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I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mork plays CPE Bach City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £1 l--£24 (£8.50—£18). Cellist Truls Mork joins conductor liivind Aadland and the SC() for a performance of Haydn's Symphony No I02. (‘l’li Bach's Cello Concerto No I in A minor and Beethoven‘s Symphony No I.
Edinburgh
FIE! Edinburgh University Lunchtime Concert: St Cecilia’s Hall St Cecilia's Hall. Niddry Street. 650 2427. 1.10pm. A musical tour of 18th century Europe with John Kitchen (harpsichord). Gernma McGregor (flute) and the music of (‘ouperin. Handel. Bach. ()swald. Scarlatti and Turlough ()‘Carolan.
Falkirk
I The Aquarelle Guitar Quintet Falkirk Town Hall. West Bridge Street. 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £7 (students £1). Classical guitar music from winners of a Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians Award. The Aquarelle Guitar Quintet. Part (ifClassic Music Live.’ I'll/kirk.
Linlithgow
I Celebrate Linlithgow Various venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Paisley
I Paisley Choral Festival: Festival Overture St Mirin‘s Cathedral. Cathedral Precinct. lncle Street. 01505 850 344. 7.30pm. £8.50. The Auburn Singers. the Gleniffer Singers and the Paisley Philharmonic Choir open this year‘s festival with sacred works by Mozart. Parry. Jenkins and Rutter. followed by a selection of light music. Part of Voices in Paisley 2008.
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Glasgow
I Children’s Classic Concerts: Time Travellers Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 3pm. £6 (family ticket £29). Adventure through a musical time vortex with Alasdair Malloy.
I In Christ Alone S1i(‘(‘: Clyde Auditorium. Finnicston Quay. ()87() 040 4000. 7.30pm. £10 £15 (£7—£l2). A ‘celebration of (‘hrist' as Keith and Kristyn Getty perform with The New Scottish Choir and ()rchestra.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Musical Fantasies Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353
' Seasons interspersed with the movements of Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of
Buenos Ait'cs. written almost 250 years later. I Celebrate Linlithgow Various
. venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices 3 vary. See Fri 17.
Paisley
I Paisley Choral Festival: Psalms
and Spiritual Songs Paisley Abbey.
1 Abbey Place. 889 7654. 7.30pm. £12.50.
An opportunity to hear the choir that regularly accompanies one of Scotland‘s
national orchestras performing as a stand-
alone choir. Chorus Master Timothy
Dean conducts the RSNQ Chorus in a
performance of 19th-century European music. Works by Brahms and Janacek
will feature. as well as some of . Rachmaninov's haunting Vespers. Part of
Voices in Paisley 2008.
. St Andrews
l I Scottish Opera: The Merry
Widow Byre Theatre. Abbey Street.
()844 847 1645. 7.30pm. £16(£10—£l4). See Sat 18.
Stirling
; I Dunkeld’s Genius: The Music of Niel Gow and Gordon Duncan
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.
Dumbarton Road. 01786 471917.
7 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Concert featuring 2007
Glenliddich Scottish Fiddle Champion
Calurn Pasqua accompanied by Susie Petrov. Fundraiser for the Society‘s music
scholarship programmes and the Stirling
; Smith Art Gallery and Museum.
3 Sunday 26
Glasgow
rm Organ Recital: Colin Mackay Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. 1 Argyle Street. 276 9599. 3pm. A recital
by the Bearsden-based organist.
I Glasgow Orchestral Society
RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). The orchestra performs
‘ works by Holst and Vaughan Williams.
including the ever-popular The Lark
‘ Ascending.
; Edinburgh
I Children’s Classic Concerts:
i Time Travellers Queen's Hall. 87—89 e Clerk Street. 668 2019. 3pm. £10
. (children £6: family ticket £29). See Sat 25.
I St Giles at Six: Philomusica of
1 Edinburgh St Giles' Cathedral. Royal 3 Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Retirement 1 collection. A complete performance of
conducts. with organist Mark Duley. Part of Voices in Paisley 2008.
Stirling
I The Scottish Ensemble: Eight
i Seasons Macrobert. University of
Stirling. 01506 844 645. 7.45pm. £14.50
(£6—«£12). See Sat 25.
Glasgow
I Music on Mondays: RSAMD String Department RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £5. The
considerable talents of the RSAMD's
String Department will be exhibited in this performance of Beethoven‘s Violin Sonata No l in 1) major. with violinist
; Ani Batikian and pianist Aaron Shorr. as ‘ well as Schubert's fantasy in C major
and Schoenberg's Phantasv.
FREE BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra: Discovering Music City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 2pm.
Ticketed. Vaughan Williams‘ Symphony
No 5 is conducted by Paul Daniel in this free recital presented by Stephen Johnson. which will be recorded for
broadcast in BBC Radio 3's ‘1)iscoi'ering
Music‘. See preview. page 83. I A Concert, a Cocktail and a
1 Canapé ()ran Mor. 731—735 Great
Western Road. 357 6200. 6.15pm. £10. A performance of Finzi's Romance and
Arnold‘s Guitar Concerto with talented
young soloist lan Watt. a finalist of the
BBC 's Classical Star. Also to be
performed are John Ireland‘s Car-atina
with soloist Justine Watts and Delius‘ Air
and Dance. Doors open at 5.15pm.
Edinburgh
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Musical Fantasies Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10—£28. See Sat 25. FREE New Music for Scotland Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668
3 2019. 7.45pm. ()pening concert for
E(‘.AT‘s 29th season presents a taster of
what lies ahead in their latest series of
new music for new times. Tonight. young virtuosi Simon Smith on piano. Yann Ghiro on clarinet and percussionist
Joby Burgess play Stockhausen. Steve ' Reich. Schnittke. David Lang and the
world premiere of an as yet untitled piece
by Shiori Usui.
Linlithgow
‘ I Celebrate Linlithgow Various
venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices
. vary. See Fri 17.
Hear the inimitable style of the world famous Swingle Singers in Scotland.
Known for their eclectic and versatile manner. the programme could include
_ anything from Purcell to The Beatles. 1 Part of Voices in Paisley 2008.
. Wednesday 29
Bathgate
I Last Night ot the Scottish
Proms Regal Community Theatre. 7 24—34 North Bridge Street. 01506
433634. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). West Lothian
Schools Brass Band re-ignites the I romance and fervour of the Henry Wood
Proms.
Linlithgow
I Celebrate Linlithgow Various
venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Musselburgh
I Edinburgh University Singers St
Michael's Parish Church. Inveresk. 665
. 0713. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). The ensemble
1 perfomi Parry‘s I Was Glad. Haydn's The Heavens Are Telling. Brahms‘ How
. Lot'er Are Thy Dwellings and other
choral and Scottish works. With
conductor and solo organist John
Kitchen. Tickets available from EUS
members or on the door.
St Andrews
' FREE St Andrews University
Lunchtime Concert Younger Hall. North Street. 01334 462226. 1.15—l.45pm. Members of the MUsic Centre perform works prepared at a
recent visit to the Burn House. Edzell.
Thursday 30
Glasgow
I Westbourne Music Merchants House. 7 West George Street. 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£3—£6). The Maninu Quartet from Prague make a welcome
. return to Westboume's season with string quartets by Borodin — the celebrated
second - and the Czech composer from
whom they take their name. Martina
himself. Light lunch available from 1 1.45am.
: FREE Music in the University: Ben
Kearsley Concert Hall. University of
: Glasgow. University Avenue. 330 4092. ' 1.10—2pm. The Scottish guitarist
performs works by Albeniz. Tarrega.
Morel and York.
I Scottish Opera: La Traviata Theatre Royal. 282 Hope Street. 0870 0606647. 7.15pm. £9 (£60). Verdi‘s
8000. 7.30pm. £10- £32. The orchestra. conducted by Jose Serebrier. continues
Tuesday 28
intensely moving opera about courtesan and fallen woman Violetta who falls for
Sunset Song. music by Wendy Weatherby and lyrics by David Scott. sung by the
the season with Glazunov's la mer. two in a version for chamber orchestra Glasgow nobleman Alfredo. A new co-production Bruch‘s Violin Concerto in G minor. with arranged by Lawrence Dunn. I Eastern European Cello Rarnshorn with the Welsh National Opera directed Rachel Barton-Pine on the violin. and I Sally Fortino St Cecilia‘s Hall. Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. 7 by David McVicar. Sung in Italian With
Mussorgsky/Stokowski's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Symphony Baroque (‘anongate Kirk. 153 (‘anongate. 7.30~|0pm. An evening of delicious baroque masterpieces in the historic (‘anongate Kirk.
I Marcia Nadjimarcos St Cecilia's Hall. Niddry Street. 650 2427. 7.30pm. £10. The keyboardist performs works by Haydn on the clavichord and fortepiano. Tickets available on the door.
Ayr
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mork Plays CPE Bach Town Hall. Sandgate. 01292 61 1222. 7.30pm. £16 £19 (students £5; school children £3). See Fri 24.
Linlithgow
I The Scottish Ensemble: Eight Seasons St Michael's Parish Church. Kirkgatc. 01506 844 645. 7.30pm. £10 (£5- £9). A heady mix of Italian Baroque and Argentinean Tango. The Ensemble performs a stunning compilation of Vivaldi‘s 18th-century masterpiece Four
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Niddry Street. 650 2427. 7.30pm. £10. The keyboard player performs works
3 from Hamburg on the clavichord and harpsichord. Tickets available on the door.
Biggar
I Classical Chamber Concert Village Hall. Broughton. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). An evening with acclaimed local harp virtuoso Savourna Stevenson. with contributions from Broughton Junior
: Choir and the Peebles High School Saxophone Quartet. Part of Biggar Little Festival.
Linlithgow
I Celebrate Linlithgow Various venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Paisley
I Paisley Choral Festival: 20th- Century British Church Music Thomas Coates Memorial Church. High Street. 8pm. £8.50. Paisley Festival Choir
1 performs sortie of the wonderful music
written to be performed in churches and
cathedrals across Britain. including works
by Parry and Howells. John Thwaites
1.15pm. £4. Cellist Veronica Henderson
and pianist Katharine Durran perform Czech and Hungarian music by Dvorak.
Martina. Janacek and Bartok.
Edinburgh
FREE Edinburgh University
Lunchtime Concerts: Shuann Chai St Cecilia‘s Hall. Niddry Street. 650 2427. 1.10pm. Chai performs Beethoven‘s Variations on a Russian
Theme in A major. Sonata in C sharp
minor ( 'Moonlight') and a selection of
' Bagaielles on the fortepiano.
s Dunoon I Scottish Opera: The Merry
Widow Queen‘s Hall. Argyll Street. 0844 847 1645. 7.30pm. £13 (£5). See
Sat 18. * Linlithgow
I Celebrate Linlithgow Various venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Paisley
I Paisley Choral Festival: Beauty
and the Beatbox Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 887 1010. 7.30pm. £18.
English supenitles.
5 Edinburgh
FREE Live Music Now: Sax Ecosse Duo National Gallery of Scotland. The
1 Mound. 624 6200. 6—6.30pm. Karen
Dufour (tenor sax) and Michelle Melvin (alto sax) perform a programme of music inspired by the footlighis exhibition.
I Edinburgh Telephone Choir St Andrew's Clerrniston Church. Clermiston View. 332 2758. Popular light music
from the Edinburgh Telephone Choir.
Kelso
I Katie Stillman, Violin 0. Victoria
Simonsen, Cello Mellerstain House. Gordon. 01573 410225. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Katie Stillman is joined by the prize-winning young cellist Victoria
. Simonan for a programme of ducts and
solo works.
I Scottish Opera: The Merry Widow Tait Hall. Edenside Road. 0844
847 1645. 7.30pm. £13 (£5). See Sat 18.
. Linlithgow I Celebrate Linlithgow Various
venues. 01506 844645. Times and prices
' vary. See Fri 17.