MUSIC/CLASSICAL
1.30-8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World Music programme underthreat.
Glasgow
I Buttermountain Boys Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 9pm. £4 (£2). English band of cajun skiffle good-timers. well worth the visit.
I Star Follr Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Traditional songs and contemporary compositions performed a cappella by all women band Stravaig.
I Music at Bonhams 194 Byrcs Road. 337 3424. 9pm. Free. Acoustic set from Michael Keenan.
Edinburgh
I FolkM L'Attache L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free.
CLASSICAL
FRIDAY 31
Glasgow
I Central Region Youth Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2/free). Penultimate concert in this vibrant series opens with Wagner‘s Overture to Die Meistersinger and continues in popular vein with Barber‘s Adagio. Smetana's Vltava the SigurdJorsalfar suite by Grieg and Dvorak‘s Slavonic Dances ()p 46.
Edinburgh
I Arleen Auger Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 11am. £3—£8. Morning recital of songs by Ravel. Strauss. Mahler and Wolf.
I Berkshire Youth Chamber Orchestra Central Hall. Tollcross. 229 7937. 12.30pm. £1 .50 (free). Attractive hour-long programme ochhaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. Richard Rodney Bennett‘s Sinfonietta and Nine Characteristic Pieces by Francaix.
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Royal Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. Free at door. 12.30pm. Mendelssohn‘s Hebrides. Ibert‘s Flute Concerto and the Symphony No 1 by Beethoven.
I Strathclyde Schools Symphony Orchestra Central Hall. Tollcross. 229 7937. 7.30pm. Extra date: Saturday 1. Glasgow. £3.50 (£2/free). Christine Cairns is soloist in Elgar‘s Sea Pictures. which is followed by Walton‘s Symphony No I and the Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier.
I Berlin Symphony Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. Tickets: 225 5756. 8pm. £6—£l6. Czech pianist RudoIfFirkusny joins the orchestra for Martinu‘s Piano Concerto No 2 in a programme which also includes Mozart Symphony No 34 and Death and Transfiguration by Strauss.
SATURDAY 1 Glasgow
I Spirit oi Pertection Burrell Collection. Pollok Park. Pollokshaws Road. Full details: 204 4848 (SCO). Daytime. Workshops — the Indonesian Gamelan in Glasgow. various dates until 15 September. Booking essential.
I Tosca Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 331 1234 or 332 9000. 7.15pm. Extra dates: 20. 22. 26 September. 19 October. 1.3 November (Glasgow); 6. 8 November (Edinburgh). £3—£30. Scottish Opera opens new season with revival of one of their most popular productions. first seen in the 80/81 season. Sir Alexander Gibson conducts and the title role is taken by Russian soprano Maria Abajan. making her British debut.
I Stralhclyde Schools Symphony Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £3.50(£2/free).
The Glasgow Festival of British Youth Orchestras comes to a close with the region‘s home grown talent including Christine Cairns as soloist in Elgar‘s Sea Pictures.
Edinburgh
I Academy oi Ancient Music Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019.11am.
£4.50—£l 1.50. Renowned original instrument band under conductor Christopher Hogwood play Bach. Telemann and Vivaldi.
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Central Hall. Tollcross. 229 7937. 12.30pm. £1 .50 (free).
I Lothian Region Schools Orchestra Central Hall. Tollcross. 229 7937. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2/free). Closing concert in this year‘s Edinburgh Festival of British Youth Orchestras comes from the home team who play Offenbach‘s Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld. Walton's Henry V Suite and Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
SUNDAY 2 Glasgow
I Spirit oi Penectlon Burrell Collection. Pollok Park. Pollokshaws Road. Full details: 204 4848 (SCO). Daytime. Workshops — the Indonesian Gamelan in Glasgow. various dates until 15 September. Booking essential.
Edinburgh
I Berlin Symphony Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. Tickets: 225 5756. 8pm. £6—£21. Festival closing concert with Thomas Allen and Arleen Auger as soloists in Brahms‘ Requiem with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
MONDAY 3 ‘ Glasgow
I The Marriage 01 Figaro New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7pm. Extra date: Wednesday 5. £5—£7.50(£3—£5). After three weeks of young instrumentalists comes one week of young singers as British Youth Opera visits Glasgow for the first time. New production directed by James Ross and conducted by David Jones.
I Spirit oi Periection Burrell Collection. Pollok Park. Pollokshaws Road. Full details: 204 4848 (SCO). Evening. Workshops— the Indonesian Gamelan in Glasgow. various dates until 15 September. Booking essential.
TUESDAY 4
Glasgow
I Eugene Onegin New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7pm. Extra date: Thursday 6. £5—£7.50 (£3—£5). Second production by British Youth Opera and another new ' production for the company of up and coming young singers. Conductoris Timothy Dean and Stefan Janski is producer.
WEDNESDAY 5
Glasgow
I The Marriage oi Figaro New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7pm. £5—£7.50 (£3—£5). See Monday 3.
I Spirit oi Pertection Burrell Collection. Pollok Park. Pollokshaws Road. Full details: 204 4848 (SCO). Evening. Workshops - the Indonesian Gamelan in Glasgow. various dates until 15 September. Booking essential.
THURSDAY 6 Glasgow
I Merchants Music Merchants‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. £2 (£1 .50). James Durrant. viola. and
Philip Thorne. guitar. play works by Falla. Villa Lobos. Schnitz and Paganini.
I Eugene Onegin New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7pm. £5—£7.50 (£3—£5). See Tuesday 4.
I 8N0 City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 7.30pm. Sir Alexander Gibson conducts this concert in aid of East Park Home for over 50 young people with a wide range of disabilities. Evelyn Glennie is soloist.
I Academy Chamber Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5. Prior to an eight concert tour to Canada. the orchestra gives Glasgow audiences a sample of what they will be taking. Philip Ledger conducts his students in Albinoni (Oboe Concerto). Britten (Serenade for tenor. horn and strings and Simple Symphony). Bach. Vivaldi and Elgar. Proceeds to Yorkhill Hospital Eye Fund.
FRIDAY 7 Glasgow
I Factory Classical Night Tramway. Albert Drive. 423 9527. £5.99. Britain's most famous independent record label. the Manchester-based Factory Records. recently started a classical division. and this showcase. set up especially for the New Music World conference. features three very maverick ensembles. Durutti Column. led by guitarist Vini Reilly. came to prominence in the late 70$ playing subdued. echoey electric guitar compositions. and The Steve Martland Band has been formed because ofthe composer's distaste for classical musicians. Graham Fitkin replaces the previously-announced Roll I lind.
S_U N DAY 9 . Glasgow I Women 2000 Henry Wood Hall.
Claremont Street. Tickets: 2275511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 1pm. £3 (£1.50). Virginia Black. harpsichord. in a lunchtime programme kicking offthe Early Music Day in a two-day (next is Sunday 16) celebration ofmusic by top performers by women composers from the 12th century to the present day.
I Women 2000 Henry wood Hall. Claremont Street. Free at door. 3pm. Lecture by Dr Greta Mary Hair on the 12th century Benedictine Abbess. Hildegard von Bingen. Presentation includes musical examples from Dr Hair’s new edition of her chants.
I Women 2000 Henry Wood Hall. Claremont Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The Medieval Woman as Lover. Patroness and Poet is the title ofSinfonye’s programme directed by Stevie Wishart celebrating the female troubadour using voices. medieval fiddle. lute. hurdy-gurdy and percussion. Pre-performance talk at 6pm.
MONDAY 10
Glasgow
I Spirit at Perfection Burrell Collection. Pollok Park. Pollokshaws Road. Full details: 204 4848 (SCO). Evening. Workshops— the Indonesian Gamelan in Glasgow. various dates until 15 September. Booking essential.
THURSDAY 13 Glasgow
I Merchants Music Merchants‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. £2 (£1 .50). Edwin and Elizabeth Paling continue their series of the Beethoven violin sonatas with ()p 12 No 2 and Op 30 No 3.
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