FRIDAY 19

Glasgow

I Midday Concert RSAMI). l()() Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £3.50 (£2.50). The King's Consort perform Bach’s l-‘lute Concerto in A and Telemann‘s l-‘htte ('unrerta In I). pltts instrumental work by Cot‘elli.

I Masterclass RSAMD. lot) Renft'ew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free. Rachel Brown attd members of The King's Consort take a Ittasterclass on baroque flute attd strings.

I Princess Ida Mitchell Theatre. 6 Granville Street. 0141 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5—£10. See Thu 18.

I The Pirates Of Penzance King's Theatre. .297 Bath Street. 287 55 l 1. 7.30pm. £5—£23.50. See Thu 18.

Edinburgh

I A Harper's Journey National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 12.45pm. I-‘ree. Celebrated clarsach player Iain Hood takes you on a harper's journey tltrough the Highlands attd Lowlands of Scotland.

I Edinburgh Grand Opera Festival Theatre. 13-29 Nieolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5--£|8. See Thu 18.

I Chapter House Singers St Mary's Cathedral. Palttterston Place. Tickets: 226 3253. 7.30pm. £5 (children free). The singers perform John Stainer's The

(rat 'Ifit'imt.

Ltvmgston

I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). See Thu 18.

SATURDAY 20

Glasgow

I St Elizabeth Seton Primary School Recorder Trio Renfield St Stephen Church Centre. I lattt. The trio perform David 15.Crichton'sMan/rl’anit'. Part of Glasgow Music I-estival.

I Princess Ida Mitchell Theatre. 6 (Jranville Street. 0141 287 551 1. 3pm 6; 7.30pm.£5~£10. See Thtt 18.

I The Pirates Of Penzance King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5—£23.50. See Thu 18.

EdInburgh

I Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. The Quartet perform the world premiere of a new work by Iidward Harper plus Beethoven's Quartet in [5 Hat "The Har/t'.

I Edinburgh Grand Opera Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £5-—£18. See Thu 18.

I Edinburgh Bach Choir St Cuthbet't‘s Church. Lothian Road. Tickets: 667 7776. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The choir are joined by Stnfonta for Beethoven's .S’vnIp/mnr .N‘r) 9 I('/mra/). Brttckner's Four Matetv and the premiere of Johtt Rose's I’m/In X/.II.

I Peter Wendland & David Roblou St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £9 (£3»-£6). Two of Iiut'ope’s leading exponents of 18th century music perform Bach‘s Sonatar tar Via/a ila (iatnha (lllt/ Harpvit'harrl.

Livingston

I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2 ). See Thu 18.

Glasgow

I Fires Of Love Burrell Collection. 2060 Pollokshaws Road. 6497151. 2.30pm. £4 (£3). Music and voice ensemble Fires of Love complement the museum's Thistle Am] The Raw exhibition With a programme of Scottish. Iinglish and l‘l'L‘ltClt music. for two voices and Renaissance instruments.

I Promenade Organ Recital Art Gallery 8; Museum. Kelvingrove. Argyle Street. 287 2699. 2.30—4pm. Free. A free Sunday afternoon concert from organist

Christo her Nickol.

I Chil ren's Classic Concerts Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 3pm. £8 (£4—£5). The last in the current sen'es of fun classical concerts for children gathers together conductor/ presenter Christopher Bell. the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. RSNO Junior Chorus and the Dance School of Scotland for a spectacular ‘Gala Finala‘.

I Junior Academy Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4). The orchestra perform Borodin‘s ()I'ertare: Prince Igor. Shostakovich‘s Piano Concerto No 2. Mussorgsky‘s A Night On The Bare Mountain and Liszt‘s 1.e.v Preludes.

I Richard Smith Guitar Trio Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 8pm. £9.50. The virtuoso guitarist is joined by his two brothers fora mixed jazz and classical programme.

Edinburgh

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolsott Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £7-£ 19.50 (£5—£I7.50). See Thu 18.

Paisley

I Paisley Philharmonic Choir Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 887 1010. 7pm. £6 (£4). Iart Anderson conducts the choir in A Night At The Theatre. featuring songs from popular operas and musicals. Tickets available on the door.

LIVIngston

I West Lothian Schools Ensembles Howden Park Centre. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). See Thu 18.

Glasgow

I Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sattchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm.£8.50-£22. Violinist Joshua Bell joins the world‘s most recorded symphony orchestra for Mozart's Via/in Concerto No 5 in a programme which also includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides ()l't’I'IIlI'L' and Tchaikovsky's .S'vntp/Imrr No 4.

Edinburgh

I Stephen De Pledge ()ver-Seas House. 100 Princes Street. 225 1501. 6.30pm. £7.50 (£5). The New Zealand pianist plays works by Beethoven. Chopin. Liszt and fellow cottntrytnan Lyell Cresswell.

I Psappha Contemporary Music Ensemble Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 667 7776. 7.45pm. £8 (£3). The talented young ensemble frotn Manchester perform Ligeti's Horn Trio. lannis Xenakis‘s Plekta plus works by up-attd-coming British composers Anthony Powers and Marc Yeats. See preview.

TUESDAY 25

Glasgow

I Lunchtime Concert Hutcheson‘s Hall. 158 Ingram Street. 552 8391. 1.15pm. £2.50. Performance by students of the BA Applied Music Degree.

Edinburgh

I Edinburgh Quartet Iatt Tomlin School Of Music. Napier University. Craighouse. 455 6280. 6pm. Free. The quartet perform Beethoven's String Quartet In A minor and Matthew Roddie‘s new work Lig/n-mun'e.

WEDNESDAY 24

Glasgow

I Academy Symphony Orchestra RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Conductor Tantas Veto is joined by violinist Sarita Uranovsky for Battok‘s Via/in Cancer/u Na 2. Nielsen‘s Symphony Na 5 and Lutoslawski‘s MILvir/ue Flute/He.

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PURCELL ARR. BRITTEN Chacony

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Free introductory session, led by David Clarke and James MacMillan, Sunday 28 March from 2pm to 5pm, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow.

Concert introduction in the Hall from 7pm.

Thursday 8 April 1999 7pm

The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office 0141 287 5511

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