I Gerry a Donal O’Connor Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £6 (£5). Irish singer/songwriters. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Thursday 5
Glasgow
I Allan Taylor St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£5). See Mon 2.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin Bruntsfteld Primary School, 12 Montpelier, Bruntsfield, 228 l 155. 10am—4pm. £80 for four days (£60 for each subsequent child). See Mon 2.
I The Royal Scots Association Pipe Band The Royal Scots Club, 30 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 7pm. £8. Invitational piping recital. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
I Mr McFaII’s Chamber Queen’s Hall, 87—89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £4—£10. The far-out music group, formed around a core string quartet from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, push back more musical boundaries with the world premiere of An E veryday Occurrence, a love affair set in the orchestra pit.
Glasgow
I Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Moore is one of Ireland’s leading solo artists, mixing traditional song with contemporary social and political commentary, and a few funny anecdotes to ensure his gigs feel more like a reunion of old friends.
Edinburgh
I A Shepherd’s Song Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43—45 High Street. 556 9579. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Music, lore and song from the Borders with singers and storytellers from the area. In association with Scottish Borders Council. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
I Spirit of Scotland Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 l 155. 7.30pm. £15—£20 (£17.50). Easy-listening folk- music duo from Scotland who have been making hits for over 40 years. Includes The Alexander Brothers, The Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale Of Atholl Pipe Band, The Julie Young Dancers and MC George MacDiarmid.
I Canongate Cadjers The Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, 556 4481. 8pm. £10. See Fri 30.
Tranent
I Glenkinchie Ceilidh Glenkinchie Distillery. Pencaitland, 228 l 155. 7pm. £8. Held in the ‘tractor shed’ at Glenkinchie Distillery, with Cruithne ceilidh band, featuring pipe and accordion maestro Andrew Warren. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Glasgow
I Foster 8: Allen Pavilion Theatre. 121 Renfteld Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15—£l7.50. Popular lrish folk duo whose career spans 25 years.
Edinburgh
I Songs of a Border Shepherd Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43—45 High Street, 556 9579. 1 lam—1.30pm. £15 (£12). A look at the work of Willie Scott, with the chance to participate. hosted by Alison McMorland. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
I Moishe’s Bagel The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7.45pm. £10 (£8). Jazz inflected klezmer and Balkan dance music featuring Greg Lawson (Mr McFall’s Chamber) on fiddle, Pete Garnet on accordion, Phil Alexander on piano and Mario Caribe on bass.
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I Ceilidh Club The Lot, 4 Grassmarket, 225 2299. 8pm. £8. See Tue 3.
I Ceilidh House Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43—45 High Street, 556 9579. 10.30pm. £3. See Sat 31.
Edinburgh
I Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 l 155. 8pm. £17-£22.50. See Fri 6.
I Tomas Lynch Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. Singer, guitarist and Uillean piper performing a mix of Celtic-based music. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Monday 9
Glasgow
I Christy Moore with Oeclan Sinnott Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £22.50 (£20). See Fri 6.
Tuesday 10
Glasgow
I Gurdas Mann Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20—£35. Mann is one of the world’s leading Punjabi artists, with three decades of success under his belt. He recently won Best lntemational Act at the UK Asian Music Awards.
Edinburgh
I Lauren MacColl Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5. Backed by piano and guitar, this top young folk musician is launching her new CD.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot, 4 Grassmarket, 225 2299. 8pm. £6. See Tue 3.
Wednesday 1 1
Glasgow
I The Heidi Talbot Brel, 39—43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 7.30pm. £12. The charismatic young vocalist with all- female Celtic super-group, Cherish the Ladies.
I Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, I69 Deanston Drive, 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 4.
Edinburgh
I The Wrigley Sisters Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance. 650 2458. 8pm. £6 (£5). Music in the Orcadian tradition from this exuberant fiddle and guitar duo, aka
twin sisters Jennifer and Hazel. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Thursday 12
Glasgow
I Tango Siempre Glasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10—2pm. Free. Inspired by tango, jazz and contemporary music, Tango Siempre's repertoire includes the intoxicating rhythms and melodies of 1930's Buenos Aires and the beautiful nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla.
I Colum Colum Sands St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £7 (£5). Live at the Star presents an evening with this talented lrish singer-songwriter from the renowned Sands family.
Edinburgh
I Cheyenne Brown and Seylan Baxter the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 650 2349. 8pm. £6 (£5). Harp and cello in innovative arrangements of traditional tunes. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
I Scots Showcase Cabaret The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8pm. £10 (£7). Showcase playing the best in traditional music. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Classical
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Thursday 29
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera: Madama Butterfly Unwrapped Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 6pm. Free, advance booking required. Key members of cast, orchestra and backstage team share some of their secrets with newcomers and existing opera goers alike in an hour long look at what makes opera tick. Key scenes from Puccini’s famous tale will be introduced as particular highlights. Booking essential.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Red, White and Blues Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£30 (concessions available). Keith Lockhart conducts some of the best music the US has to offer: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Bemstein’s Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story, Barber’s Adagio, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and ‘Hoedown’ from Rodeo, with William Wolfram on piano.
Edinburgh
I Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Free. With Oregon’s Hood River Valley High School Chamber Singers and Wind Ensemble.
I St Mary’s Music School and The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral with Dunedin Consort Soloists St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 7.30pm. £8 (£2—£5). John Butt conducts as the St Mary’s Music School and Cathedral Choir are joined by Dunedin Consort soloists, Susan Hamilton (soprano), Anne Lewis (alto), Ashley Tumell (tenor) and Edward Caswell (bass), for this performance of Mozart’s powerful Requiem. Tickets available from St Mary’s Music School, Coates Hall, 25 Grosvenor Crescent, 538 7766 and at the door on the night from 7pm.
Glasgow
I Sandie Bishop Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church, 13 Kelvinhaugh Street, 337 6313. 7.30pm. Free (voluntary gifts to TEAR fund). The Baroque violinist performs Biber, Bach and Corelli, with Yoon Park on harpsichord and Robert Lay on Baroque cello.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£22.50 (£7.50—£l6.80). Fantastic soloists, pianist Dénes Vzirjon and violinist Alexander Janiczek, perform Berg’s Chamber Concerto and Schubert’s Symphony No 4 “Tragic” in this concert contrasting the Old and New Viennese schools. Conducted by Thierry Fischer.
Edinburgh
I 26th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. Times and prices vary. Fantastic five-day festival devoted to harps and their music, including concerts, classes, workshops and harpmakers’ exhibition.
I Cello Recital: Britten and Russia Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate. 661 7105. 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door £8 (£5). Talented duo Lindsay Martindale and Colin Dundas return to the Kirk with a stunning concert of beautiful music for cello and piano by Arensky, Shostakovich, Britten and Prokofiev.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Red, White and Blues Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 l 155. 7.30pm. £10—£28. See Thu 29.
Glasgow
I Scottish Opera: Madama Butterfly Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 7.15pm. £8.50—£40. Puccini’s famous tale of Cio Cio-San and her abandonment by her dashing American husband has become one of the most performed operas of all time.
Edinburgh
I 26th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. Times and prices vary. See Fri 30.
I Icons of Sound St John’s Church, Princes Street, 229 3776. 7—8pm. £6 (£4). The church presents Giles Swayne’s Stations of the Cross, performed by Simon Nieminski, Organist and Master of the Choristers at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral.
I Edinburgh Bach Choir Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 228 1 155. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). Neil Mantle conducts the singers in a performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion and Vaughan Williams’ Mass in C Minor with soloists Alison Beck (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Paul Vaughan (tenor) and John Arthur (baritone).
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen’s Hall, 87—89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8—£24 (£6—£l8). See Fri 30.
Edinburgh
I 26th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. Times and prices vary. See Fri 30.
I St Giles at Six: Music for Passiontide St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Free. St Giles’ Cathedral Choir perfomis John Sanders’ The Reproaches and J S Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden.
Edinburgh
I 26th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. Times and prices vary. See Fri 30.
I Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Free. Lunchtime concert.
I The Choir of Old Saint Paul’s Old St Paul’s Church, 63 Jeffrey Street, 556 3332. 7.30pm. Free. Leslie Shankland directs the choir in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem and other music for Lent and Passiontide.
Tuesday 3
Glasgow
I Poppy Scotland Verdi Opera Gala City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18. A delightful evening of stunning arias. duets and overtures from the world’s best-loved operas, including La Traviata, Aida, Nabucco and Rigoletto, performed by an impressive line-up of artists, Christina Dunwoodie, Fiona MacDonald, John Marshall and Timothy Dawkins. All proceeds from the concert will go to Poppy Scotland which looks after Scotland’s ex-service community.
Edinburgh
I 26th Edinburgh International Harp Festival Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. Times and prices vary. See Fri 30.
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