example – and have a lot of fun with the music, but there is also real emotion as part of the main moral of the piece which is that good triumphs over evil. ‘It’s very life-affirming,’ she says, ‘particularly in a modern, materialistic society where there is obsession with looks, but these ugly sisters are ugly on the inside.’ Rossini’s music is key to everything. ‘The music is the frontrunner in bringing out all the emotions,’ says Bottone, ‘and it is really descriptive of all of our characters. Victoria Yarovaya’s Angelina is pure X Factor. There’s so much coloratura. It’s totally gorgeous.’ (Carol Main)
5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. The woodwind department gets seasonal.
Tuesday 28
Edinburgh FREE Oliver Webber, Christopher Suckling and Jan Waterfield Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Music by Corelli, Bach, Domenico Gabrielli, Merulo, Rognoni and Geminiani. Scottish Ensemble: Mozart & Moz-art The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15. See Sun 26. Works by Haydn, Mozart, Pärt and Schnittke.
Thursday 30 Glasgow Hoot Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Music for flute and harp by Edward McGuire,
as well as works by Bach, Stephen Dodgson and Gareth Farr. FREE Music in the University: Glasgow Music Festival Prizewinners Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Music for cello, clarinet and piano by Bach and Chopin. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £8 in advance, £10 on the door. Works by Vasks, Nino Rota and Sibelius, with Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and conductor Ainars Rubikis. North East Scotland Classical Guitar Competition Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6pm. £3.00–£4.00. Student competition. Part of Big Guitar Weekend. Thomas Wilson Prize for Composition (Solo Guitar) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3.00–£4.00. Student composers compete. Big Guitar Weekend.