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, 1' 'ano Concerto No 12

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Classics Spring 2004

Ludovico Einaudi

Saturday 20 March

8pm £10 - £20

Take a voyage through delicate, emotional and gently melancholic piano compositions from this Classic FM Favourite

Opera Gala with

Renee Fleming

Monday 22 March 7.30pm £15 - £41.50

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Friday 12 continued

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra RSAMI). l00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057.

7.30pm. £12. Andrew Litton conducts a fantastic programme including Rousscl‘s

' The Spider 's Banquet. and the world

premiere of Richard Danielpour‘s Double Concerto 'In the Arms oft/1e Beloved '.

written as a 25th anniversary celebration for Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson. the husband and wife team who perfonn

the work here. The concerto is sandwiched by l)ebussy's endearing Petite Suite and l-‘alla's gypsy ballet lz'l rllllnl‘ Brujo.

Edinburgh I Carmen Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm.

£9—£25 (£5—£22). See Wed 10. I Royal Scottish National

Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road.

1 228 1 I55. 7.30pm. £l().75—£25.50. Walter Weller conducts a large-scale performance

of Dvorak's Requiem. featuring soloists and the RSNO Chorus. As Requiem tnasses go. this one‘s pretty rarely heard

this is an opportunity well worth taking.

I Piano Recital Royal ()ver-Seas

: League. 100 Princes Street. 020 7408 0214

ext 219. 6.30pm. £tbc. Recital by Malaysian pianist Mei Yi Foo. presented as part of the R081. Commonealth Week. Concert is followed by private view of (ilasgow/Mumbai. an exhibition of prints

by six Scottish and six Indian artists.

I Lunchtime Concert St (‘uthhert‘s

Church. 5 Lothian Road. 229 l 142.

I2. l5pm. £5 (£4): students free. David Inglis on piano and Nigel Mason on violin play a variety of pieces as part of an Edinburgh Friends of the RSNO concert.

' Soup and a sandwich plus the chance to

meet the players follows the music.

Glasgow

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 3pm. £9.50 (£5): family ticket £26. Alasdair Malloy presents Chi/(hens Classic Concerts - Going Global a musical world tour with celebrations. fiestas and carnivals performed by the RSNO. conducted by Christopher Bell.

I Opera School Workshops RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £8 (£5). See Thu l I.

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £l2.50 £26. See Fri 12.

Edinburgh

I Carmen Festival Theatre. l3—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9—£25 (£5 £22). See Wed It).

I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra (ircyfriars Kirk. (ireyfriars

Place. 668 20l9. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Alasdair

Mitchell conducts l-ISO in a rather large- scale concert: Mozart's energetic ()verture to The Magic Flute. Beethoven's Piano Concerto no 5. and Saint-Sa'ens‘ fantastic ()rgan Symphony. featuring Stephen Doughty.

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 20l9. 7.45pm. £7 £22. See Fri 12.

I The Scottish Chamber Choir St (iiles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 225 9442. 8pm. £7 (£5). Michael Harris directs a concert of very linglish music by Vaughan Williams. Stanford. Howells and Leighton. plus works by three contemporary composers: James Macntillan. (iabriel Jackson and Diana Burrell.

Glasgow

I St John Passion Bute Hall. Glasgow lTniversity. 7.30pm. Admission by prograntme only on the door. £8 (£5). Soloists of the Dunedin Consort join with the University of (ilasgow Choral Society and Chapel Choir to give the first ever

i Scottish performance of Bach‘s original 1 liturgy for the St John Passion.

Edinburgh

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road. i 228 l 155. 3pm. £9.50 (£5). See Sat 13 for Childrens Classic Concerts - Going Global.

am ' Edinburgh ; I Dallas University Baptist | Chorale and Edinburgh University Music Society Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars 3 Kirk. (ireyfriars Place. 07989 856251. 7.30pm. the. Jim Lowe conducts a performance of music by Dvorak. Stanford. Tavener and Verdi. I AN-Tifon/Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. | £10 (£5—school children free). ECAT presents a fascinating performance of contemporary works from Scotland and Spain. including the world premiere of Chick Lyall‘s Duo/ogue. by the stunning duo AN-Tifon (Ananda Sukarlan on piano and Angel Luis Castano on accordion). Not to be missed.

Tuesday 1 6

Glasgow

I Mazaika Ratnshom Theatre. 98 lngratn Street. 552 3489. l.l5—2pm. £2.50. Igor ()ukin and Sarah Harrison perform folk music and tango interspersed with arias and song.

Edinburgh

I Iolanthe and Orpheus in the Underworld King‘s Theatre. 2 Leven Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10~£l4 (£7—£9). Edinburgh’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society strut their musical stuff. Iolanthe will show on l6. l9 and 20 Mar and Orpheus in the Undenvorld on the l7. l8 and 20 Mar.

Wednesday 1 7

Glasgow I The Norma Greig French Song Prize RSAMD. l00 Renfrew

Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. Singing . competition. ; Edinburgh

I Iolanthe and Orpheus in the Underworld King's Theatre. 2 Leven Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £l()--£l-l (£7-£9). See Tue l6.

Thursday 18

Glasgow

I RSAMD Junior Academy Merchants House. 7 West (ieorge Street. 334 9757. 12.45pm. £5 (£2—£4.50). Showcase of talent frotn the Junior Academy‘s final year students.

I The Academy Symphony Orchestra RSAMD. |00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Lut'l. Kohler conducts the RSAMD‘s iii-house Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto in (' and Bruckner‘s symphony no 4 iii l-jflat.

Edinburgh

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £7~£22. Arnold ()stman conducts an interesting programme of exclusively Romantic music: Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no. /. featuring l"rench-Canadian soloist Louis Lorie: .S'ytnpltony No.8 by Mcndelssohn's disciple Niels (iade; and two sunny works by Schumann. Ittll'odut‘lltttt and Allegro Appasiotutto and ()l'l'l'llll'l'. Scherzo (Itttl Pitta/e.

I Iolanthe and Orpheus in the Underworld King‘s Theatre. 2 Leven Street. 5296000. 7.30pm. £10—~£l-1 (£7~£9). See Tue l6.