folk & world
residencies
The followin details are for regular free weekl gates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by ci , then by day. Residencies wil be listed. provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk 8: world Residencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
Fridays
I lock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm Free. Scottish and Irish session.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish thente pub with live music.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland bar with live music.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 8pm. Free. In'sb theme pub. Live music.
Saturdays
I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 4.30 tn. Free.
I Tolboot Saltmarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I Jock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Songs and accordion in Highlanders‘ watering hole.
Sundays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 9pm. Free.
[Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 8.30pm. Free. Session.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30-5.30pm. Free.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Fin McChuill.
Tuesdays
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I O'Neill's Queen Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live bands.
Wednesdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 9pm. Free. Live folk groups.
I lock Tamson's Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordionist.
EDINBURGH Fndays I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Music from the Highlands and Islands. I O'Neill's South Bridge. 10pm. Free. Live Irish-themed music. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Live music. I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo
Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
“THE UST 20 Feb—5 Mar 1998
I Wally Allen Ensign Ewan. Lawnmarket. 225 7440. 9pm. Free.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free. Live Scottish music.
Saturdays
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Instrumental folk music.
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music froth the Highlands and Islands.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. 226 0931. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk. I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme tub. Live bands.
I Biddy Milligan’s Grassmarket. 220 1246.9 m. Free. Live music.
I Scrulffy Murphy's George I\' Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Live Irish music. I Finnegan’s Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Llive music.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 5114. 10.30pm—Iate. Free. Roots/folk bands.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live folk singers.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music iii the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976.
9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
Sundays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—1 1pm. Free. Hot accordionist in an open session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. Afternoon frotn Iptn. Free. Session in the famous folk pub.
I Finnegan 5 Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 3pm. Free. Attdy Chung; 10pm—late. Informal music upstairs and downstairs.
Mondays
I Session Sandy Bell‘s. Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9 tit—2am. Free. Live music.
I Fidd er's Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665. 9pm. Free. Instrumental session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 2260931. 9pm. Free. Session.
Tuesdays
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Llive music.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Whistle Binkies Nidtlry Street. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays
I Laurie's Bar Lauriston Place. 622 7125. 8 tn. Free. Andy Chung.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Live music.
Thursdays
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 5114. 10.30pm-late. Free.
I O'Neill’s South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme ub. Live bands.
I Tron Cei Idh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. Free. Informal session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Live music.
classical &
opera
listings
Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical 8: Opera listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 20
Glasgow
I SCO Chamber Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). Schubert's String Trio in Bflat. Mozart's I’lute Quartet in D and Fraser Maitland’s (.‘mistructirm ()f‘C/tilr/ltaud make for a varied lunchtime Concert.
I Samson Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £5.50-L'25. Scottish ()pera present a concert perfonttance of Handel‘s Samson. written itt London in the I740s — a time when public taste had moved away frotn dramatised works and the composer was creating a magnificent series of oratorios based on Biblical stories. Derek Clark is the conductor for this special event. with Neill Archer singing Samson and Catriona Smith as Delilah. Sung in English.
I Alfred Brendel Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Saucltieltall Street. 7.30pm. £7.50—£15 from 287 55 I I . The virtuoso pianist. with a career spanning five decades. is the latest addition to the Concert Hall‘s International Series. Tonight he plays three sonatas by Haydn and two by Mozart.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Albion Street. 7.30pm. £4.50—£15.50 (£3.50) front 287 551 1. Christian Lindberg is the soloist for the world premiere of Lyell Cresswell's 'l'ramhane Concerto. commissioned by the SC(). and also plays the rarely heard 'I'rmnhone Concert by David. a violinist friend of Mendelssohn. Completing the programme are Stravinsky's ()ctet and Mendelssohn's Symp/umv Na 5 ( 'Re/arntatian '). Lindberg and Cresswell give a pre-concett talk on their collaboration at 6.30pm.
I Paragon Ensemble Tron Theatre. 63 'I‘rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8 (£4). A collaboration between Paragon Ensemble's Artistic Director David Davies and Canadian physical theatre choreographer Eric Tessier Lavigne has resulted in BE RI()tous. which sets silent narratives of everyday life to ten solo pieces by Italian composer Luciano Berio. An unusual and sometimes humorous take on 20th century music.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. James Johnstone plays pieces by Cornet. Gibbons. Scheidemann and Bach.
I Cappella Nova Greyfriars Kirk. Candlemaker Row. 7.30pm. £6—£l I (£4—£7.50) from Queen's Hall (668 2019; credit card hotline 667 7776). Hildegard of Bingen was born 900 years ago and here her music is allowed to breathe just as it was originally. with no modern frills attached. Her plainsong has been arranged for voice and traditional instruments — harp. portative organ. hanging bells. recorder — to create a truly pure and authentic experience.
I Edinburgh University String Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 7.30pm. £5 (£3) at the door. The student musicians. conducted by James Lowe. play Vaughan Williams‘s Five Variants ()fl)it'es And Lazarus. Borodin's Nocturne: String Quartet No 2. Respighi‘s Ancient Airs .4an Dances. Sibelius's Rakastat'a. Puccini‘s I Crisantenti and Nielsen's Little Suite.
SATURDAY 21
Glasgow
I Snatched By The Gods/Broken Strings Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45.50. Scottish Opera take a bold step into the unexpected with two complementary works by Indian composer Param Vir. originally
commissioned for the 1992 Munich Biennale. Both have their roots in Hindu and Buddhist cultures and myths. but tell their parable-like stories through Western musical techniques. Sure to be a fresh and exciting experience. Sung in English.
I Cappella Nova St Aloysius' Church. 10 Hillkirk Street. 7.30pm. £6—£11 (£4—£7.50) front 287 5511. See Fri 20.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £7.50—20 from 287 551 1. Lisa Milne -- the rising opera star recently seen in Scottish Opera's (.‘axi Fan Tutte - and baritone William Dazeley join the RSN() for an evening of operatic highlights from the timeless favourites.
I Linda Finnie Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5(157. 7.30pm.
£ 1 2/£l5 (including champagne reception). RSAMI) graduate Linda l‘llllllt‘ has gone on to great things since her student days in Glasgow. attd here she and pianist Jack Keaney perform pieces by Schumann. Horovitz. Verdi and Wagner. including the ll’esent/anck Lieder and the ‘I.iebestotl' from Tristan Und Isolde.
Edinburgh
I Composition Workshop Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 10am—5.30pttt. Free. Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust's fourth weekend ofComrXisition workshops focuses on works for cello and piano by Scottish composers. Frances- Marie Uitti (cello) and Ananda Sukarlan (piano) provide the musical input for these rehearsal and discussion sessions. Concert on Sun 22.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk. Cattdletnaker Row. 7.30pm. £6 (£4) from Queen's Hall (668 2019; credit card hotline 667 7776) and at the door. Prepare for a night of tempestuous passion as Alasdair Mitchell conducts Wagner's Siegfried ()t'erture and Die ll’ttlkurt'.’ /l('l ()Ilt’.
Edinburgh
I Camelot Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. Free by application to Box ()ffice. A concert performance of the Arthurian legend by Lerner and Loewe with the BBC S80 and the SC() Chorus for future broadcast on Radio 2.
I Composition Workshop Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 2—5pm. Free. See Sat 2 I.
I Recorder Recital Augustine United Church. 41—43 George IV Bridge. 3pm. £5 (£3) from 447 7930. The Society of Recorder Players presents a concert by Dorothee ()berlinger (winner of the 1997 Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition). with Elisabeth Wand on cello and organ. I Scottish Chamber Choir St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. with retiring collection. The choir sing works by Victoria.
I ECAT Young Composers Showcase Concert Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 7.45pm. Free. Following a weekend of composition workshops (see above). Frances-Marie Uitti (cello) and Ananda Sukarlan (piano) play a selection of new works by young Scottish composers.
I None Of The Above Bongo Club. 14 New Street. 558 7604. 8.30pm—midnight. £6 (£4). Expect the unexpected frotn this regular live music and performance club. which features the unique sounds of Mr McFalI‘s Chamber.
Haddington
I Essential Scottish Opera St Mary‘s Church. 7.30pm. £7 (£5) from James Orr Newsagent. 81 High Street (01620 823155). Scottish Opera‘s mission to bring operatic highlights to the furthest corners of Scotland begins a new tour for 1998. Franzita Whelan (soprano). Joanna Campion (mezzo-soprano). Gordon Wilson (tenor). Benjamin Bland (baritone) and Stephen Higgins (piano) run a gauntlet of emotions with arias and ensembles from Carmen. Riga/elm. Die Flederntaus. The Magic Flute and many others.