MUSIC LIST/FOLK

7.30pm. Music for choir and organ by Monteverdi. Vaughan Williams. Poulcnc and Messiaen directed by Stuart Campbell.

I Kilmardinny Music Circle Kilmardinny House. 5() Kilmardinny Avenue. 943 0312. 7.45pm. Recital of Bach. Donizetti and Telemann by Sioned Williams(harp) and Caroline Franklin (flute).

Edinburgh

I Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Three concerto arrangements by J G Walther plus music by Frescobaldi.

I 8N0 Usher Hall. Lothian Road.228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 4. Glasgow. £2.70—£1 l.50(standby£2.50). All Wagner evening with the Overture to Rienzi. Wesendonck Songs and Act 1 of The Valkyrie. Matthias Bamert conducts and soloists are Nadine Secunde. 1 lorst Hoffman and Fritz 1 lubner.

I Ruddigore King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extradates: Sat 4 (two performances). £3—£6.50 (£4). Sec Tue 28 for full description.

I La Boheme Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.15pm.£3—£15. See Wed 1 for full description.

SATURDAY 4 Glasgow

I RSAMD Junior Dept Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street.332 5057. Free at door. 3pm. Varied selection of music arranged for wind. brass and choir.

I 8N0 City Hall. (‘andleriggs 227 5511. 7.30pm. £2.50—£1 1 .50. (standby £2.50). See Fri 3. Edinburgh. for full description. I Strathclyde University Chamber Choir and Chorus Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £3 (£1.50). Bernstein at 70 is the title and music includes his Chic/tester Psalms.

J anacek's ()ta' nas and the Faurc Requiem with soloists Roseanne Brackenridge and Simon Crookall.

Edinburgh

I Cottee and Listen Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 11am. Friends ofScottish ()pera invite a guest artist to talk about their life and music. Coffee and biscuitson sale.

I Ruddigore King's Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 2.30pm and 7.30pm. £3—£6.50 (£4). See Tue 28 for full description.

I Das Rheingold Playhouse. Grecnside Place. 557 2590. 7.15pm. £3—£15.See Thurs 2 for full description.

I St Matthew Passion Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. Part 1 at 5pm and Part2 at 8pm. £6.50/£7.50 (£4/£5). Annual performance by the St Matthew Singers and Orchestra conducted by Herrick Bunney. with Neil Mackie as the Evangelist and Peter Harvey singing Christus.

I Scottish Chamber Choir St Andrew‘s and St George's Church. George Street. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen’s Hall Box Office). 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Attractie programme of Britten‘s Gloriana Dances. Songs of Springtime by Moeran. Sciber's Yugoslav Folksongs and From the Bavarian Highlands by Elgar.

SUNDAY 5 Glasgow

I John Currie Singers Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £5 (£3.50). Premiere ofJohn McLeod‘s Songs from the Small Zone. six poems by the Russian dissident poet lrina Ratushinskaya. songs by Tchaikovsky and the Requiem by Durufle.

Edinburgh

I Scottish Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 6682019. 2.30pm. £5 (£3/£1). It‘s all crowd pulling stuff this afternoon. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1. the Barber Adagio and Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons. It‘s the last concert of the season, but maybe the autumn will herald something a bit more exciting.

I Edinburgh University Musical Society Orchestra and Choir Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Rarely performed works by Elgar - Triumphal March from Caractacus - and Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas flank Mendelssohn's popular and well known Violin Concerto. Christopher Bell conducts.

I Edinburgh Players/Scottish Chamber Choir Mayficld Church. Tickets: at door. 7.45pm. £2 (£1). Orchestral and choral music by Bach. Mozart and Haydn in aid of Mayficld Radio Unit.

MONDAY 6 Glasgow

I Staltis Masterclass Stevenson Hall, RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Free at door. 2pm. Trombone masterclass directed by Harold Nash.

Edinburgh

I La Vie Parisienne King’s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Tue 7. Wed 8. Thurs 9. Fri 10. Sat 1 1 (2 performances). £2-£5. The Southern Light Opera Company in Offenbach‘s tuneful. colourful and probably most popular Operetta. Well. he thought it was his best one.

TUESDAY 7 Glasgow

I Lunchtime Recital Hutcheson's Hall. Ingram Street. Tickets: at door. 1.15pm-2pm. £1. Cherchez la Femme!- Jennifer Logan (mezzo) and Alan Jacques (piano) in songs about a variety of ladies— from Brahms to Babbit and Quilter to

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY " Orchestra and Chorus

conductor CHRISTOPHER BELL

SCHUBERT Symphony No 8 ‘Unfinished’ MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto soloist Elizabeth Layton VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS ‘Sancta Civitas’ soloist George Moseley USHER HALL on Sunday 5th March at 7.30pm Tickets £2, £3 and £4

available from the Usher Hall; Queen’s Hall and Concert Office, Faculty of Music. Nicolson Square Further information 031 229 7287

Coward. who all sound like men to me.

but that‘s what it says.

I Stallis Masterclass Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057.

Free at door. 2pm. Emanuel Hurwitz

presents a masterclass for budding

violinists.

I Strathclyde University Chamber Orchestra Henry Wood Hall. Claremont Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candlcriggs). 8pm. £3 (£1.50). Put on your dancing shoes for ballet suites by Mozart (Les Perils Riens). Sullivan (Pineapple Poll) and Copland (Billy the Kid).

Edinburgh

I Piano Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Bernard Roberts in an all Beethoven programme of the Six Bagatelles Op 126 and liroica Variations Op 35.

I La Vie Parisienne King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201 . 7.30pm. Extradates: Wed 8. Thurs 9. Fri 10. Sat 11(2 performances). £2-£5. See Mon 6 for full description.

WEDNESDAY 8 Edinburgh

I La Vie Parisienne King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Thurs 9. Fri 10. Sat 11 (2 performances). £2—£5. See Mon 6 for full description.

I Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers and Edinburgh Renaissance Band McEwan Hall. Bristo Square. 7.45pm. Free at door. Roman polychoral Vespers as last heard in the basilica ofSt Peterin Rome c1614. Directed by Noel O‘Regan.

THURSDAY 9 Edinburgh

I La Vie Parisienne King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 10. Sat 11 (2 performances). £2-£5. See Mon 6 for full description.

I Edinburgh Schools' Training and Concert Bands Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 7.30pm.

I Edinburgh Primary Schools String Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street.668 2019. 7.30pm. £2 (£1). Folk-tunes from various countries.

I New Music Group of Scotland St Bernard‘s Church. Saxe Coburg Street. Stockbridge. Tickets: 668 2019 (Queen‘s Hall). 8pm. Extra date: Fri 10. Glasgow. £4 (£2.50). Music for brass quintet and sextet including the premiere ofa new work by Lyell Cresswcll. Three Motets by Byrd in arrangements by Edward Harper. whose Fantasia III is also on the programme. along with the quintet by Blazewicz.

FRIDAY 24 Glasgow

I The Picts/Alasdair Robertson Washington Street. 221 4526. 8pm. Bar. Tonight. Rod Paterson on vocals accompanied by Dick Lee on saxcs and other wind instruments. Hamish Moore on bagpipes ofall sizes. and Jack Evans on guitar. Alasdair is the singer and songwriter from the Zydeco CB. Sec panel.

I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree inn. By Uddingston Cross. Uddingston. 8.30pm. £1 . Tonight Sheenah Wellington and Maureen Jelks. respected traditional singers from the Dundee area. Plus the usual club stalwarts.

I Second Fiddle Scott‘s Corner. Derby Street. 334 4891. Evening.

I Ceilidh Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street.2483144. 10pm. £3.

Edinburgh

I Simpson Ferric/Brian Mulligan Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. Evening. Violin and guitar. cabaret.

I Country Music Jeannie Deans Tryst. 67 St Leonards Hill. Pleasance.

I North Sea Gas Platform l.Rutland Street. Evening. Resident pub folk band. I Kevin Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9pm—12.30am. Cheerful pub folksinger.

SATURDAY 25 Glasgow

I The Clydesiders Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. Songs.guitar. mandolin and fiddle in a Scottish entertainment.

I Deal Heights Cajun Aces Cumbernauld Theatre. 8.30pm. Bar. Dance tothe amplified accordion in rocking Louisiana swamp music. from Scotland.

I The Session Band Blackfriars. Bell Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. Afternoon. Celtic instrumental thrash.

I Kells Scott‘s Corner. Derby Street. 334 4891 . Evening. Cheerful goodtime trio. Scots/1 rish singalong.

I Ceilidh Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street.2483144. 10pm.£3.

Edinburgh

I Mod Committee Ceilidh University Refectory. Bristo Square. 8pm. Tickets. 339 6174. £3. Who better to dance tothan the Wallochmor Ceilidh Band?

I lntemational Ceilidh Pleasance Theatre Bar. The Pleasance. 5—7pm. £2 (£1). Part ofthe Peace Festival.

I Ceilidh Walpole Hall. Chester Street. £1 .50 before 8pm. £2 after. Music by the Caledonian Ceilidh Band. They

ask. . Please don‘t smoke.

I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. West Highland bar in the West End. Regular accordion. pipes etc.

I Kevin Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9pm—12.30am. Cheerful pub folksinger.

I Country Music Jeannie Deans Tryst. 67 St Leonards Hill. Pleasance.

SUNDAY 26 Glasgow

I Session Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street. 248 3144. 1.30—5.30pm. Glasgow Irish with Pat MacNulty and others.

I Zutl La Chute Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Old timey. American and cajun.

Edinburgh.

I Youngs Music Club Leamington Terrace. 9.30pm. 50p. Tonight. Rod Paterson gets behind the microphone for an hour. Sec panel on The Picts.

I Seannachie Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Scottish songs and zippy instrumentals from resident band.

I Jim Knight/Denny Swanson/Graham McGirlt Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarkct. 225 7440. Evening. Three singerguitarists. I North Sea Gas Rutland Hotel. Rutland Street. 229 3042. 9pm. Singalong.

MONDAY 27 Glasgow

I Victoria Bar Bridgegatc. 552 6040. 9pm. Weekly session.

Edinburgh

I Ian Foster St James Oyster Bar.Ca1ton Road. 9pm. Blues and Ragtime.

I Miro The Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Bartill 1am. 1989‘sopening session.

I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Every Monday night is Scottish music. Bar closes at 11pm.

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