Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to jules@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Jules Graham and Carol Main.
Glasgow
I William Boutsany and Scott Mitchell Glasgow L'niversity Concert Hall. Ifniversity Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. Lebanese international llautist Wissam Boustany is joined by pianist Scott Mitchell for this performance of Gaubert's I)eu.t'ieme Sonate. Stankovych's Sonata of Serenades and Widor's Suite.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Symphonies at Six Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 6pm. £10. Pianist John Lill joins conductor Garry Walker and the RSNO for the first Symphonies at Stir meeting of 2007. performing Beethoven’s Soup/umv No / and Piano Concerto No 3. Includes a post-concert chamber music performance.
Edinburgh
I Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet Canongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 7.30pm. £3. ()ne of Denmark‘s most recognised ensembles in the field of classical chamber inusic. playing music by the likes of Scarlatti. JS Bach and Corelli. alongside more contemporary music by composers such as Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni.
Dunfermline
I The Gondoliers Carnegie Hall. Iiast Port. 01383 31-1000. 7.30pm. £10 (£5--£‘)). l)unfermline Gilbert and Sullivan Society perform Gilbert and Sullivan's the Gondoliers.
Glasgow
I Masterclass RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 10am. Free. ticketed. Wissam Boutsany delivers this afternoon llute masterclass.
I Alison McGillvray and David McGuiness RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £7 (£5). Two of Britain's most renowned specialists in period instruments. the cello and harpsichord present a programme of music by Johann Schetky.
I RSAMD Youthworks Music Competition RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 6pm. Free. ticketed. Students compete for the highly-prized Gilbert Inness awards for piano and woodwind.
Edinburgh
I Dialogues 2007 qfactor Alison Ilouse. Nicolson Square. 668 201‘). 1 1am 4.30pm. Free. A day of artist talks designed to introduce audiences to the specialist work of some of this year's Dialogues performers. Space is limited. so early arrival is advised.
I Organ Recital: Carleton Etherington Reid (‘oncert Hall. lidinburgh I'niversity. Bristo Square. 650 2427. 1.10pm. Free. Featuring Bruhns‘ I’raelut/ium in [5 minor. I’achelbel's I’artita was (iolt tut. (las ist \i'o/ilgetan and JS Bach's I’ieee (l'()rgue. BWI’ 572. I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Symphonies at Six L'sher Ilall. I.othian Road. 228 1 155. 6pm. £12.50. See Thu 15.
I Dialogues 2007 qfactor Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7pm. £15 (£10). First of two days of live electronics presents McFall‘s Cubed. a new project for string trio from Mr McFall's Chamber. along with .\'ot Applicable Artists. featuring freetronica duo ()llie Brown and Sam Britten and jam improvisation. At
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the same time in the bar. there‘s an evening of Furniture Music from Pixelmechanic.
Dunfermline
I The Gondoliers Carnegie Hall. East Port. ()1383 314000. 7.30pm. £10 (£5-£9). See Thu 15.
Glasgow
I Organ Recital: Gordon Frier Partick Methodist Church. Dumbarton Road. 3pm. Free. Music by I’achelbel. Brewer. Zipoli. JS Bach and Charpentier. I ‘Water, water everywhere . . .’: Alasdair Cameron City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12. A programme of music mostly with watery assosciations from one of Scotland's foremost pianists. Featuring pieces from Liszt’s 1st and 3rd. Annes de I’eleriuage alongside some of his late works and a selection from Debussy taken from Images. his Preludes Books I ck 2 and from listampes.
I North Ayrshire Council Flagship Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8. A concert featuring the best musical talent in local schools. with almost 500 students performing.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra: Masterclass Canongate Kirk. 153 Canongate. 2pm. Free. Piet Kee leads this IiSO masterclass exploring Buxtehude’s organ music.
I Dialogues 2007 qfactor Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7pm. £15 (£10). Second day of live electronics presents a huge range of instrumental improvisation with live electronics both in the main hall and in the bar. Includes Beatbox and Icarus.
Dunfermline
I The Gondoliers Carnegie Hall. Iiast Port. 01383 31-1000. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10 (£5—£9). See Thu 15.
Hamilton
I Organ Recital: George McPhee St Mary‘s lipiscopal Church. Auchingramont Road. 7.30pm. £7. Music by JS Bach and Franck.
Kilmarnock
I A Viennese Strauss Gala Palace Theatre. 9 Green Street. 01563 55-1900. 7.30pm. £13 (£11.50).A costumed recreation of the Viennese festive season. incorporating some of Strauss' masterpieces as well as highlights of operettas by Kalman and Lehar.
Peebles
I Essential Scottish Opera 2007 Iiastgate Theatre & Arts Centre. Iiastgate. 01721 725 777. 7.30pm. £11 (£9). A sublime selection of operatic highlights taking in many famous arias. performed by four singers and a pianist. Watch out for music from Tosca. The Barber of Seville and Rigo/etto. Ideal for aficionados and newcomers alike.
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Glasgow
I Composers’ Sunday RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Free. ticketed. Hear the Junior Academy students perform music written by their friends. in workshops and in concerts.
I City of Glasgow Chorus: The Dream of Gerontius (‘ity Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. Graham Taylor conducts the 100-strong chorus. the largest independent choir in the West of Scotland. as they tackle Iilgar‘s masterpiece following a pious man's soul from his death bed to his judgement before god and beyond.
Edinburgh 5.1 NYOS Futures Reid Concert Hall. Iidinburgh I'niversity. Bristo Square. 332
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Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 16 & Sat 17 Feb
Some interesting changes are afoot at the Queen’s Hall. If your usual
experience there is confined to classical chamber music and Edinburgh Festival morning concerts, then the Dialogues 2007 festival of live electronic music - also labelled as qfactor - could bring one or two surprises. There’s a catwalk stage for a start, an eight channel sound rig and, if you fancy a wander, performances in the bar at the same time as
those in the hall itself.
As Dialogues founder and artistic director Martin Palmer says, ‘It will be different in the Queen’s Hall. It’s bigger and more ‘official’ than the Bongo Club, where we were previously. But they are very interested in working with us and letting us mess about with the space.’
‘Some of what is happening is purely pragmatic. By using a catwalk stage we can line up acts along it, so we don’t have lots of changes. And the audience can move around and hear different sounds.’
Started in 1999, Dialogues consists of two days focussing on improvised live music with live electronics. Mr McFall’s Chamber break new ground with a project for electric string trio, there’s tuba and live electronics, which is, according to Parker, ‘pretty cool’, and you can hear quite a lot of drumming. There are two outstanding drummers - the British born but now Paris resident Steve Arguelles and Thomas Stronen from Norway, whose Pohlitz is his first solo album. There is also a day of discussion, hosted by the University of Edinburgh, which will introduce audiences to the specialist work of some of the performers.
‘We don’t think that the Queen’s Hall would do this sort of event normally,’ says Parker, ‘but there is a huge following for this kind of thing and we are expecting big audiences.’ (Carol Main)
831 1. 2.30pm. £6 (.£2~£-1). Join the creme de la creme of Scotland‘s young generation of musicians and conductor. Paul ;\1acA1indin. as he introduces and directs Karen 'I’anaka’s ll'ai'e .lleelzaniev. dissecting the music to provide a gateway into understanding.
I Meadows Chamber Orchestra: Cheerful Chamber Music St Mark’s Unitarian Church. Castle 'I‘errace. Tickets: at door. 3.00pm. £8 (£5/£1 ). Leading members of one of Iidinburgh’s favourite orchestras are joined by soloists .\'ei1 Black. oboe. and Hi Fenner. violin. for chamber music by Mo/art. Grieg and Slflhaud.
I St Giles at Six St (iiles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Free. The Iidinburgh Quartet and student soloists from the Ian Tomlin School of Music.
Napier I'niversity. present a programme of
new works by student composers.
Haddington
I Songs of Love and Longing Town House. Iladdington. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). With a nod to St Valentine's Day. Iladdington Concert Society presents Janet ()bermeyer. from
Canada. who is joined by piano and clarinet. along with Stuart Robertson as reader. for romantic outpourings in songs by Schubert. Wolf. Richard Strauss and the L'K premiere of Cyril Scott‘s cotnplete Poems piano cycle.
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Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Stockbridge Parish Church. Saxe Coburg Street. 668 201‘). 7.30pm. £10/£7/£2. The quartet perform Saint-Saens’ Quartet in [5 minor ()1) H2. Ilaydn's String Quartet in :1. Opus 55 .\'o l and Moeran's Quartet in A minor
I A Viennese Strauss Gala Brunton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £141£II.5(I). See Sat 17.
Dundee
I Llyr Williams Caird Ilall. City Square. 01382 4349-10. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). The Welsh pianist glides through Schumann's l-antasv in C. 'I'chaikovsky's 'I'lte Seasmts‘ (selection) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an [it‘lubition