MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
FOLK LISTINGS CONTINUED
clubs continues in an informal way.
I Penicuik Folk Club .\'a‘. mu Hotel. Bog Road. l’enicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Siiigarotxnd.
WEDNESDAY 8 -
Glasgow
I See Maylest listings.
I Eddie Walker Scone. Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. free.
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Stratliclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street lnformatioii 636 1450. 7.30-‘).30pm £4 (£1.50). Iain Fraser leads the season of \‘."‘l'l{>ll()PS on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for more advanced players; other tutors lead the beginners arid irttei't‘iedtate levels.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh EOIk Cilib l’l:;tsance (Ubartfl Bar. ()0 The Pleasures 8pm. £4 (£3 I. Urbn-Ri continue as a trio with singer Davy Steele. and ll('\\ men Greg Borlan and Aaron Jones.
I ALP Ceilidh Dance The Merlin. Morningside Road. information from All) Scots Music Group. 337 5442. 8.30pm. £3 (£2 1. Weekly dance with live music and caller.
THURSDAY 9 A -
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I New Dawn Folk Club (ilasgo'y l’ress Cltib. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3 £5. Songs. stories. guitar-nlaving and a good laugh from the talented veteran
folk clubber Tich Filer.
Edinburgh
I Eden \Vilkie House. Cowgate. Information (tlayl 65'1-1218. 10.30prn-3ani. £5 (£4). Monthly club feat-art's acoustic music with supporting 1)). Opening night has belly dancers. live :lrlllllllicl’s and local world music band Tusitala with the Celtic t‘ootsllless of Little Green Monkeys.
Biggar
I (van Drever and Duncan Chisholm Biggar ("or'ri l-irzchange. liti'oi‘niation 01555661331e\t110.730prn.£5 (£2.50). Wolfslone front—men as a duo with songs. guitar. l‘()'12'(\'.1lr(l and fiddle.
FRIDAY 10 ‘
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde l’lace. ‘)pm. £6 (£4 ). Tickets. at the venue or iii advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. liox Street. (ill-Clyth Sll'c‘cl.
248 3144. Doors open 8pm. £5.
SATURDAY ~1 1
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I Sinaig Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street.
552 8681. 3pm. Tree.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fm Street
off (51}th Street. 248 3144. 1)oorsopen 8pm. music at ‘)pni. £5.
Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. The Isle of liigg and other songs penned by fave folkie songwriter Robin Laing.
SUNDAY 12
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I Mitre Folk Club The Mitre. Brunswick Street. ol‘f Argyle Street. 3—-6pin. Free. Informal.
MONDAYl "-‘ -
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I Ceilidh Dance Class Riverside Club. Fos Street. of'fClytle Street. 248 3144. 7.30pni—-10prri. Doors open 7pm. £3.50. Bar. Regular caller Karin Ingram and piaiio-accoi'dioiiist Freeland Barbour. I Weekly Scots Step Dance Workshops Stratliclyde Art.\ Centre. Washington Street. liifoi‘riiatiori 636 1450.
7.30---‘) Stlpni. Scottish and Cape Breton stepping taught to live music.
Glasgow I See Maytest listings.
Edinburgh
I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. l’eiiicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3) Sriigaround.
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Glasgow
I See Mayiest listings.
I Kingston Bridge Trio Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. Information 636 1450.
7.30 ‘).30pni. e1 (£1.50). lain Fraser leads the season of workshops.
Edinburgh
I Altan l‘estiv :11 Theatre. Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. £10.50 £7.50 (£8.50 £5.50). 7. 30pm. 1re1and's premier traditit'inal music band have now signed with Virgin and released a new album. They kick off their British tour with one Scottish gig. See Music preview.
Bar. 60 The Pleasance. Spin. £4 (£3). She can play the concertina. szi\. banjo and hammer dulcimer. but it's as a gifted guitarist and singer/’songw riter that Kristina Olsen mightily impressed Scottish audiences on her first \ isrt from the USA.
I ALP Ceilidh Dance The Merlin. .‘ylorningsitle Road. Information from the ALP Scots Music Group. 3 3’7 5442. 8.30pm. £3 (£2 1. \‘i'eekly dance with live music and caller
I American Square Dancing st Anne's Centre, Cow gate 7- ‘)pin. Dance to Oketenokee with caller Colin Mclennan.
THURSDAY 16‘
Glasgow
I See Maytest listings.
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club, West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3-£5. Now an annual visitor from the USA. Kristina Olsen is a dynamic young blues-based guitarist and singer. See Edinburgh. Wed 15.
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CLASSICAL & OPERA
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical & Opera Listings compiled by
‘ Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 3
Glasgow
1 I Academy NOW! Stevenson Hall
RSAMI). 1(X1RenfrewSti'eet, 332 5057. lpm. £2.50 (£1.50). The Academy Now! Festival continues with Peter lriness conducting Str‘avinsky‘s Septet. l’rilvaoutki and ()t'tt't and the first performance of Jeffrey Koene's Le 'Iomlu'au l’our l.a Jam/re De Monsieur Bone/lard.
' I The Rape OI Lucretia New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfew Street.
‘ 332 5057. 7.15pm. £5 (£3). The
RSAMD's ()pera Department performs Benjamin Bi'itteri‘s opera, which received its premiere at Glyridebour'ne 50 years ago this summer. Fight singers and thirteen instrumentalists perform an intense and dramatically powerful score.
I Academy NOW! Stevenson Hall.
5 RSAMl). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057.
7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50). The second
i concert today in the RSAMD‘s
celebrations of contemporary composition
sees the premieres of Gordon
.‘ylcl’llerson's I-‘irt' [it'll and Ross Campbell's Uni/er l)lll'(’.\'.\'. There's also music by Cresswell. Varese and Stravinsky (including Dian/iarton ()aks). I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £4.50—£14.50 from 227 5511. The great Russian baritone Dmitri llvorostovsky is the guest soloist ill a concert that features Mussorgskys
; l’rt'liu/e; Klrtn'tinti‘t‘liina and Songs Am/
Dances (2fDeat/t. Rossini's ()verttu‘e.‘ The Barber ()j'St'vi/le and arias from that opera and William Tell. and Prokofiev's Symphony No / l'('lti.i‘.rit'al').
I Song Circle Glasgow 1.‘niversity
3 Chapel. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50) from 227 i 5511 or on the door. See Mayfest listings.
‘ I The Threepenny Opera Glasgow
5 School of Art. 168 Renfrew Street. 332 ' ()6‘)1.7.30pin. £5/£l (£2.50). See Mayfest
listings.
I BT Scottish Ensemble ottl Alllcnucullt.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret i
17‘) Buchanan Street. 332 2333. 8pm. £8
3 (£6). See Mayfest listings.
5 Edinburgh
; I Organ Recital Reitl Concert Hall.
Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. John Kitchen plays from the organ repertoire.
I Christopher Herrick Grey/friars Kirk. Candlemaker Row. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50) from (ireyfriars Kirk. The organist presents a programme of music by Bach.
.l.itai/.e. Daquin. Batiste. Wagner and
Berlioz.
I The Mikado King‘s Theatre. Leven Street. 220 434‘). 7.30pm. £8.50—£15.5() (£4/£5). l)'()y1y Carte Opera Company
; return to Edinburgh with the Gilbert and 3 Sullivan favourite. which features the
songs 'A Wandering Minstrel. ‘The Lord High lixecutioner‘ and ‘Three Little Maids From School'. Reckoned by the Bolton lire/ring News critic to be ‘the best Gilbert and Sullivan production I‘ve ever seen‘.
SATURDAY 4
Glasgow
I Organ Recital St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 339 6691. 1pm. £4 (£3) on the door. See Mayfest listings.
I The Threepenny Opera Glasgow School of Art. 168 Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 1.30pm and 7.30pm. £5/£l (£2.50). See Mayfest listings.
I Lucia Di lammermoor Collier Theatre. ‘13 Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). See .‘vlayfest listings.
I OT Scottish Ensemble ()1d Athenaeum. 17‘) Buchanan Street. 332 2333. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Mayfest listings.
Edinburgh
I The Mikado Kings Theatre. 1.even Street. 220 434‘). 2.30pm and 7.30pm. £8.50 -£l5.50 (£4/£5). See Fri 3.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card liotliiie 667 7776). 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Alasdair Mitchell conducts the Orchestra iii Ciluck‘s lpliigt'nia In xlulix. Mozart's .S'vnip/tonv No 35 ( 'Ha/jiit'r') and Bruckner‘s Syrup/tony No 7.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Usher l-lall.1.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.45pm. £4.50—£16.50(£5/£3). See Fri 3.
SUNDAY 5
Glasgow
I ludus Instrumentalis Cotticr Theatre. ‘)3 Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 1pm. £6.50 (£4.50). See Mayfest listings.
I Organ Recital Art Gallery and Museum. Kelvingrove. 221 9600. 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Free. Colin 'l'ipple of St (‘utlibert's in Edinburgh gives two short recitals of organ music.
I Hebrides Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. £7.50 (£3/£l ). The fusion between classical music and jazz is explored in an afternoon concert which features the world premiere of a new Sextet by Dick 1.ee. Also on the bill are Copland's l’iano Quartet. Stravinsky/"s T/iret' Pieces For Solo Clarinet. Rayel's Sonata l-‘or Violin .‘lllt/ Piano and Martinu's [.11 lt’t'i'ut' I)t’ Cuisine. See preview.
I Scottish Opera’s Sound Bites SliCC. 7.30pm. Free by ticket draw (coupon in Mayfest programme). See Mayfest listings.
Edinburgh
I SCO Wind Ensemble Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card hotliiie 667 7776). 2.30pm. £4—£10 (£3). An afternoon concert featuring Weber's rlt/llL’lU .‘3/1(/ Rout/o. Scliulliof1"s 'I'rio and Mozart's Serenade In [5 Hot.
I St Giles’ At Six St Giles’ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. Noel Cockbui'n performs a programme of organ music.
I Evelyn Glennie Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.30pm. £5.50—£17.50 (£4.50-£15.50). The popular Scottish solo percussionist offers a new programme of music specially written and arranged for her. including the UK premiere ofloseph Schwantner's Velocities and the world premiere of Django Bates's My Dream Kile/It'll. Xylophone. vibraplione. mariiribas. gongs and plenty of drums.
MONDAY 6
Glasgow
I lucia Di Lammerinoor Cottier Theatre. ‘)3 Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£7.50). See Mayfest listings.
Edinburgh
I Hebrides Ensemble Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card liotline 667 7776). 7.45pm. £7.50 (£3). See Sun 5
and preview.
52 The List 3-16 May 1‘)‘)6