Music classical & opera listings
4 Thu 2, Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group The Pleasance. 60 The Pleasance. 668 3102. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). See Wed 1.
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall.Cand1eriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £6—£l8 (£2.50). See Thu 2.
I Hebrides Ensemble RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). The acclaimed ensemble play works by Peter Kemp and Nigel Osbourne as part of the Academy Now! festival.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC Studio I. Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive. 338 8844. 7.30pm. Free. Garry Walker conducts guest violinist lsabelle Faust and the orchestra in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no 2. Ronald Stevenson's Dance Tort-am and Stuart MacRae‘s Landscape and the Mind: Distant'e. Refuge also feature. Free tickets available by sending an SAE to the SSO Concerts Secretary at the above address.
I La Callsto RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £10 (£7). See Sat 27.
I Land Of The Rave RSAMI). l()() Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Final concert of the Academy Now! festival featuring V'arese's ()(‘IUIH/N’ as well as work from Frank Zappa. Coliit Broom. John Cage aitd iidwin London.
Edinburgh
I Ludmila Matsioura Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh L'niversity. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 1.10pm. Free. Organist Matsioura performs works by \‘ivaldi. Mendelssohn and Brahms.
I Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group The Pleasance. 60 The Pleasance. 668 3102. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). See Wed 1.
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I A Tale 0’ Tam Magnum Leisure Centre. Harbourside. ()1294 324494. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Scottish Opera present their specially commissioned children's opera based on the story of Burns' ‘Tam O‘Shanter’.
Maybole
I Royal Bank Festival Gala Concert Culzean Country Park. ()1292 443700. 8pm. £10. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra are joined by Karen Mathieson. Eddi Reader. Phil Cunningham. Aly Baiit and Jean Redpath for a night of quality music as part of the ‘Burns and a' that‘ festival.
Saturday 4
Glasgow
I Russell Watson SEC‘C. Fiiinieston Quay. 0870 0404000. 7.30pm. £20—£35. The popular tenor performs a selection of favourites in this live show.
I Renfield Recitals Renlield St Stephen's Church Centre. 260 Bath Street. 332 2826. 1pm. Free. See Sat 27. I Mo’s Company Gallery Of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 I996. 3—4pm. Free. Violinist Hector Scott and clarinettist Shinobu Miki continue their series of informal afternoon concerts. filling GOMA with the sounds of contemporary Scottish composers — all of whom will be present to speak about their work.
I Junior Academy Chamber Music Concert RSAMI). l()() Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 6pm. Free btit ticketed. Willi a programme still to be announced.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh University Singers and Edinburgh University
Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall. iidinburgh University. Bristo
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Britain’s oldest opera company, Carl Rosa Opera perform the Mikado at Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Tue 7-Thu 9 May
Square. 668 2019. 7.30pm. Free. John Kitchen conducts the two student ensembles in five works by Bach.
I Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group The Pleasance. 60 The Pleasance. 668 3102. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). See Wed 1.
Ayr
I R3 Tenors Gaiety Theatre. Carrick Street. 01292 61 1222. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Selections from the world's great operas with Scottish Opera tenors Robert W Crowe. John Carlo Bellotti and Declan McCusker.
Glasgow
I Spring Serenade Burrell Collection. 2060 Polloksliaws Road. 01355 302869. 2.30pm. £5 (£4). A Sunday afternoon concert from Trio Serenata — comprising soprano Alison Donaldson. ilautist George Macilwham and pianist David Murray — featuring popular classical melodies and the odd Scottish and Irish number.
I Choral Evensong St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 560 8217. 6.30pm. Free. The choir of St Mary‘s Cathedral celebrate the centenary of William Walton. Part of the Feast festival.
Edinburgh
I Angela Hewitt with The Britten Sinfonia 1'slier Hall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm.
£15 £18 (£5 £16). The 1'sher Hall's ‘May ('lassics' series gets tiii-lerway with a visit from award-winning pianist Angela Hewitt. a musician described as
one of the fittest Bach interpreters of her generation. Backed by the talented Britten Sinfonia. she'll perform Mozart's .S'vmp/ionv no 29 and Bach's K(’_\'l)o(lt'(1 Concerto no 6. Piatto Concerto no [4 and Keyboard Coltt't’t'lo in 1) minor.
I Sinfonia Greyfriai‘s Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Father and daughter Michael and Jessica Beeston. on violin and viola respectively.
join the orchestra for Mozart's Sinfonia
Conwrtante. Mcndelssohn's ()l‘(’l'!lll'(’.' ‘A Midsummer Night 's [)reatn' and Sibelius‘ symphony no 2 complete the bill.
I Jarfalla Muslkkar Royal Museum. 2 Chambers Street. 247 4219. 3pm. Free. The 30-strong Swedish symphonic wind band perform in front of the Royal Museum's Millennium Clock.
I Spring Organ Recltal St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 4.30pm. Free. See Sun
28.
I St Giles’ at Six St Giles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 6pm. Free. Works by Sibelius and Nicolai from St Andrew's Amateur Orchestral Society.
I None Of The Above Bongo Club. 14 New Street. 558 7604. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). None Of The Above returns with its usual eclectic line-up including SC() splinter group Mr McFall's Quartet. jazz otitfit Hung Drawn Quartet and Galo Ceron.
Bathgate
I Sonore '1‘orphichen Kirk. Torphichen. 01506 635257. 7pm. £5 (£3). The award-winning string quartet play a mixed programme. including Bach. Gershwin and Strauss.
Monday 6
Edinburgh
I Paragon Ensemble Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10 (£6.50). See Thu 2.
Tuesday 7
Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £5—£25. Britain‘s oldest opera company. Carl Rosa Opera bring their authentic rendition of the Gilbert 8: Sullivan comic masterpiece to Glasgow.
Edinburgh
I The Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall. Edinburgh L'niversity. Bristo Square. 668 2019. 1.10pm. Free. A lunchtime concert front the esteemed string quartet. featuring works by Haydn and Leighton.
I Nikolai Demidenko L'sher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15—£18 (£5—£l6). The L'sher Hall's ‘May Classics' series continues with a recital by this highly acclaimed pianist who will deliver two works by Chopin. plus Mussorgsky‘s Pictures at an E.t‘ltibitioii.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 7.15pm. £5—£25. See Tue 7.
I Edinburgh Quartet St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 560 8217. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The hard-working professional string quartet perform as part of the Feast festival.
East Kilbride
I Serenade East Kilbride Arts Centre. Old Coach Road. ()1355 261000. 8pm. £6. l.ocai choral group. Serenade. perform songs froin operetta and musicals. in this fundraiser for the Kilbryde Hospice Appeal.
Glasgow
I The Mikado Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 332 9000. 1.30pm & 7.15pm. £5—£25. See Tue 7.
I Choral Eucharist St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 560 8217. 7.30pm. Free. The choir of St Mary's Cathedral sing Fridrik Walker's Festival Miss‘a Bt‘ei'is. Part of the Feast festival.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra L'sher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 l 155. 7.45pm. £6—£2() (£2.50). Mezzo Soprano Marjana Lipovsek and the SC() Chorus join conductor Sir Charles Mackerras and the orchestra for the final concert in their winter season. featuring Brahms' Variations on the St Anthony Chorale. Alto Rhapsody and .S'_\'mph(my no I.
I Rags Stockbridge House. 2 Cheyne Street. 343 6817. 8pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Concert version of the Strouse and Schwartz musical (the gtiys behind Annie and GOtISpt’l/i. which follows a group of Russian Jews as they attempt to build a new life in New York. Performed by Strictly Songtime. the music runs the gamut ofjazz. blues and ragtime to traditional Yiddish tunes.
I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles‘ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. .~\ recital from Ludmila Matsioura.
LiVingston
I Toccata Ladies’ Choir Howden Park Centre. Howden. 01506 500618. £5. The choir present their annual concert.
East Kilbride
I Serenade East Kilbride Arts Centre. Old Coach Road. 01355 261000. 8pm. £6. See Wed 8.