SATURDAY 12
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £2.50 (£1.50) for afternoon; £5 (£3.50) for evening. It‘s Stage 1 ofthis year‘s competition with Stevenson Hall the venue for 36 recitals with competitors coming from as far afield as Israel. Georgia and Japan. All eyes are on a place in the final at the Royal Concert Hall on Sat 19 Sep.
SUNDAY 13
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1. 15pm. 6.45pm. £2.50 (£1.50) for afternoon: £5 (£3.50) for evening. See Sat 12.
Edinburgh
I St Giles At Six St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. With conducting from Marion E Main. the Dunbar & District Choral Society give us Vivaldi and Zelenka.
MONDAY 14 Glasgow I Scottish International Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £2.50 (£1.50) for afternoon: £5 (£3.50) for evening. See Sat 12.
WEDNESDAY 16
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £2.50 (£1.50) for afternoon; £5 (£3.50) for evening. Stage 2 commences with the last eight competing over the next two days.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5.50—£45.50. The first post-Edinburgh Festival production of the new season sees Mozart‘s The Magic Flute brought to vivid life. As with Wagner's I’arsi/al. this invites the audience to undergo a mysterious ritual in pursuit of enlightenment. Among the performers are Wynne Evans as Tamino. David Stephenson as Papageno and Christine Buffie as Queen of the Night.
I Celebrity Organ Recital St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 8pm. £6 (£4). Kevin Bowyer presents this recital with performances of Rachmaninov. Ferneyhough. Alain. Messiaen and Dupre. Full details of the St Giles‘ Celebrity Recital programme is available from the Cathedral shop at £2 a throw.
I The Lamp Of Lothian Concert St Mary‘s Parish Church. Haddington. info: 01620 823738. 8pm. £8 (£6/£3). The final concert in the Lamp ()f Lothian season sees violinist Tasmin Little joining forces with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for Mozart‘s [a ('lwnenm (Ii 'Iim. Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4 ‘Italian' and Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto in I) Ina/m: ()p 6]. David Jones conducts.
THURSDAY 17
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £2.50 (£1.50) for afternoon: £5 (£3.50) for evening. See Wed 16.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles“ Cathedral. High Street. 22594-12. 1.10pm. Free. Michael Harris performs a variety of pieces including Byrd's A Fancy. Scheidt's Magnifier” Nani 'Iimi and Stanford's Fantasia And Toccata ()p 5 7.
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SATURDAY 19
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. info: 332 5057. 6.45pm. £8—£2l. Today is prize-giving day as the final four competitors battle it out for the prestige and a share of the £25000 prize-money.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5.50—£45.50. See Wed 16.
. SUNDAY 20
Glasgow
I Sunday Brunch With Paragon Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. info: 287 5511. 1pm. £6 (£3.50). The Paragon iinsemble complete their Sunday Brttnch season w ith a selection of numbers from Mozart. Schubert and Dvorak.
I Promenade Organ Concert Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. info: 331 185-1. 2.30pm. Free. This afternoon’s show is provided by London's Jonathon Melling.
Edinburgh
I St Giles At Six St Giles” Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. A special event tonight with the World Council of Churches‘ 50th Anniversary Service.
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Master Classes Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £1.50. While the competition is an annual event this is the first time since 1992 that Master Classes have taken place. Today sees Boris Berman. Yale's Head of Keyboard. conducting the classes while tomorrow you have two opportunities to witness the
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Head of Keyboard at London‘s Trinity college. Philip Fowke. doing his stuff.
Edinburgh
I Evening Concert St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442/226 2998. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Music from the Orthodox Liturgy by unknown masters and Russian composers from the St Petersburg Vocal Ensemble entitled RUSS/CUM.
TUESDAY 22
Glasgow
I Scottish International Piano Competition Master Classes Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1.15pm. 6.45pm. £1.50. See Mon 21.
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 3329000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45.50. See Wed 16.
THURSDAY 24
Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. info: 287 5511. 7.30pm. £6—£|5 (standby concessions available front 10am). Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC SSO through the Scottish premiere of Flgar’s Symphony No .i as completed by Anthony Payne. as well as Grieg's Piano Concerto and Smetana's ()vt'rlun': 'l'he Barrera! Brit/e. Payne will give a pre-concert talk in the Exhibition Hall at 6.30pm. See album reviews for the BBC SS()'s latest release.
Edinburgh
. I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 225 9442.
1.10pm. Free. A show in memory of Kenneth Leighton. Gary Seiling plays a selection of works. among which are Ridout's 7}) Orpheus. Vann‘s .S'arahanzla Fit/24 Wake and Joubert's Rl’t‘t'A‘XlUIIUL
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The BBC SSO give the Scottish premiere of Elgar's unfinished Third Symphony at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Thu 24 Sep.
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