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Performances will be listed. provided that details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Classical listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 23 Glasgow I Jane Irwin and Julia Lynch Merchants House, 7 West George Street. Info: 0141 334 9757. 12.45pm. £4.50 (£1.50—£4). Pianist Lynch joins mezzo- soprano Irwin in a programme of German Lieder and English son 5. I BBC Scottish Symp ony Orchestra BBC Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, 338 2916. 7.30pm. Free. Jerzy Maksymiuk conducts the first in a series of concerts entitled ‘What Passing Bells’, featuring works by composers who lived through or died during World War I. Tickets for concerts in Studio One are free by postal application. Send an SAE to 350 Concerts Secretary, BBC Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow 012 800. Call 0141 338 2916 for info.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Organist Michael Bonaventure performs works by Couperin, McGutre, Buxtehude and Leguay.
FRIDAY 24 Glasgow
I Sonnerie RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Internationally renowned Baroque violinist Monica Huggett and her period instrument ensemble journey to Glasgow for their first ever Scottish concert series. Tonight the ten-strong ensemble perform Bach ’s Concerto for harpsichord in F and Sonata for violin and harpsichord in B Minor, Telemann’s Concerto for flute, oboe and viola and Concerto for flute and recorder in E Minor, Vivaldi’s Concerto for violin in D and Rameau’s Pieces de clavecin en concerts No 3 in A.
Edinburgh
I The Representative Band Of The Norwegian Armed Forces Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£4). Conductors Nigel Boddice and Christer Johannesen lead the brass ensemble in a programme entitled From The Voice Of The Vikings To The Cry Of The Celts, featuring works by Edvard Grieg, Peter Graham and Torstein Aagaad-Nielsen.
SATURDAY 25
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SUNDAY 26
Glasgow
I RSNO Trio Recital Henry Wood Hall, 73 Claremont Street, 204 4540. 1.15pm. £5. Members of the RSNO on piano, French horn and oboe perform Reinecke’s Trio in A Minor and Herzogenberg’s Piano Trio in D Major, for live recording. Ticket price includes refreshments.
I Sunday Afternoon Concert House ForAn An Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4773. 2.30—4pm. Free. A varying programme of informal classical music in the Music Room.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Palm Court Orchestra Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 2.30pm. £4-£7.50. An afternoon of nostalgic musical memories with soprano Elizabeth McKeon and pianist David Lyle. I The lnvergordon Singers St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Ewen Stewart directs the singers in works by Dowland, Handel, Mozart, Stanford, Faure and Rutter.
WEDNESDAY 29
St Andrews
I String Quartet Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 474610. 1.15pm. Violinists Christopher Field and Beth Wyllie, cellist Philip Maltin and viola player Stephen Spackman perform Stenhammer’s String Quartet No 3, a romantic piece written by the Swedish composer at the turn of the century.
Maybole
I Ruth Morley and Allan Neave Culzean Country Park, 01655 760269. 7.45pm. £7. Flautist Morley and guitarist Neave perform works by Vivaldi, Piazolla, Carulli, Liebermann, Bach, Takemitsu, Ravel and Beaser.
THURSDAY 50 Glasgow
I The Bok Quartet The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. 6pm. Free. The quartet perform a programme of music to compliment the gallery’s Philippe Starck exhibition.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £10—£22 (£5 on the day). The orchestra open their Autumn season with Alexander Lazarev at the baton for Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto N01, with world-renowned pianist John
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Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Organist Michael Harris performs works by Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Whitlock and Widor.
I Katya Kabanova Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£45.50 (£7.50—£42.50). See Sat 25.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £5.50—£18.50. Joseph Swensen conducts the fifth concert in the SCO’s Beethoven season, featuring the German composer’s Egmont Overture, Symphony No 6 ‘Pastoral ' and Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’, with pianist Stephen Kovacevic.
Dunfermline
I The Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 314127. 7.30pm. £5—£6. Lt Col Richard Waterer is the guest conductor for this opening concert of the marines’ 1999- 2000 season.
FRIDAY 1 Glasgow I Midday Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. £3.50 (£2.50). Pianist Fali Pavri performs three works by Chopin. I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall, Candleriggs, 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5.50—£16.50. See Thu 30.
SATURDAY 2 Edinburgh
I Katya Kabanova Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£45.50 (£7.50—£42.50). See Sat 25.
Dundee
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £11.50—£14.50 (concs available). See Thu 30.
SUNDAY 3 Glasgow I Sunday Afternoon Concert House For An Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4773. 2.30—4pm. Free. See Sun 26.
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I Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Organist Chris Nickol performs works by Jackson, Buxtehude, Heiller, Leighton, Hollins, J.S. Bach and Lemmens.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £8-£21 (£6—£19). See Thu 30 and preview.
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TUESDAY 5
Glasgow
I Gliondar Ensemble Hutcheson’s Hall, 158 Ingram Street, 552 8391. 1.15pm. £2.50. The ensemble, on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn and piano perform an all-French programme featuring Poulenc’s Sextet.
Edinburgh
I The Mikado King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10—£22 (cones available). Britain’s oldest opera company, Carl Rosa Opera, celebrate 125 years of musical success since their early days in the 1860’s, when Carl Rosa and Arthur Sullivan were fellow students in Liepzig. Since then the company have performed many a Gilbert & Sullivan classic, and this latest show promises to remain faithful to the original 1885 production.
WEDNESDAY 6
Glasgow
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, 338 8844. 7.30pm. Free. The orchestra, under the direction of violinist Elizabeth Layton, perform Haydn’s Symphony No 49 ‘La Passione’ and Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht. Tickets are free by postal application. Send an SAE to $50 Concerts Secretary, BBC Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, GlZ 8DG. For further info cal10141 338 2916 (weekday afternoons).
Edinburgh
I The Mikado King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10—£22 (cones available). See Tue 5.
St Andrews
I Jane Irwin and Julia Lynch Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 474610. 1.15pm. The mezzo-soprano and piano duo perform songs by Mahler and Strauss.
THURSDAY 7 Glasgow
I Susanne Stanzleheit and Gusztav Fenyo Merchants House, 7 West George Street. Info: 0141 334 9757. £4.50 (£1.50—£4). World renowned pianist Fenyo and violinist Stanzleheit perform Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Prokofiev’s Five Melodies and Corigliano’s Sonata for Violin and Piano. I Katya Kabanova Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 332 9000. 7.15pm. See Sat 25.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Award-winning organist of Carlisle Cathedral Charles Harrison performs works by Bach, Frescobaldi, Widor, Olsson, Reger and Dupre.
I The Mikado King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10—£22 (cones available). See Tue 5.
I Edinburgh University Music Society McEwan Hall, Bristo Square. £1 at the door (free to Freshers). The society present a scratch performance of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, with all singers and players of stiing instruments welcome to join in.
St Andrews
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 474610. 7.45pm. £5.50-£14.50. Yoel Levi conducts the SCO in Sally Beamish’s new saxophone concerto The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone (with guest saxophonist John Harle, familiar to many from his work with the Michael Nyman band) framed by Kodaly’s celebration of his boyhood, Dances of Galanta and Mendelssohn’s romantic vision of Scotland, Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’.