MUSIC
Bernstein. Alexandre Myat isthe conductor.
TUESDAY 9 Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert l-lutchcsons‘ Hall. 2 John Street. Tickets: at door. 1.15pm—2pm. £1.25. Piano recital of Schubert and Mozart by Alasdair Cameron. Tea. coffee etc from 12.45pm. I Glasgow Harpsichord Society St Anne‘s. 14 Sandend Road. 882 6127. 7.30pm. Non-members £2. Club Night when the theme is Music byJ.S. Bach.
WEDNESDAY 10
Glasgow
I Shoppers' Recital Princes Square. Buchanan Street. Free. 3pm—5pm. Harpist. Billy Jackson.
I 800 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. Extra date: Thursday 1 1. Edinburgh. £2.50—£ 10 (£1 ). Beethoven’s Symphony No 9. Choral and Schoenberg‘s Verklaerte Nacht with Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting. Soloists are Lynne Dawson. Christine Cairns. Martyn Hill and Petteri Salomaa. Choir is the Scottish Philharmonic Singers.
Edinburgh
I Grand Piano Classics Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £5—£8. Absolutely unashamedly popular programme by international pianists Rostal and Schaefer who play two pianos. piano duct and solo. Rhapsody in Blue. Dream of Olwen. The Entertainer. Stars and Stripes. Bolero. . . and much.much
THURSDAY 11 Glasgow
I Merchants' Music Merchants‘ Hall. 7 West George Street. Tickets: 227 5511
(Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 12.45pm. £2.50 (£2). They're Playing ()urSong - and your song could well be here amongthe selection of Mozart. Brahms. Puccini. Gershwin. Coward. Kern. Joplin and others to be sung by Sasha Abrams. soprano. accompanied by Peter Alexander.
I Evening Prom Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 7pm. Extra dates: Thursday 18. Thursday 25. Free at door. The Esra Guitar Duo entertain in impressive surroundings.
I The Britten Singers Paisley Abbey. Paislay. Tickets: 889 7654. £5 (£4). Formerly the BBC Northern Singers. this newly launched choir visits Paisley with a varied programme. Stephen Wilkinson conducts and George McPhee presides at the organ.
I Piano Recital Stevenson llall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 4101 . 8pm. £7.50 (£5). Music by (.‘hopin. performed by Janucz.
Edinburgh
I SCO Usher llall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. Tickets: 668 201‘) (Queen‘s l lall Box ()ffice). 7.45pm. £2.50—£10.50(£4/’£2.50). See Wednesday 10. Glasgow.
FRIDAY 12
Glasgow
I Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £5—£25. MarissJansons conducts a heavyweight programme of Brahms' Symphony No 2. Wagner's Prelude and Liebestodfrom Tristan and Isolde and the Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2. by Ravel.
Edinburgh
I HSNO Usher llall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Saturday 13. Glasgow. £3—£ 15 (£3). W ho else but Christopher Seaman to conduct a
programme which includes Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony and Debussy's La Mer'.’ With the SNO Chorus. soprano Alison llargan and baritone Stephen Roberts.
SATURDAY 13 Glasgow
I Opera Study Day Dept of Adult and Continuing Education. Glasgow- University. Further information: 248 4567 (Friends of Scottish Opera). 10.30am—5pm. £9 (£7). Art in-depth study of Verdi‘s Falstaff. opening at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday.
I HSND (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £3.50—£15 (£3). See Friday 12. Edinburgh. I Westerton Male Voice Choir St Andrews College. Bearsden. Tickets: ‘)42 3802. 7.30pm. (‘horal programme for which the WMVC is joined by the Duncan Singers.
Edinburgh
I I $011311 di Roma St (‘ecilia's l lall. Cowgate. 7.45pm. A programme ofmusic ranging from early to contemporary by Boccherini. Mozart. (‘ocn arid Malipiero.
SUNDAY 14 Glasgow
I Prokofiev Centenary Festival Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 10(1 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. £7 (£4). incredible — an eleven-year-old composer and pianist from Rostov who plays compositions. both by himself and by Prokofiev. for children. Alyosha Khevelev is the name and he's joined by Yelena Margonlina. one of the 1‘)‘)() Scottish Piano Competition winners and Natalia Malikhina.
I Prokofiev Centenary Festival Stevenson llall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street.332 5057. 8pm. £7 (£4). Russian songs by Glinka. Rachmaninov. Prokofiev and
Mussorgsky performed by soprano Melania Armstead and pianist Julius Drake.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 2.30pm. £618.50 (£4—£6). Pleasant Sunday afternoon concert with works by Mendelssohn. Rossini. Puccini and 'I‘chaikosvky's Andante ( 'antabile and serenade/Or Strings.
I Prokoliev Centenary Festival Queen‘s llall. (‘lerk Street.668 201‘). 7.45pm. £5.50 £8.50 (£3). Vladimir ()ychinikov. one of the most popular young Russian pianists. plays the Sonatas .N'os 7am! 8 and Three Pieces from l’etrushka by Stravinsky.
MONDAY 15 Glasgow
I Glasgow Festival Strings The Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 64‘) 7151 . Tickets: at door. 8pm. £6(£3.50).
TUESDAY 16 Glasgow
I Lunchtime Concert 1 lutchesons‘ Hall. 2 John Street. Tickets: at door. 1.15—2pm. £1.25. Talented young pupils from the Music School of Douglas Academy in Poulenc's Trio for oboe. bassoon and piano and the Piano Trio 0,) ()7by Shostakovich.
I Falslall'l’heatrc Royal. llope Street. 332 9000. 7. 15pm. lixtra dates: 20 April at 2.15pm; 27 April. 2 and 22 May 2117. 15pm (Glasgow); 27 and 2‘) June. Edinburgh. £3—£30. New Scottish Opera production of Verdi's comic masterpiece. Directed by [an Judge. conductor John Mauceri and Scottish baritone (iordon Sandison in the title role.
I Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci King's Theatre. 227 5511. 7.15pm. Iixtradates:
PROKOFIEV CENTENARY FESTIVAL
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AT THE QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
Sunday 14 April
7:45 pm - VLADIMIR OVCHINIKOV - Winner of 1987 Leeds Piano Competition
Piano works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev Wednesday 17 April
7:45 pm - ROSTOV STRING QUARTET - Works by Prokofiev, Khrennikov and Ravel
Thursday 18 April
7:45 pm - COMPLETE PROKOFIEV PIANO SONATAS - MURRAY MCLACHLAN
Sunday 21 April ROYAL BANK CONCERT
2:30 pm - THE YOUNG PROKOFIEV - Alyosha Khevelev 1 1 year old child prodigy Yelena Margolina
Sunday 21 April
7:45 pm - RUSSIAN SONGS - MELANIE ARMITSTEAD and DAVID MASON
Songs by Glinka, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev Monday 22 April
7:45 pm - ROSTOV STRING QUARTET - Works by Shostakovich, Myaskovsky and Prokofiev
Tuesday 23 April
7:45 pm PROKOFIEV PIANO SONATAS - MURRAY MCLACHLAN
Sunday 28 April
7:45 pm - RUSSIAN CELLO MUSIC - ALLA VASILYEVA and ALEXEI SMITOV
Works by Prokofiev, Kabalevsky and Khrennikov
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