I RSNO Pops: An Evening with Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain [Isher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £13-£30. Conductor Garry Walker leads the RSNO in what has become an annual St Andrew‘s night event. with unbeatable duo Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham.
Stirling
I Young-Choon Park Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 0l786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£8). Piano recital from this South Korean. featuring works by Schubert and Beethoven.
Glasgow
I Children’s Classic Concerts: Christmas Classics Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 1pm & 3pm. £9.50. Festive cheer from Children's Classic Concerts with the ()rchestra of Scottish ()pera. This year's line-up includes carol singers. ballet dancers performing The Nutcracker. sleigh bells and. as always. plenty of audience participation.
I RSNO Pops: An Evening with Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £l4—£3l. See Fri 2. I Glasgow Chamber Orchestra: Winter Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 8pm. £8 (£5). Peter Cynfryn Jones conducts a performance of works by Mozart. Brahms and Haydn. With pianist Graeme McNaught.
I Dial-a-Diva CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. A short recital of Debussy by soprano Monica Brett- (‘rowther. with Caroline l)odee launching Zoe Irvine‘s unique project that. for 24 hours. connects singers and audiences across the globe. Call on +44 (0) 1452 583087 to listen to concerts all over the world.
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Edinburgh ' Barbara Bonney Usher Hall.
Lothian Road. 228 1 I55. 7.30pm. £17.50--£35. The super-soprano Barbara . Bonney is joined by pianist Wolfram
Reiger to perform a wide repertoire of
opera and operetta including works by
Lehar. J Strauss. Franz. Mozart and tnore. This is her first. much anticipated. visit to Edinburgh.
I Edinburgh Symphony Baroque:
. Handel’s Messiah (‘anongate Kirk.
I53 Canongate. 667 7776. 7.30pm. The ESB present a restoration of the original
‘ orchestration with French horns. giving
audiences at first opportunity to hear Handel‘s Messiah as it would have been performed at its London premiere.
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra (ireyfriars Kirk. (ireyfriars Place. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). (ierard l)oherty
conducts a performance of Walton‘s I'irs‘t
.S'ymphany. MacMillan's The Confession
of Isabel (Iawr/ie. Vaughan Williams‘
I'antasia an a Theme af'l'hamas Tit/[is
and [)elius' Brigg I’air. Tickets available
from orchestra members or click on www.cdinburghsymphonyorchestra.org. uk.
I Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus St Cuthbert's Church. 5 Lothian Road. 229 I 142. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). liwan Armstrong conducts a performance of Langlais‘ Messe Salenelle. Durulle‘s Requiem and excerpts from Vierne's .S'ymphany Na 6.
Glasgow
I University Choral Society,
Chapel Choir and Kelvin Ensemble Glasgow University Chapel. University Avenue. 3304092. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). A concert featuring the recently rebuilt Chapel organ. Vaughan Williams‘ Jab. a Masque far Dancing and l)ohnanyi's Mis‘sa in Dedicatiane Iz'eelesiae (Scottish premiere).
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I Banquet ot Musick St Andrew‘s in
the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 0| 389 875 996. 8pm. £8 (£6). A programme of Scottish music for the St Andrew‘s
' Festival with folksinger Hilary Bell. j including works by James ()swald and a selection of tunes by Burns.
Edinburgh I Children’s Classic Concerts:
Christmas Classics tfsher Hall.
Lothian Road. 228 l 155. lpm & 3pm. £9.50. See Sat 3.
g I Rudsambee: An Evening of
Christmas Celebration Priesu‘ield Parish Church. 1)a1keith Road. 441 3728. 7.30pm. £5. Christmas songs from
around the world sung by this l9-strong
ensemble.
Haddington
I Piano and Cello Recital Town
House. Haddington. 01875 340674. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Michael Lester-Cribb
1 and Robin Mason in two giants of the classical repertoire by Bach ~ the Suite
Ni) 5 v- and Beethoven. as well as recent
pieces by two notable local composers.
Glasgow
I Philharmonia Scotland - An Opera, a Concert and a Ball ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 0781 I 755 994. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). A Performance from ()ran Mor's resident orchestra led by Bashar Lulua.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Stockbridge Parish Church. Saxe Coburg Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). A performance of Mozart's Divertimentajar String Trio and Shostakovich's String Quartet No [5.
I Edinburgh Youth Choir Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£4). Edinburgh Youth Choir perform carols and other seasonal favourites.
Tuesday 6 -
' Glasgow
I Edinburgh Quartet (ilasgow University Chapel. University Avenue. 3304092. 5.45pm. Free. See Mon 5.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Singers National Portrait (iallcry. 1 Queen Street. 624 6200. 1.15pm. Free. John Kitchen condttcts a performance entitled ‘From Advent to Christmas”.
Wednesday 7
Glasgow
I Christmas Oratorio St Aloysius' Church. 25 Rose Street. (iarnethill. 332 3039. 8pm. £7 (£5). James (irossmillt conducts the RSAMl) Chamber ()rchestra and Choirs in a performance of JS Bach's Christmas ()ratoria. a perfect way to get the festive season under way.
I Matthew McAllister: Agua E Vinho Ramshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram
Street. 552 3489. 8pm. £8 (£6). Classical
guitar from McAllister. supported by
Z violinist Feargus Hetherington and
llautist Aisling Agnew.
I Strathclyde University Symphony Orchestra: Romantic Night Barony Hall. Castle Street. 353 8000. 8pm. £7 (£3-A-£5). (lerard l)oherty leads the orchestra and BBC Young Musician of the Year 2003 finalist.
violinist Leanne Alexander. through
some romantic works. including Mendelssohn‘s‘ Hebrides ()t'erture and 1)vortik‘s [fight/i Symphony:
Thursday 8
Glasgow
I Music in the University: Louise and Edward Harper (ilasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. I.l0—~2pm. Free. The
well known Edinburgh-based cello and piano duo perform works by ‘, Rawsthorne. Thomas Wilson and
Beethoven.
I Opera School Workshop RSAMI). I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.15pm. £12 (£8). A presentation by the students of the RSAM1)'s opera courses of ‘works in progress'. including scenes from standard operatic repertoire. i
I I Aled Jones and Friends Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 r 8000. 8pm. £21.50. Following his
popular appearance on BBC‘S Strictly
( ‘ame Dancing and his very successful Songs of Christmas Tour 2004. AIed will perform material from his two gold- selling albums.
Dundee
I Malcolm Sargent Carol Concert (‘aird Hall. City Square. 01382 434940. 7.30pm. Annual Nurses Christmas Carol
Concert.
Glenrothes
I Scottish Opera Rothcs Halls. Kingdom Centre. 01592 61 l 101. 7.30pm. £12 (£8 £9). The ()rchestra of Scottish ()pera and international soloists present a concert of popular arias. ducts and other extracts from the world's favourite operas. including works by
Mozart and Rossini.
; St Andrews
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra:
. Adventurer Younger Hall. North Street.
01334 462226. 7.30pm. The SC() are
conducted by (iarry Walker in a
performance of ()sborne‘s 71mm. 3
Beamish‘s 1701a Carlee/'10 Na 2 the
.S'ea/arer. MacMillan's A Meditation an [mm and Henze‘s Svmphnny No l. with solo viola Lawrence Power. (iarry Walker talks about the musical programme at 6.30pm. free to ticket holders.
Glasgow
I RSAMD Lunchtime Concert RSAMI). I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). 1-‘orget sandwiches.
principal clarinet with the SC() and RSAMI) tutor Maximiliano Martin joins pianist Scott Mitchell for a programme
of music from France and his native
Spain.
I CLlC Sargent Christmas
Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. 1 £7 £15. BBC Young Musician of the
Year 2004. Nicola Benedetti. joins 1 Cameron Murdoch. (ilasgow Hospitals‘ Choir and the (ilasgow Chamber ; Orchestra. with special guests St ' Joseph‘s Primary School. Proceeds from the evening go to (‘1.l(‘ Sargent (previously Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Leukemia in Childhood) which supports children and young people diagnosed with cancer and their families.
I University of Strathclyde Music Society: Christmas Concert RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£3~£5). Colin Suckling and
Alan 'l‘avener conduct (although not at
the same time obviously) the university‘s
Concert Band. Brass and Wind
linscmbles and Chamber Choir in a performance of light classical and popular seasonal arrangements. carols and close-harmony Christmas songs.
Edinburgh
I BSNO: Bruch’s Violin Concerto ITsher Hall. I.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £13 £30. Jose Serebrier makes a welcome return to the RSNO to conduct 'l'chaikovsky‘s haunting depiction of Dante's doomed lovers. together with one of the unsung masterpieces of the repertoire. (ilazunov‘s exhilarating .S'ymphnnv Na 4. then young violin virtuoso Jack Liebcck
‘ stars in Brucli's gorgeous Via/in
( 'mu‘el'ta.