MUSIC CLASSICAL & OPERA
TUESDAY 9
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Edinburgh Ouartet Hutcheson's Hall. John Street, 552 4400 ext. 344. 1.15pm. £1.60. The quartet perform Stravinsky’s Three Pieces and Concertina as well as Borodin‘s Quartet No 2.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Chamber Choir Reid Concert Hall. Bn'sto Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Nicholas Jones directs the choir in Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzer 0p 52. Tippet's Five Negro Spirituals and folk songs arranged and composed by Rutter.
WEDNESDAY 10
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Edinburgh Ouartet ln-Service Suite. Jordanhill Campus. 552 4400 ext. 3444. 12.30pm. See Tue 9.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road, 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh
I Choir oi St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral St Peter’s Church. Lutton Place. 229 3758. 7.30pm. £4 /£3. Timothy Byram- Wigfield directs the choir in a programme of Cathedral Choir classics including works by Byrd. Howells. Stanford and Handel. Peter Backhouse is the accompanist.
I Schola Cantorum oi Edinburgh Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £5.50—£l4.50 (£4.50—£12.50) The Theatre‘s in-house choir perform Mozart‘s Coronation Mass. Handel's Nisi Dominus and Haydn’s Scena di Berenice.
I Stephen Farr St Giles‘ Cathedral. 225 4363. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Farr. of Christ Church Cathedral. Oxford. gives an organ recital.
I llapier Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Margaret Murray McLeod directs the orchestra in Purcell's Suite: Ala/elazer. Frankenpohl's Tuba
C ()Il(‘(’l‘llll(), Gluck’s Dance oft/1e Blessed Spirits and Ridout's Clarinet Concertino. The concert is in aid of Amnesty International.
I Masterclass for String Quartets Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7pm. Free with ticket to next day's performance. The Saltire String Quartet give a masterclass to four quartets from Edinburgh schools.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Life With An Idiot Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£44. See feature.
I Acantus Merchants' House. 7 West George Street. 639 3176. 12.45pm. £3.50 (£3). Marc Spencer-Bowles (flute) and
. Carolyn Marshall (piano) give a rendition of works by Bach. Schubert and Vaughan Williams.
I Lunchtime Concert Concert Hall. Glasgow University. 334 9229. 1.15pm. Students ofGlasgow University Music Faculty give a recital.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland
Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 5.
i Edinburgh
2 I Saltire String Ouartet Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £6 (£2/£4). Hector Scott (violin). Jeremy Morris (violin).
Susan Harris (viola) and Alison Lowrance (cello) perform Stravinsky‘s Three Pieces
WEDNESDAY 17 CRYSTAL CLEAR OPERA THE TRAGEDY OF
CARMEN
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FRIDAY 12
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings. I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh
I Mecltlenburgh Opera Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £12.50—£14.50 (£10.50—£12.50). Stephen Oliver wrote the three operas The Garden. Bad Times and Exposition oj'a Picture which are performed this evening. All three examine the darker sides of life and the hidden. ugly side of the human psyche which we all keep tucked away. John Abulafta directs and Anne Manson conducts.
I Edinburgh University String Orchestra -
Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. Emre Araci conducts the orchestra in his own Marc/1e funehre et triomphale and Suk's Serenade for Strings 0p 6.
SATURDAY 13
Glasgow
I Maylest. See separate listings.
I la Forza del Oestino Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 2.15pm. £3.50—£44. See Sat 6.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Royal Choral Union Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £6.50—£ l 2 (£4—£8). Christopher Bell conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the choir in Britten’s Ballad of Heroes and Brahms' A German Requiem. Virginia Kerr is the soprano and Johannes Mannov is the baritone.
I The Gabrieli Consort and Players Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm.£5.50—£17.50 (£4.50—£15.50). Paul McCreesh. founder of the Gabrieli Consort and Players. directs the musicians and singers in Purcell’s Ode For St Cecilia. Ode For Queen Mary. In Thee 0 Lord Do I Put My Trust and Blessed Are They That Fear The Lord.
I Meadows Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Peter Evans conducts the orchestra in a new work by Cresswell. So-Ock Kim is the violinist in Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Alex Taylor is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5.
I Clarsach Society Mayfield Salisbury Church. Mayfield Road. 667 8871. 7.30pm. £3 (£1). Isobel Mieras and other members of the Clarsach Society give a concert to raise funds for the Society's 1996 American tour and also for Mayfield Salisbury’s new organ.
SUNDAY 14 '
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Just Flutes Burrell Collection Lecture Theatre. Burrell Collection. 331 1854. 2.30pm. £4 (£2). The musicians give a performance covering a variety of styles including baroque. classical and jazz.
Edinburgh
I Edlnburgh Academy Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019, credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50). The varied programme will include music for concert band. Hallgrimsson's folksong arrangements, a Corelli concerto grosso and piano concertos by Shostakovich and Gershwin.
I St Giles’ At Six St Giles' Cathedral. 225 4363. 6pm. Free. Groot Mannenkoor gives an organ recital.
The Tragedy oi Carmen, Wed 17
I Garleton Singers Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £5 (£2/£4). Stephen Doughty conducts William Forbes Jones (counter tenor). Morley Whitehead (organ). Sophie Cartledge (harp) and Jake Perry (percussion). Together the singers perform Bernstein's C hie/tester Psalms. Bach's Lobet den Herrn alle Heir/en. Party's I Was Glad and works by Rutter. Howells and Holst.
Glasgow I Mayiest. See separate listings.
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Liie With An Idiot Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£44. See feature.
Edinburgh
I Over The Rainbow Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8pm. £9.50-£12.50 (£4.75—£6.25). Chanteuse Terry Neason. gccompanied by the innovative Par gon Ensemble. gives an evening ofentertainment comprising the songs of Gershwin. Cole Porter. Brel and Kurt Weill among others.
WEDNESDAY 17
Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate listings. I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh
I The Tragedy oi Carmen Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£17.50 (£4.75-£8.75). Crystal Clear Opera present Peter Brook's adaptation of Bizet’s opera. While Bizet's Carmen was considered extremely risque in its time. Brook’s version promises to be yet more wild-eyed.
THURSDAY 18
Glasgow
I Maylest. See separate listings.
I la Forza del Oestino Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 6.30pm. £3.50—£44. See Sat 6.
I The Tordlon Ouartet East Kilbride Arts Centre. Old Coach Road. East Mains, East Kilbride. 013552 61000. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Students from the RSAMD and Glasgow University perform Haydn‘s Quartet and Dohnanyi‘s Quartet 0p 7.
I Classical Music Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5825. Noon. Free. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Halflidi Hallgrimsson conducts the orchestra in Sibelius' Corelia Suite and Beethoven's Symphony No I. Alan Colquhon is the soloist in Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2.