MUSIC LIST
MONDAY 27 Glasgow
0 Paragon Henry Wood Hall, Claremont Street. Tickets: 552 5961 (Ticket Centre). 8pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 26, Edinburgh for full description.
TUESDAY 28 Glasgow
0 Madame Butterfly Theatre Royal, Hope Street. 331 1234. 7.15pm. Extra dates: 2, 6, 8, 20 May and 2, 5 June. Glasgow; 24, 27June, Edinburgh. £3—£19. A new production directed by Nuria Espert celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Scottish Opera. Conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson, who 25 years ago conducted this same opera in Glasgow’s King’s Theatre, the first ever performance by Scottish Opera. See Feature.
0 Cinderella King‘s Theatre, Bath Street. Tickets: 552 5961 (Ticket Centre). 7.15pm. Extra dates: Wed 29, Thurs 30, Fri 1,Sat2 (2.15pm and 7.15pm on Sat). £2.50—£4. While their counterparts in Edinburgh have just finished giving the Scottish premiere of Giordano’s Andrea Chenier. the Glasgow Grand Opera Society open their Scottish premiere of Massenet’s Cinderella. Daffydd Burne-Jones is the producer and Graham Dickie takes charge of the music. Presented in association with Leukaemia Research.
0 Glasgow Phoenix Choir City Hall, Candleriggs. Tickets: 884 3257 (Mrs Harrison) or 221 7662 (J.L. Purdie). 7.30pm. Extra dates: Wed 29, Thurs 30. £2. Traditional Phoenix fare including part songs and well known folk songs. On a more unusual note, there are even Nonsense Songs (by Matyas Seiber), Britten’s beautiful Hymn to St Ceclia and some humorous new ‘lollipops’ by Geoffrey King.
Edinburgh
0 Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall, Teviot Row, Bristo Square. Free at door. 1.10pm. Regularly sprouting some interesting programmes, Edinburgh University’s series of lunch-hour recitals continues with the Edinburgh Quartet joined by soprano Francesca Greene and George Gwilt on flute for the Lyrical Suite to Browning’s ‘Pippa Passes’ by Edinburgh-based composer Hans Gal, who must now be well into his nineties. The String Quartet No 1 by Robert Crawford, also Edinburgh-based, but a good few years younger, makes up the other half.
0 Princess Ida King’s Theatre, Leven Street, 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Wed 29, Thurs 30, Fri 1, Sat 2 (2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat).
£1 .50—£4.50. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Edinburgh present Princess Ida, produced by Ian Taylor, with the music directed by David Lyle.
0 Pro Arte Recital Reid Concert Hall, Teviot Row, Bristo Square. Tickets: 228 l 155 (Usher Hall). 7.30pm. Extra date: Wed 29. £3.25 (£1.75). Kyojin Mori (cello) and Yasuko
Katayama from Japan with a programme of music by Cassando, Fauré and Albeniz. Also Japanese piece Sakura-Sakura by Hirai. See Guest List.
WEDNESDAY 29 Glasgow
0 Competition Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Nelson Mandela Place, 3324101. Competition runs throughout the day. Free at door. Witness some of the most promising young singers going through their paces as they compete for the Jean Highgate Scholarship.
o Cramb Lecture Concert Hall, Glasgow University. Free at door. 5pm. Neil Sorrell of the University of York talks about Gamelan in the World of Music. Followed at 7pm by a concert of traditional Javanese and modern Gamelan music given buy Gamelan Setar Petak, directed by Neil Sorrell.
o Gamelan Concert Concert Hall, Glasgow University. Free at door. 7pm. See Cramb Lecture (above) for full description.
0 Cinderella King’s Theatre, Bath Street. Tickets: 552 5961 (Ticket Centre). 7.15pm. Extra dates: Thurs 30, Fri 1, Sat 2 (2.15pm and 7.15pm on Sat). £2.50—£4.50. See Tue 28 for full description.
0 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBCSSO Centre, BBC, Queen Margaret Drive. Tickets: Room 209, BBC, Queen Margaret Drive, by post of call in to Reception. 7.30pm. Free. Roussel, Saint-Saens (2nd Piano Concert with Janis Vakarelis) and Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin) make up this evening’s programme, to be broadcast at a later date, along with a Concertino by the rarely (if ever) heard Andre Casanova.
0 Glasgow Phoenix Choir City Hall, Candleriggs. Tickets: 884 3257 (Mrs Harrison) or 221 7662 (J .L. Purdie). 7.30pm. Extra date: Thurs 30. £2. See Tue 28 for full description.
0 Lunch and Listen Theatre Royal, Hope Street. Tickets from Theatre Royal on day only or phone 248 4567. 1pm. Another insight into the world of opera given by a guest of Friends of Scottish Opera.
0 Pro Arte Recital Henry Wood Hall, Claremont Street. Tickets: 334 6908 (Ambassador Classics). 7.30pm. £3.75 (£1.75).
Edinburgh
0 Princess lda King’s Theatre, Leven Street, 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Thurs 30, Fri 1, Sat 2 (2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat). £1 .50—£4.50. See Tue 28 for full description.
THURSDAY 30
Glasgow
0 Competition Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Nelson Mandela Place, 332 4101. Competition runs throughout the day. Free at door. More young hopefuls flex their vocal cords as they vie for the coveted Governors’ Recital Prize for singing. 0 Student Recital Concert Hall, Glasgow University. Free at door. 1.15pm. A recital given by students preparing for examination in performance.
O Cinderella King’s Theatre, Bath Street. Tickets: 552 5961 (Ticket Centre). 7.15pm. Extra dates: Fri 1, Sat2 (2.15pm and 7.15pm on Sat). £2.50—£4.50. See Tue 28 for full description.
0 Telemann Ensemble Hutchesons’ Hall, Ingram Street. Tickets: 552 5961 (Ticket Centre). 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). Offerings of the Baroque from Telemann, Naudot, JS Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, with guest soloist Christine Nelson.
0 Glasgow Phoenix Choir City Hall, Candleriggs. Tickets: 884 3257 (Mrs Harrison) or 221 7662 (J.L. Purdie). 7.30pm. £2. See Tue 28 for full description.
Edinburgh
0 Churchill Theatre, Momingside Road. Extra dates: Fri 1, Sat 2.
0 Princess Ida King’s Theatre, Leven Street, 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 1, Sat 2 (2.30pm amd 7.30pm) £1 .50—£4.50. See Tue 28 for full description.
0 SCO Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street. Tickets: 228 1155 (Usher Hall). 7.45pm. £3—£8.50. Closing the SCO’s current season, James Conlon takes charge of the Scottish Philharmonic Singers as well as the orchestra for Briteen’s Cantata Misericordium and Schubert’s Mass No 6 in A flat. Soloists are Anthony Rolfe Johnson and John Shirley-Quirk. What a way to go.
0 Chamber Music Concert St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate. Tickets at door. 7.30pm. Students of Edinburgh University in a programme of music for small ensembles.
ILK
RIDAY 17 Glasgow
0 Old Hickory The Trading Post, Carlton Place, 429 3445. 9pm. Free. American bar and steakhouse. Bluegrass and country band.
0 Italian Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening. Session with fiddle and accordion.
0 Scott's Corner Derby Street, 334 4891. Evening. Folk band.
0 Ceilidh Louis Nite Spot 1073 Argyll Street. 10pm—2am. Fraser McGlynn Broadcasting Band and Jim McRae Scottish Dance Band.
Edinburgh
0 North Sea Gas Platform 1, Rutland Street. Evening. Singalong folk entertainers.
0 Tim and Steve Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening. Late night folk music pub.
SATURDAY 18 Glasgow
0 Dick Gaughan Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld. 8pm. £2. Scotland’s premier folk singer. See panel
0 Furious Fiddlers Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. Big session. All afternoon till 6pm.
0 Scotlree La Taniere, Fox Street
(off Clyde Street). 1pm. Fiddle and guitars.
O Kells Scott’s Corner, Derby Street, 334 4891. Evening. Keltic semi-electric.
0 Sleep the Feet Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross, 552 4149. Evening. Music from Glasgow.
0 Ceilidh Riverside Club, Fox Street, off Clyde Street. 10pm—2am. Late Bar. £2.
Edinburgh
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Music and session downstairs till late.
0 This ’n’ That Central Hotel, Royal Terrace. Folk and singalong country.
0 Mike Heron’s Band Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street. 8pm. £3.50. Ex-lncredible String Band in new rockier guise.
SUNDAY 19 Glasgow
0 Schiehallion Scott’s Corner, Derby Street, 334 4891 . Folky trio.
Edinburgh
0 Swamptrash Youngs Bar, Leamington Terrace. Evening. Weekly acoustic music allsorts. Caledonian Cajun loonies.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening. Music, mainly guitar/songs every night in basement late bar.
MDNDAY I Glasgow
0 Country Cousins The Trading Post, Carlton Place, 429 3445. Evening. Country music in American steakhouse and bar.
0 Shades Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross, 552 4149. Evening. Folk/pop. 0 Irish Session Stage Door Bar, Gorbals Street, next to Citizens’ Theatre, 429 0922. Evening. Top Glasgow I rish players.
Edinburgh
0 Miro The Green Tree, Cowgate. Evening. Bar till 1am. Irish and other music.
0 Nobody’s Business Bannermans Bar, Cowgate. Evening. Acoustic music that swings.
O Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Regular Scottish music session with fiddle and accordion, whistle etc.
0 Gill Hewitt Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening. Songs with banjo. Late bar.
TUESDAY 21 Glasgow
0 Steep The Feet Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross, 552 4149. Evening. Scottish songs and tunes.
0 Nailan Victoria Bar, Stockwell Street. Evening. Glasgow’s folk bar has fiddle and accordion duo with friends.
Edinburgh
0 Penicuiit Folk Club Navaar Hotel. 8pm. Singing session.
0 Bannermans Bar Cowgate. Evening. Session in the back room, mostly Irish music. Busy.
0 Kenny Grier Royal Oak, Infirmary
30 The List 17- 30 April