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the Scottish International Piano Competition. Light lunch available frotn 1 1.45am.

FREE Music in the University Glasgow University (‘oncert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. A performance by tenor Thomas Hobbs and pianist Andrew-John Smith. to include Britten‘s Winter Words.

I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Afternoon Performance 2 (‘ity Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 2pm. £7 (£6 in advance). Renowned as one of the great Mozart interpreters. pianist Stephen Kovacevich proves himself to be an adept conductor too. leading Faure's I’d/(‘as ct Melisandr' and Mozart‘s highly popular Symphony No 40. as well as featuring as soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No I. For an extra £6.20 you can enjoy a lunch of soup and sandwiches. with cakes and tea/coffee at 12.30pm. Please pre-book when ordering tickets.

Ayr

I Ayr Amateur Opera Company (laiety Theatre. Carriek Street. 0 I 292 611222. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 12.

Dundee

I London Concertante Marryat Hall. City Square. ()1382 434941. 7.30pm. £10 (£5: child £1). Dundee Chamber Music Club presents London Concertante and a programme of works by Beethoven and Schubert.

St Andrews

I Canteloube St Leonards School. The Pends. ()1334 472126. 8pm. £10 (£1 £9). The wind trio performs chamber works by Rossini. Mozart. Jacob. lbert and Milhaud.

Glasgow

I Hebrides Ensemble RSAMl). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £9 (£6). ()ne of Scotland‘s foremost chamber groups performs in collaboration with Musiel.ab. the RSAMD hotbed of new composition talent.

I Roger Owens Milngavie Town Hall. Station Road. Milngavie. 7.30pm. £10 (free £5). The pianist performs works by Haydn. Handel and Brahms. as well as Beethoven‘s great ‘Waldstein ' Sonata.

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Summer Nights in Wintertime City Halls. (‘andleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £1 1 £24. Inject some sttn and warmth into the January darkness. ()Iari lilts conducts Mendelssohn‘s Overture to a Midsummer Night 'x , Dream and Berlioz‘s Ix's Nuits (I 'Iz’te’ for a taste of summer. along with works by Faure and Saint-Sa'ens. Willi soprano Kate Royal.

Ayr

I Ayr Amateur Opera Company (iaiety Theatre. Carrick Street. 0| 292 611222. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 12.

Glasgow I The RSAMD: ‘The Future of our Past’ Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. lpm. £10.50. Around 60 students will perform at this event to mark the ten- year anniversary of the founding of the BA in Scottish Music at RSAMD. the first of its kind in the UK. I’art och/tit' ('mmct'tions.

I Conflict and Resolution featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra City Halls. Candlcriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16. Contemporary composer David Heath brings to life the story of pioneering architect. designer. and painter. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. with the help of the BBC SS() and a group of skilled soloists. Part of Celtic ( ‘onimtions. See preview. page 5‘).

Edinburgh

Was : Gla I Brian Peters and Mary K Burke City Halls: Recital Rooms. (‘andleriggs. 353 8000. 6pm. £10. Singer. guitarist and

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Summer Nights in Wintertime Queen‘s Hall. 87 8‘) Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7.30pm. £6 £16 (concessions available). See Fri 16.

Ayr

I Ayr Amateur Opera Company (iaicty Theatre. Carriek Street. ()1 292 61 1222. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £tbc. See Mon 12.

Clarkston

¥§E§ Greenbank Recitals: John Burnett (irecnbank Parish Church. 36 liaglesham Road. lpm. Part of a regular series of recitals on the organ. with tea and coffee served afterwards.

Linlithgow

I Eisenstadt Trio: The Scottish Songs of Haydn Academy Theatre.

Braehead Road. 01506 843 21 1. 7.30pm.

£8 (£4 £7). The leading Viennese chamber ensemble is joined by Jamie MacDougall (tenor) and Lorna Anderson (soprano) in celebration of the bicentenary of Haydn‘s death.

Glasgow $55535: Junior Academy of Music RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. A concert by the RSAMI)’s pre-

juniors.

Dunfermline

I Dunfermline Arts Guild - Gilmour Macleod 8: Sharon Dowset't Carnegie Hall. liast Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£1). Pianist Macleod and llautist Dowsett return with a programme of works by Bach. Faurc and Hue.

it; _ LL" ‘3 5;) Glasgow I Music on Mondays RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £5. Scott Mitchell tinkles the ivories.

Glasgow

F§EE Glasgow Pipeworks 8 (llasgow University Memorial Chapel. The Square. off University Avenue.

7.30pm. ()rganist Tom Bell performs works by Diana Burrell. Peter Maxwell Davies. James MacMillan and others.

FEEEE Organ Recital: Kevin Bowyer (ilasgow liniversity Memorial Chapel. The Square. off University

Avenue. 7.30pm. ()rgan recital.

Edinburgh

§§EE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall. lidinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2427. 1.10pm. String quartets by Haydn and 'l‘ehaikovsky.

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Edinburgh

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: RSNO Favourites

Festival Theatre. 13/2‘) Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.30pm. £|0 £28 (concessions available). Robert Abbado

conducts a concert with a distinctly Italian flavour. (‘ellist Mario Bruncllo

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The first of a series of SCO concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Felix Mendelssohn presents his music in the company of others who inspired him as well as those he himself inspired. Not just people, but places provided inspiration too, most significantly Scotland. The 800’s second programme features the two most famous results of that association - the Hebrides Overture and

Scottish Symphony.

§ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 8 8 Sat I7 Jan; City Hal/s, Glasgow, Fri 9 & Fri 76 Jan; St Cuthbe/T's Church, Edinburgh, Tue I3 Jan. (Classicah

s joins the RSNU in a performance of

Respighi's strikingly beautiful Adagio and Variations. followed by Haydn's Concerto No l and Rossini's famous William 72']! ()l‘t’l'llll’l'. The concert culminates in Beethoven's ever-popular and enduring Swap/tony No 5.

Motherwell

I Organ Recital St Mary‘s Parish Church. Avon Street. 7.30pm. £10. Carlo Curley gives a recital.

Glasgow FREE Music in the University (ilasgow University Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. The Haydn Trio liisenstadt performs works by Haydn and MacMillan with soprano Lorna Anderson and tenor Jamie MacDougall as part of the Burns celebrations.

FREE Guitar Masterclass with Pavel Steidl RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 6pm. Czech classical guitarist Pavel Steidl is ranked among the best in the world. (let tips and inspiration from the award-winning musician.

I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 2 (‘ity Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10 £23 (£8 ~£2| ). Fitmish condttctor John Storgards leads a programme steeped in mythology. Sibelius‘ Imntminkr'iincn Legends. which is based on the Kalevala. the Fitmish national epic. is performed with Nielsen‘s Ila/tos- ()l't’l'flll'('. Thea M usgrave‘s Song oft/iv [inc/rattler. and a performance by ()lli

Mustonen of Prokoliev‘s ever-popular I’imm ('(mt'r'rlu No .i. \Nitlt a Pre- (‘oncert Prelude at 6.45pm and a post- concert Coda.

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: RSNO Favourites Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.30pm. £10 £32 (concessions available). See Wed 21.

Edinburgh

$§§J§ Live Music Now: Philip Gault and Claire Haslin National (iallery of Scotland Complex. The Mound. 624 6200. 6 6.30pm. Baritone Phil (lault is accompanied by Claire llaslin on piano as he performs songs inspired by landscapes.

Dunfermline

I Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season Carnegie Hall. liast Port. ()1383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). A series of performances of light classical music. music from popular shows and exquisite solo pieces from the wonderfully versatile RM Band.

St Andrews

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s Reformation Younger Hall. North Street. 01334 462226. 7.30pm. £9 £1‘) (£7.50 £15). Following his hugely successful debut as guest conductor with the SC() last year. Yannick Nelet-Seguin returns to mark Mendelssohn‘s bicentenary with a performance of his Reformation .S'yinphoitv. paired with the composer‘s contemporary Schumann‘s Man/rm! ()l'l'l'llll'(‘ and the gorgeous Piano Concerto No /. with soloist Nicholas Angelich.

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