I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle Ilotel. l.eith Street. 556 ()l l l. 6.45--l0.l5pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 24.

Girvan

I Girvan Folk Festival Various venues. 0l560 32l 102. Times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 2.

Monday 5 . ~ _

Edinburgh

I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle llotel. l.eith Street. 556 ()l I l. 6.45-7 l0.l5pm. £5 l .50 (£30). See Thu 24.

Stirling

I Stirling Folk Club Session Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rtigby Football Cltib. Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. 01259 2l852l. 8.30pm. Informal gathering with live tnusic. songs and stories.

Edinburgh

I The Tannahill Weavers l.eith Folk Club. The Village. Sottth Fort Street. 478 78l0. 7.30pm. £6. See Thu l.

I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle ilotcl. l.eith Street. 556 ()l l l. 6.45 l0.l5pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 24.

I Ceilidh Club The Lot. (irassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Live music from ileeliegoleerie.

See Tue 29.

Isle of Mull

I Duncan Chisholm and Ivan Drever An Tobar. Argyll 'l‘errace. Tobermory. 0l688 302 21 l. 8.30pm. £l0 (£8). ()rcadian singer and guitarist Drever (Wolfstone) is joined by his regular partner. fiddler Duncan Chisholm.

I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. Wed 30.

Edinburgh

I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle llotel. l.eith Street. 556 ()l l l. 6.45 l0.l5pm. £5 l .50 (£30). See Thu 24.

Dundee

I Willie Nelson Famin Caird Hall. City Square. 0|382 434940. 8pm. £35. Revered and unmistakeable. his understated style is full of heart and soul. and a lifetime's experience.

See

Dunfermline

I Steve and Kristi Nebel Dunfermline Folk Club. Thistle 'l’avern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8pm. Duo from Tacoma. Washington State. with sortie fine songs about life and nature.

I Kent Duchaine St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). A night of authentic hard driving blues from the steel guitar maestro.

I Willie Nelson Sli(‘(‘: Clyde Auditorium. Finnieston Quay. 0870040 4000. 8pm. £35. Sec Wed 7.

Edinburgh

I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle llotel. l.eith Street. 556 0| 1 l. 6.45 l0.l5pm. £5|.50 (£30). Sec Thu 24.

Falkirk

I Ben Sands Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 0| 324 6l3395. 8.30pm. See Thu 24.

90 THE LIST 24 Apr—8 May 2008

Classical

Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanne@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black and Carol Main.

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Glasgow

FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art (iallery at Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. Mon Sat. lpm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.

I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Thursday Night Series City lialls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9 -£2l.50. Donald Runnicles returns to conduct Mahler‘s Das Lied )‘(Hl der [Side (The Song oft/2e [fart/1). which is contrasted with James MacMillan's clear and stark Third Syvnplionv. With mezzo—soprano Charlotte llellekant and tenor Johan Botha.

Edinburgh

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Director’s Notes Queen‘s Hall. 87 89 Clerk Street. 668 20l9. 7.30pm. £8-~£25 (concessions available). Stephen Kovacevich is both soloist and director in this programme of Mozart (Symphony .\'o 35 'Ilaflner' and Piano Concerto in C. K 503) and Beethoven (Symphony .\'o 4).

‘7 -- . =1 1x Glasgow I Friday Lunchtime Concert Series RSAMD. I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £7 (£5). Messiaen's Quartet for (lie [and of'lime as performed by Ani Batikian (violin). Max Martin (clarinet). David Watkin (cello) and Aaron Shorr (piano).

I Glasgow Phoenix Choir: Simply the Phoenix Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £l0 £15. l'plifting music suitable for all the family plus special guests (iordon Cree and the Alan Kitchen Trio.

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Director’s Notes City lialls. (‘andleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £l0 £23 (concessions available). See Thu 24.

I Aisling Agnew and Matthew McAllister Milngavic Town Hall. Station Road. Milngavie. 942 79l6. 8pm. £4 (students and children free). Performances on flute and guitar of Bach. Astor Pia/olla. Poulenc and Bi/et/Borne.

Edinburgh Peter Gregson: SPEM (ircyft'iars Kirk. (it'eyfriat‘s Place. 225 I900. 7.30pm. £ l0 (students £5). An evening of acoustic and electric cello music. including the first surround sound cello performance of Spent in Alizon. I Susan Landale St (iiles’ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 8pm. £7. Recital of music from different chapters of Messiaen's musical life.

Glasgow

FREE Junior Academy of Music Chamber Concert RSAMD. l()() Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 4pm. 'l‘icketed. An afternoon of chamber music featuring the variety of ensembles at the Junior Academy.

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £l0 £30. An RSND debut for violinist Karen (iolttyo. in a programme of recognisable classics such as R Strauss‘ Also Slime/i Anal/lust)“. also known as the music from 200]: a Space ()dy-ssev.

Janacek's Prelude to ‘I-‘rom the House of

the Dead' and Dvorak‘s Violin Concerto. Claus Peter Flor is the conductor for this RSNO Favourites concert. Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Duncan Swindells.

Edinburgh

FREE RCO Messiaen Masterclass St Mary‘s Episcopal Cathedral. 23 Palmerston Place. 225 6293. 2pm. Led by Susan Landale.

I The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Cameo. 38 Home Street. 0871 704 2068. 6.30pm. £25 (£l7.50—£20). Last in current series of operas live from the Met in New York is Doniletti's [11 Fille dn Regimen! starring soprano Natalie Dessay in what has been billed ‘the operatic show of the season.’

I Jubilo: Opera Night Greyfriars Kirk. (ireyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). The Edinburgh-based mixed voice choir combine forces with the Edinburgh Players and soprano soloist Janet de Vigne for an all inclusive programme featuring everything from Purcell to Verdi. to Mozart to Mussorgsky. Tickets from tickets(a‘jubiloorguk or on the door.

Dunfermline

I Scottish Opera: Cinderella Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £l4 (£l2—£l3). ()ne of the leading 'bel canto‘ operas of the 19th century. Rossini's Cinderella is an entertaining and engaging light comedy and a showcase for vocal fireworks with a great final aria. Sung in English. Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. Sundays. 3- -3.45pm. Sunday Promenade concerts with different organists.

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Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Alexander Kanchaveli and Anastasia Chernishova play a programme of classical Russian piano.

Edinburgh

FREE Sunday Morning Music National Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 247 4422. l lam. it may be the last day before partial closure for a major refurb. but the monthly Sunday music with the sweet sounds of talented young professional musicians continues as per usual. Today it‘s soprano Lisa Cassidy accompanied by Fiona McLeod on piano.

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 6pm. £l0—£28. See Sat 26. Pre-concert talk at 5.15pm by Alison McIntyre.

FREE St Giles’ at Six: Kantus Choir - Oebrecen St Giles’ Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. The music of Kodaly and his pupils with director Szindor Berkesi and organist Andras Gabor Viragh.

onday 28

Glasgow I A Concert, a Cocktail and a Canapé ()ran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 5.15pm. £l0. Vaughan Williams‘ Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus. a new piece by Steve Forman and Ravel‘s Quartet (arr. Strings).

Plug 2008 RSAMD. 100

Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Until Fri 2 May. times vary. Mostly free (ticketed). The RSAMD‘s annual festival of new works by student composers.

FREE Plug l: Fabricland and

Soloists RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. Ticketed. The festival opens with a concert of music focussing on the piano and offers the first chance to hear the Academy‘s new ensemble. Fabricland. Part ofPlug.

Finale! Brilliant Benedetti

Playing the Szymanowski concerto (and look out for his opera King Roger at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival) that shot her to fame as winner of the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year in 2004, violin prodigy Nicola Benedetti (pictured) is top billing in bringing the RSNO’s 2007/08 season to a close. Nominated for the third time for Young British Classical Performer of the Year, Benedetti and her many fans will find out if she has won at the awards ceremony on 8 May.

I Royal Concert Ha/I, Glasgow, Fri 2 May; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 4

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