SUNDAY 31 ' Glasgow I Pure Glasgow Glasgow Green. 2—l lprn. Free. On the World Music stage there is Bhangra from Bombay Talkie; Nigerian Ju Ju from Gide Chord; Yvonne Curtis and Wavett play music from St Lucia; and Cuba‘s Sonora la Calle: On the Corona-Salsa/Latin stage. lnner Sense; Ash-Ay; Sonora la Calle and various Latin DJs. Also Edinburgh Samba School. Lochwinnoch Carnival Orchestra and David A. Hall's 'Acid Brass' band from Whitburn. On the Celtic stage. Bell Street. 2—l lprn. Free. Ceilidh funk with the Tartan Amoebas: new-wave Scottish folk from lron Horse; Salsa Celtica‘s take on Caribbean dance music. and Martyn Bennett‘s bagpipe club dance grooves. I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868|. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Cuba Libre! Palladium. Broughton Place. 557 2l00. l0pm. £10 (£8). Benefit for the Scottish Cuba Defence Campaign with star comedians. guests from the Festival. George Galloway MP. the Cuban Ambassador to the UK. flamenco and tango groups. Edinburgh's Salsa Celtica. plus the wonderful. authentic music ofCuba's Sonora la Calle.
I Open House Canon‘s Gait. Canongate. 556 448l. 9pm. Free. Folk song and instrumental music in an informal session.
Edinburgh
I Jim Knight Canon‘s Gait. Canongate. 556 448l. 9pm. Free. Folk singer and pals.
TUESDAY 2 Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Songwriter's Showcase Tron Ceilidh House Cellar Bar. 8.30pm. £1 (performers free). Enquiries 228 8245.
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I Frank Hewitt Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868 l. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh Folk Club Closed for
holidays.
THURSDAY 4
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I Adam McNaughton New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 400 l033. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Veteran Glasgow singer. song collector. writer (Jeely Peece Song. Hamlet) and wit.
I Redwing State Bar. Holland Street. 332 2l59. 9.30pm. Free. Country Roots.
Glasgow
I Kingston Bridge Trio Clutha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Acoustic roots.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 5520588. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the \enue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 55l I.
Melrose
I Melrose Music Festival Weekend festival features the Peatbog Faeries. \"in Garbult. Brian McNeil. Keith Hancock. Boogalusa. Tony McManus. Small Talk and many. many more. Pub sessions. Campsite. information 0l835 823592. or Tourist Office. (H.896 822.555.
Biggar
I Tinto 2 Wiston Lodge. near Biggar. Information (H.555 6786l0. Folk iii the Field presents its second weekend spread ofconcerts. ceilidhs. workshops. fatnin events. sessions. open stage. craft village and crack. Camping.
SATURDAY 6
Glasgow
I Comer House Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 3.30pm. Free. Powerful lrish music.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Corner House Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 l550. 8.30pm. £3. New album just out from this fluent fiddle and nimble accordion led Scots-based band playing essentially. but not wholly. lrish music.
I Yes Yes Ceilidh Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 8pm. £8 (£5). Information and tickets from 0870050 1999. Music from the Belle Star Band. Presented by Scotland FORward.
I Climate Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. £6 (£4). Greenpeace event with music from the Big Squeeze.
Gumbernauld
I Jaleo Curnbernauld Theatre. Kildrum. 0| 236 732887. 7.45pm. £9 (£6). Not the tourist rubbish. but a brilliant flamenco group from Seville. Two guitarists. a singer and a male and female dancer in an evening of intelligent. passionate. spontaneous. absorbing and beautifully performed music.
Melrose I Melrose Music Festival See Fri 5.
Biggar I Tinto 2 Wiston Lodge. near Biggar. See Fri 5.
SUNDAY 7
Glasgow I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 4pm. Free.
Melrose I Melrose Music Festival See Fri 5.
Biggar I Tinto 2 Wiston Lodge. near Biggar. See Fri 5.
TUESDAY 9
Glasgow
I Better Crack Club Clutha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8pm. Donation. Storytelling club hosted by Ewan McVicar.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Songwriter's Showcase Tron Ceilidh House Cellar Bar. 8.30pm. £l (performers free). Enquiries 661 5275.
WEDNESDAY 10
Glasgow
I Alan Jones and Friends Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 9pm. Free. Gritty blues singer/guitarist.
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Ciovan Parish School. Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£ l .50) information 636 I450. Suitable for all abilities. lain Fraser leads the new season
E of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton
fiddle styles. for more advanced players: other tutors lead the beginners and
intermediate levels.
' Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). ()n holiday. RL‘OpL‘llS l7 Sep.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Alan Taylor New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 400 l033. 8.30pm. £3-~£5. Quality singer/guitarist first made his mark in the late 60’s and has been going ever since.
classical &
opera listings
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical & Opera listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 29
Glasgow
I East Dunbartonshire Primary Schools Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. lprn. £3 (£l/free). The west coast kids take to the stage in the Festival of British Youth Orchestras with Bizet's Overture: Doe/or Mirae/e and Faram/o/e from Suite: L'Arlesienne. Dvorak's Slavonie [)anr‘e No 6. Myers‘s Cavatina and the first movement of Beethoven‘s .S‘l'ttlp/lotll' No I.
I Edinburgh International Youth Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/free). Daniel Bell joins the orchestra for Brahms‘s Violin (‘oneerto. the centrepiece of a programme that also includes Dvorak‘s Carnival. Bartok's Hungarian Pictures and Smetana‘s Vltava.
Edinburgh
I Waverley Singers St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 8pm. £5 (£3) from St Giles‘ shop and at the door. The singers. conducted by Pamela Duncan and with Morley Whitehead on orgart and piano. sing pieces by Bach. Schubert and Peter Maxwell Davies.
SATURDAY 30
Glasgow
I Fife Youth String Orchestra and Percussion Group Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. lptn. £3 (£l/free). The former will play English music by Delius. Walton and Holst. while the latter pick up the beat of Brown‘s Brad/fan Street Dance. Mancini‘s Peter (;ll}lIl and Bizet‘s Farina/ole.
I Fife Youth Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/free). Completing Fife day at the Festival of British Youth Orchestras. Graeme Wilson conducts Arnold‘s Pour .S'eottis/r Dalu‘es. three dance variations from Bernstein's Patter ' Free. Dvorak‘s .S'vmp/ionv No S. Britten’s The Young Person 3‘ Guide ’I}; The Orchestra and Sibelius‘s I-‘in/anr/ia.
Glasgow
I Glasgow Schools Symphony Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£3/fr'ce). The Festival of British Youth Orchestras draws to a close with Nicolai's ()l't’l'flil'l’.' A’Iet'lft' Wires 0] ll’fllt/SUI'. Walton's Suite: Henry V. Wagner's lll/I‘Ut/llt'lfull.‘ lonelier/n .'l('/ Ill and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 ('1.itt/e Russia/1').
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St Peter‘s Episcopal Church. Lutton Place. 667 9838. 4.30pm. Free with retiring collection in support of Waverley Care Trust. Michael Bonaventure plays music by Busteliude. Bach. Kenneth Leighton. Scltnittke and a new work by Peter Nelson. ()II The Bette/l.
I Scottish Borders Wind and Chamber Orchestra Sr (‘iiles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. Kevin Price conducts music by Frescobaldi. Bourgeois. Handel. Bach attd Holst.
THURSDAY 4 I
. Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 332 5057. 7.30pm. £ l0 (£7/£4). The first of two concerts blowing the dttst from unfamiliar Romantic piano
classical 8t opera MUSIG
masterpieces features Piers Lane playing Moritz Moszkowski‘s Piano Com'erto. Elsewhere on the programme. Jerzy Maksytniuk conducts Sibelius's Spring Song and Tchaikovsky's .S‘ymphonv No 2 ( ‘Little Russian ').
Paisley
I The Barber Of Seville Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Scottish Opera Go Round turn Rossini‘s comic masterpiece into a lively. pared-down production featuring seven singers and piano accompaniment. Gavin Taylor takes the role of the mischievous Figaro. with Ivan Sharpe and Michelle Walton as young lovers Count Almaviva and Rosina.
SATURDAY 6
Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stevenson Hall. RSAMD, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£7/£4). The second concert in the Romantic Piano series showcases the technically demanding Piano Concerto No 2 by Nikolai Medtner. a Russian-born contemporary of Rachmaninov. which will be played by Nikolai Dernidenko. Completing the programme is Schumann‘s .S'vmpltmtv No 3
( ‘thenisli ').
Dunoon
I Edinburgh Quartet St John‘s Church. Dunoon. 10.30am £4 (£3) at the door. The quartet‘s Highlands and Islands tour begins with a programme featuring Borodin‘s String Quartet No 2 and other music by Wolf. Puccini. Kern. Ronald Duncan and James MacMillan.
SUNDAY 7 Edinburgh
I Vocal Recital St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. with retiring collection. Baritone Jo Hughes Jones sings works by Brahms and Richard
Strauss. accompanied at the piano by John Grundy.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital Sr (iiles‘ Cathedral. High Street. l.l0pm. Free with retiring collection. Philip Sawyer plays Bach's iiu‘r‘ritri. Adagio and l’ugue in C. Mendelssohn‘s Sonata VI and John McLeod's The Water ()f The Spirit.
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