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Singers Greyfriars Kirk. Candlemaker Row. Tickets: at door. 7.45pm. £3 (£1.50). Music for voices and instruments from Venice and Rome including work by the late 17th century Venetian composer. Legrenz. in his tcrcentenary year.
SUNDAY 20 Glasgow
I Glasgow Festival Strings St Andrew's Parish Church and Arts Centre. St Andrew's Square. Saltmarket. Tickets: Ticket Centre. 227 5511 or at door. £3 (£1.50). A new Brandenburg '90' series starts with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
, No 3 and the first performance of a new
; Brandenburg. bearing the name ofthe I series. by Glasgow composer Philip
Norris. Also by Bach is the Violin (‘onrerto in E and. to finish the programme. Tchaikovsky’s Serenadefor .Strin gs .
I Morley String Quartet Merchanis‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm.£2.50(£1.50). Ouartets by Scottish composer Thomas Wilson (No 4) and Haydn (Op 54) plus the Piano Quintet by Schumann. for which the Morleyis joined by pianist Hester Dickson.
I Glasgow Orchestral Society Henry Wood Hall. Claremont Street. Tickets: atdoor. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Well varied programme with soprano Patricia MacMahon as soloist in Canteloube's Songs ofthe Auvergne. Also. works by Beethoven. John McLeod. Tchaikovsky and Schumann‘s Rlirnish Symphony. Neil Butterworth conducts.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Academy Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 558 2019. 7.30pm. £1 ,50(£1). Various orchestras and ensembles from the Academy in concert.
MONDAY 21
Glasgow
I Madame Butterfly Theatre Royal, Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000 7.15pm. Extra dates Wed 23. Sat 26. Thurs 31 .Sat 2June (2.15pm) and Tue 5June (Glasgow); 26 and 30 June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. Welcome return ofNuria
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TUESDAY 22 Glasgow
I Merchants' Music Mcrchants‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. £2 (£1.50). Music for the pleasant but not too often heard combination of harp and flute from Elunde Pierce and David Nicholson by a fairly unusual selection of composers including Krunpholtz. Damase and Hovhaness.
I Lunchtime Concert Hutchesons‘ Hall. ingram Street. Tickets: at door 1 . 15pm. £1.25. Students of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama perform for Strathclyde University.
I Glasgow Harpsichord Society St Anne's. 14 Sandend Road. 882 6127. 7.30pm. Annual General Meeting of this busy and active society.
Edinburgh
I Beethoven : The Piano Sonatas Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £5/£6.50 (£415.50). See Fri 18. Glasgow. for full description.
WEDNESDAY 23 Glasgow
I Glasgow Festival Strings Merchants' Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: at door. 1pm. £3.50(£2.50) -incl wine and refreshments. Young professional string players with Handel ‘s Arrival ofthe Queen of Sheba. Albinoni's Concerto forZ Oboes and Mozart's Piano C oneerto K449. soloist Julian Evans. James Durrant conducts.
I Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 3329000. 7. 15pm. Extra dates: Sat 26. Thurs 31. Sat ZJune (2.15pm) and Tue 5 June (Glasgow); 26 and 30 June (Edinburgh). £5-£25.50. See Mon 21.
Edinburgh
I William Conway and Peter Evans Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £4.50 (£3). SCO‘s principalcellist. William Conway. joins forces with pianist Peter Evans for a programme of French and Spanish music. including works by Debussy. Poulenc. Frank Martin and Falia.
THURSDAY 24
Glasgow
I Strathclyde University Brass and Wind Ensembles Winter Gardens. People‘s Palace. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2). Winter Gardens Prom under directors Alan Tavener and Colin Suckling.
I Salome Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000. 8pm. Extra date: Tue 29 May (Glasgow): 28 June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. Joint production with Welsh National Opera with the young American soprano Cynthia Makris in the title role. John Mauceri conducts and the director is Andre Engei.
Glasgow
I Cosl tan lutte Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Wed 30 (Glasgow); 27 and 29 June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. British debut for director Jurgen Gosch. who comes to Scottish Opera as part of this season's special policy of inviting exciting and innovative European theatre
. directors. Young cast . including Jane
Eaglcn. Clare Shearer. Thomas Randle and Simon Keenlyside.
I Hariprasad Chaurasia Henry Wood Hall. Claremont Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £2.50/£5. One of India‘s front rank musicians in a programme of indian music for flute.
SATURDAY 26 Glasgow
I RSAMD Junior Dept Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Admission free by ticket. James Durrant conducts the Second Orchestra. Wind Band and Brass Ensemble. See also below.
I Madama Buttertiy Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: Thurs 31 . Sat 2 June (2. 15pm) and Tue 5 June (Glasgow): 26 and 30June
_ (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. See Mon 21.
I RSAMD Junior Dept Chamber Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£1.50/£2/£3.50). James Durrant is back again with more of his talented young forces for a programme including Cimarosa’s Concerto for two flutes and strings and works by Albinoni and William McGibbon.
Edinburgh
I Choir of St Mary's Cathedral/London Festival Orchestra St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 7.30pm. Bach's B minor Mass conducted by Dennis Townhill. with soloists Sarah Leonard. Katrine Townhill. Neil Mackie and Geoffrey Davidson.
I Classical Guitar Society of Edinburgh St Mark‘s Unitarian Church. Castle Terrace. 7.30pm. Triana perform music for voice and 2 guitars.
SUNDAY 27 Glasgow
I Student Recitals Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Times to be announced. Free at door. Extra date: Wed 30. Recitals by the final year students of the DRSAMD Performance course.
I City oi Glasgow Phllhannonic Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 551 1. 7. 30pm. £3—£11.50. More Pops at the Philharmonic from lain Sutherland and his orchestra. Tonight it's Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits.
Edinburgh
I London Festival Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street, 668 2019. 4pm. £6/£9 (£4/£8). Afternoon performance with soprano Heather Harper as soloist in Britten's Les Illuminations. The orchestra, under director Ross Pople. also plays Mozart’s Prague Symphony. Purcell‘s Overture to The Fairy Queen. Mendelssohn‘s String Symphony No 6 and the British premiere of Sinfonia Concertante by Edwin Roxburgh. Benefit concert for the Friends of Edinburgh lntemational Festival. See also Mon 28. Glasgow.
I Meadows Chamber Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Busy day for the Queen's Hall and a busy week there for Peter Evans. who is back tonight to conduct the Meadows in Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. the Violin Concerto by Barber and Beethoven‘s Symphony No 5. Ida Levin is soloist.
MONDAY 28 Glasgow
I London Festival Orchestra Glasgow Cathedral. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £5.50/£8.50. ln its fifth anniversary year. Ross Pople's Cathedral Classics is to visit no less than 24 cathedrals the length and breadth of Britain. starting tonight with
Glagsow. where the Cathedral Choirjoins the orchestra for Haydn‘s Creation. Evelyn Glennie is soloist in Milhaud's Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone and orchestral works by Purcell. Dvorak and Mozart complete the programme. See also Sun 27. Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
I My Fair Lady King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Tue 29. Wed 30. Thurs 31. Fri 1. Sat2 (3.30pm and 7.30pm). £3.50—£7. Edinburgh Music Theatre Company in Lerner and Lowe classic. adapted from George Bernard Shaw‘s Pygmalion.
TUESDAY 29
Glasgow
I Merchants Music Merchants’ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 2275511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. £2 (£1.50). Robin Colville. piano. and Ken Colvillc. narrator. give a Chopin recital with a difference as they retrace his 1848 visit to Glasgow in letters and music. I Salome Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000 or 331 1234. 8pm. Extra date: 28 June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. See Thurs 24.
Edinburgh
I My Fair Lady King's Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extra dates: Wed 30. Thurs 31 . Fri 1 . Sat 2 (3.30pm and 7.30pm). £3.50—£7. See Mon 28.
WEDNESDAY 30 Glasgow
I Student Recitals Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Times to be announced. Free at door. See Sun 27.
I Cosi tan tulle Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000.7.15pm. Extra dates: 27 and 29 June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. See Fri 25.
Edinburgh
I My Fair Lady King's Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201. 7.30pm. Extradates: Thurs 31 . Fri 1. Sat 2 (3.30pm and 7.30pm). £3.50—£7. See Mon 28.
I The Galley Slaves of Love Town House. Haddington. Tickets: 228 1 155 (Usher Hall Box Office); ()62 082 3738 (Haddington House). 8pm. Extra date: Thurs 31 . Queen‘s Hall. Edinburgh. £4.50 (£1.50/£3). Musicians and actors get together as ‘Wordplay‘ to explore the relationship of Liszt with the Countess d'Agoult. Music includes Liszt songs. piano solos and duets performed by soprano Ann Mackay and pianists Leslie Howard and Stephen Coombs. A Lamp of Lothian concert.
THURSDAY 31 Glasgow
I Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000.7.15pm. Extra dates: Sat 2 June (2.15pm) andTue 5 June (Glasgow): 26 and 30June (Edinburgh). £5—£25.50. See Mon 21.
I The Martyrdom of St Magnus Tramway Theatre. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 8pm. Extra dates: Fri 1. Sat 2 (3pm and 8pm). £6 (£3). Music Theatre Wales and the SCO get together for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies‘s chilling story of Norse brutality based on the novel Magrius by Orkney writer George Mackay Brown. Michael Rafferty conducts.
Edinburgh
I My Fair Lady King’s Theatre. Leven Street. 229 1201 . 7.30pm. Extra dates: Fri 1. Sat 2 (3.30pm and 7.30pm). £3.50—£7. See Mon 28.
I The Galley Slaves of Love Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £5/£6.50. See Wed 30 for full description.
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