Music folk & world listings

Saturday 13 continued

Edinburgh

I Zabalka Stockbridge House. 2 Cheyne Street. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). Celtic. Breton and Baltic fusion. complemented by called ceilidh dancing.

Borders

0 Both Sides Of The Tweed 2 Innerleithan. Peebles. See Fri 12. Afternoon country concert with the Carter Bar Family. Reubens Train and Feet First. Tonight's main concert features The London Lasses. Reubens Train and The Boys 01' The l.ough (with fiddler Iain MacFarlane replacing Aly Bain). I.ate-nite l.ouisiana Swamp Bop.

Edinburgh

I Bente Kure \Vee Folk Club. Royal Oak. lntirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. Danish singer/guitarist playing contemporary folk. country and blues.

I Wolfstone The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. £10. llighlamd folk rockers with their new album No! linough Shouting.

Borders

0 Both Sides Of The Need 2 innerleithan. Peebles. 755551. See Fri 12. Main concert. 3pm. with Archie Fisher. Alie Fox and Jane and Amanda Threlfall.

Glenrothes

I 1st Glenrothes Line Dance Festival Rothes Halls. Rothes Square. ()1592 61 1 101. 1—1 1.30pm. £10 (£5). With music from the Glen Mitchell Duo. Greyhound Express. and Toe The Line. plus authentic western stalls. food and a raffle in aid of Rachel House Children’s Hospice.

Stirling

I Adam McNaughton 8: Anne Nielsen Stirling Folk Club. Terraces Hotel. 4 Melville Terrace. ()1786 472268. 8pm. £5 (£4). Traditional ballads and songs from these well known performers.

Wednesday 1 7

Glasgow

I Indian Classical Music Recital RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). lndian classical music performed by Rajendra Kulkarmi. bansuri. and Vijay

Kangutkar. tabla.

Edinburgh

I Craobh Rua [Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 650 2349. 7.30pm. £tbc. Four—piece multi- instrumental band. hailing from Belfast. plus fiautist and singer Claire Mann with her eponymous, newly-released first album.

Duntermline

I Archie Fisher Dunfermline Folk Club. Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8pm. £5 (£4). Presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s 'Ii'ave/ing l’olk programme. Fisher is a renowned guitarist. composer and interpreter of traditional song.

Alexandria

I Open Session l.ontond Folk Club. Argyll Bar. Main Street. ()1389 757561. 9pm. Free. See Wed 10.

Thursday 18

Glasgow

I Rosemary Woods and Ben Sands The Star Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 569 7287. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Celebrated singers from the lrish folk revival.

60 THE LIST 4- 18 Oct 2001

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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.

Glasgow

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50 £23. Alexander Lazarev conducts violinist Maxim Fedotov and the RS.\'() in a performance of (ila/unov's lio/in (‘Ullt'l’l‘llk The orchestra's Shostakovich Series also continues. with a rendition of his Symphony .\'o II.

I Excalibre Ensemble Pollok House. Pollok Country Park. 2060 l’ollokslta\\'s Road. 6106410. 7.30pm. £9 (£8 ). The ensemble deliver a selection of works by Schubert. Mo/art and Beethoven.

Edinburgh

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra l'sher llall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.45pm. £6 £20 (£2.50). Joseph chnscn is at the baton for the opening concert of the SC()'s winter season. Joined by pianist Jon Kimura Parker. they perform Brahms' Piano Concerto and Svmp/tonv .\'o 4.

I Lunchtime Organ Music St (iiles' Cathedral. Royal .Mile. 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Michael Harris performs works by Bach. Widor and others.

Dundee

I Young Concert Artists Series Dundee l'niversity Chaplaincy Centre. 01382 432265. 7.30pm. Soprano Claire de Bono and guitarists Stephen Polwart and Simon Thacker play music by Assad. Falla and Rodrigo.

Alloa

I Scottish Opera Go Round Town Hall. Marshill. (11259 213131. 7.30pm. Scottish ()pera hit the road with Puccini's La Boheme.

Dunblane

I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Dunblane Cathedral. 01786 461081. 8pm. £17.50 (concessions available). Mel/o soprano l.ouise Winter joins conductor Jer/y Maksymiuk and the orchestra for lilgar's Sea l’it'tares. Vaughan Williams' I‘antasia on a theme by Thomas iii/lit and Franck's Symphony in 1) minor complete the programme.

Glasgow

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6» £18 (£2.50). See Thu 4.

I My Spirit Sang All Day St Andrew's in The Square. St Andrew's Street. 548 6020. 7.30pm. £6 £12 (£4.50 £8). Cappella Nova take a trip around the Britiin Isles. presenting 19th and 20th century partsongs and folksong settings by linglish. Scottish. Welsh and lrish composers.

I BBC Radio 3 Midday Concert RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). Cellist Alexander Baillie and pianist John 'I'hwaites perform James MacMillan's Sonata .\‘o 2. pltis works by Debiissy and Franck.

I Brass Band Conducting Competition RSAMI). 100Renft‘cw Street. 332 5057. 5.30pm. Free. The Academy Brass Band are taken through their paces by a variety of conductors in this new competition.

Edinburgh

I Royal Scottish National

Orchestra l'sher llall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £8.50 £22. Sec Thu 4.

L I Penicuik Silver Band Harry

Miller Hall. Kirk 0' Field Church. 7.30pm. 70p (35p). Musical evening with a performance from this local band.

Dundee

I BT Scottish Ensemble - Sounds Of Sweden Marryat Hall. City Square. 01382 434941. 7.30pm. £11 (£7). The linsenible open their winter series with a programme of Nordic and Czech works. featuring (irieg's Hollie/g Suite. Dag Wiren's Serenade/or Strings- and Suk’s Serenade ()p. f).

Ayr

I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Town Hall. Sandgate. (11292 611222. 7.30pm. £9.50—£16.50 (concessions available). Jerzy Maksymiuk is at the baton for John Maxwell (ieddes‘ lovager. in a programme which also features Franck’s Symphony in I) minor and. with memo soprano l.oiiise Winter. iilgar's Sea I’it‘ltu'es.

Saturday 6

Glasgow

I The Children’s Classic Concert - Top of the Pops Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 3pm. £9.50 (£5): £26 family ticket. The hugely charismatic Christopher Bell presents a classical top ten. accompanied by the ()rchestra of Scottish ()pera and the .\'YC()S Children's Choir.

I Mo’s Company (iallery ()1 Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. 3-4pm. Free. Violinist Hector Scott and clarinettist Shinobu Miki continue their series of informal afternoon concerts. filling Cr()MA with the sounds of contemporary Scottish composers all of whom will be present to speak about their work.

I Renfield Recitals Rent‘ield St Stephen's Church Centre. 260 Bath Street. 332 2826. 1pm. Free. A series of free lunchtime concerts by various artists.

Edinburgh

I Cappella Nova - My Spirit Sang All Day (ireyfriars Kirk. (ireyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £6 £12 (£4.50 £8). See Fri 5.

I Katherine MacKintosh The Hub. Castlehill. Royal Mile. 473 2000. 7.30pm. £15 including dinner. Young obois‘l MacKintosh plays new works. traditional folk songs. and sonatas. with piano accompaniment from Claire ilaslin.

Ben/Vick Upon Tweed

I The Banquet of Musick Paxton llouse. Paxton. 01289 386291. 7.30pm. An evening of liarly Music from this Baroque quartet on violin. organ. cello and recorders. Featured composers include Bach. William Mc(iibbon. Handel and Thomas lirskine.

Glasgow

I The World Of Rodgers 8. Hammerstein Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50 £22.50. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and four soloists take a whirlwind tour through the songwriting duo‘s finest musicals. featuring hits from The Sound (ilellSlC. ()k/a/ioma.’ and Saul/t I’at‘t/it'.

I The Banquet of Musick Si Andrew's In The Square. St Andrew's Street. 5486(120. 2.30pm. £5 (£3). See Sat 6.

I Georgie Gajjic Cafe Cossachok. Rtissian Cultural Centre. 10Kng Street. 553 0733. 8.30pm. A programme of Rlissian accordion classics.

Edinburgh

I Edinburgh Quartet Queen's Hall. (‘lcl'k Street. ()68 2111‘). 2.30pm. £9 (£2.50 £6). The respected quartet play a

HITLIST

BT Scottish Ensemble The ensemble get their winter season unden/vay with ‘The Sounds Of Sweden', a smorgasbord of classical talent from Dag Wirren to Josef Suk: part of a nationwide festival celebrating our links with the Scandinavian country. Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 77 Oct; Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Fri 72 Oct. Paul Lewis Music maestro Alfred Brendel claims Lewis to be one of

the finest pianists of his generation: with high praise like that. the young blood needs no

further introduction. Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 8 Oct.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Hang onto your hats as one of the world's leading violinists. Tasmin Little steps up to the stage for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri '12 Oct; Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sat 73 Oct.

Cosi fan tutte After a traditional La Traviata. Scottish Opera present their stylish updated version of Mozart's dark comedy of manners. Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Wed 77 & Sat 20 Oct.

selection of works by Mozart. Debussy and JB Mciiwan.

I The Children’s Classic Concert - Top of the Pops L'sher Hall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 3pm. £9.50 (£4.50) £26 family ticket. See Sat 6.

I St Giles’ At Six Si (iiies‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Crraham Mark Scott is at the organ for works by Leighton. Alain. Rogg and \ierne.

Duntermline

I Westwinds Sextet Carnegie Hall. liast Port. 01383 314000. 7.30pm. The Sextet perform works by Poulenc. Albert Roussel and Jacques lbert.

Monday 8

Edinburgh

0 Paul Lewis Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £8—£l4.50. Young British pianist Paul Lewis builds on his already excellent reputation. with the first of four concerts featuring Schubert's complete Piano Sonatas.

Tuesday 9

Glasgow

I Rush Hour Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 5.30pm. Free. The first in a series of late afternoon concerts presented by various academy orchestras. Today‘s features ilolst's The Planets.