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I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Drama and Virtuosity l'iesllytil ’l‘healre. l3/2‘) \lelilsiin Street. 52‘) (Milli 7.30pm. UH L2H lconcessions ayailablei Alexander l.a/are\ conducts a programme with a poetic slant toil with l)\orak's tone poem. The Writer (inli/iii. based on l‘)th-centiiry C/ech poetry collection Kim ('. and Horodln's .Siiii/i/ium NH .2. based on a l2th—ccnlury lzast Slayic poem. Soloist Alesandra Soumm joins the orchestra to perform (ila/unm 's lyrical and challenging \lu/ui ('uiii ('I'IU. Pre-concert talk at (i.-l5pin.
I The Words on the Wall lngleby (iallery. l5 ('alton Road. 55o 44-”. 7.30pm. flll (£5i. Award winning cellist Peter (iregson giyes an interacliye concert in which the audience both Inc and \ ia the web are encouraged to be actiyely imolyed. their responses drawn. as the title suggests. on the wall. l-eaturmg works by Britten. John .\lctca|le. .\la\ Richter. Milton .‘ylermikides. .lames Macmillan. Joby Talbot and Sally lleamish.
Glasgow
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Drama and Virtuosity Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 35% soon. 7.30pm. £10 £32 lconcessions ayailablel. See Sat 30.
Edinburgh
The Love of Three Oranges
l’cstiyal 'l‘healre. l3/2‘) Nicolson Street. 52‘) ()llllll. 7.l5pm. £l2 £2ll. See l‘ri 23. I Piano Recital: Helena Buckmayer Siockbridge Parish Church. Saxe Coburg Street. 332 (H22. 7.30pm. £12 (£4 £3). The Riissian- (ierman pianist giy'es a recital of works by Haydn. Rachmaninoy. Chopin and Rave]. 'l‘ickets ayailable on the door; discount if booked in adyance.
Glasgow
FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kely ingroy e .-\rt (iallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 059‘).
3 3.45pm. See Sun 25.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn Queen‘s Hall. s7 89 Clerk Street. (ms 2(ll‘). 2.30pm. U2. Pianist Howard Moody joins the SC() linsemble for an all-Mendelssohn programme. Principal cello l)a\'id Watkin is soloist in the \iiriuliuiis ('miu'rruiiti's and Sonata in I). before rejoining the ensemble for the youthful ()cri'r. written when its composer was only sixteen.
I St Giles at Six: Organ Recital Si (iiles' Cathedral. Royal Mile. 22o ()(373. (rpm. Retiring collection. Simon liarl performs works by Bach. Vierne. Howells. liranck and Messiaen.
Monday 2
Glasgow
I Music on Mondays RS.-\.\ll). loo Renfrew Street. 332 5057. lpm. £5. The RS.-\MI)'s Steyenson Winds and Clarinet Choir perform Mendelssohn‘s .\'octurnu for Hinds and Kniia’rrsri'icki' .\'u 2 under the directorship of Masimiliano Martin.
Edinburgh
I The Korean Students’ Choir Canongate Kirk. I53 Canongate. 7.3(l—r‘).3llpm. L'tbc. A performance by the Seoul-based group.
I Anthony Marwood and Aleksandar Madzar Queen‘s llall. 37—39 Clerk Street. (368 20“). 7.45pm. £1 l—£ 1‘) (concessions ayailablei. Anthony Marwood. 2006 Instrumentalist of the Year at the Royal Philharmonic Awards. is joined by regular duo partner .»\leksandar Mad/ar for a performance of
72 THE LIST '22 Jan—5 Feb 2009
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HAYDN TRIO EISENSTADT Glasgow University Concert Hall. Fri 22 Jan; St Cecilia‘s Hall. Edinburgh. Fri 23 Jan
Born exactly 200 years apart. but living in Ayrshire communities just a stone's throw away from each other, it is especially apt that celebrations for Scotland’s most famous poet should include a new setting of his work from Scotland's most famous living composer. In a commission from the new Centre for Robert Burns Studies at Glasgow University. James MacMillan, who is 50 this year. has set a less familiar Burns poem. the beautiful lament of Mary. Queen of Scots.
Two hundred or so years ago, however. it was the
Austrian composer Haydn that Burns collaborated with.
The concert that concludes the Royal Society of Edinburgh's major conference on Robert Burns in Global Culture. also celebrates the completion of an extensive CD project which brings together all 429
Burns folksongs set by Haydn for his Scottish publisher. George Thomson. Both Haydn and MacMillan use the same musical forces - soprano. tenor and piano trio. Scottish singers Lorna Anderson and Jamie MacDougall join with the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt for a performance of just some of them.
‘Trio Eisdenstadt are fantastic young Austrian pertormers.‘ says Kirsteen McCue of Glasgow University. which has just hosted its own conference celebrating all aspects of Burns' life and works. ‘and the MacMillan piece is actually a little dramatic scena. where Mary is looking to the future and what her son might inherit.’
As well as appearing at Glasgow Universty. the collaboration will be aired in St Cecilia‘s Hall. the venue where it was all happening musically in 18th century Scotland. The concert will be. says Kirsteen McCue. ‘an extremely exciting close to an event which allows us to see Burns from different perspectives. as well as telling us something about our own culture.‘ (Carol Main)
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\ iolin and piano works by Schubert. Schumann and Brahms.
Edlnburgh
FREE Acentejo Quartet Reid Concert Hall. lidinburgh l'nisersity. Bristo Square. (i5l) 2427. l.l()pm. Performing works by (iordon Jacob. lidward .\lc(iuire. Yyonncs l)esportes and others.
I Get Organised! St (‘iitlibert‘s Church. 5 l.othian Road. 22‘) l142. l.l(lpm. £3. John Kitchen resumes his popular lunchtime organ recital series with art all—Handel concert.
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Glasgow
FREE Trio Ecossaise (ildsgow l'niyersity Concert Hall. l'niyersity Ayenue. 330-1092. |.l(l 2pm. The clarinet. cello and piano trio performs works by Brahms and .\luc/y'nski. FREE Scottish Opera: La Traviata Unwrapped Theatre Royal. 2S2 Hope Street. ()870 not) (3647. (ipltt. H- the thought of sitting through a full-length opera fills you with trepidation. or if you're a seasoned opera-goer with an interest in what happens backstage. this
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hour-long taster is a perfect introduction to the workings behind the scenes and an introduction to the principal characters and plot.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 3 City Halls. (‘andleriggs 353 Stillll. 7.30pm. L'lll £23 (£3 £2l l. Conductor Stefan Solyom opens the concert in the Cornwall of Arthurian legend with Bax‘s Symphonic Poem 'I‘i'iiruei'l. Celebrated lirench pianist Jean-Philippe Collard performs .\lo/art's l’iu/iu ('um'i'riu No 25’. follow ed by works by l)elius and Sibelius' majestic Sump/tony Nu .5 bringing the eyening to a triumphant finish. With a Pre—Concert Prelude at 6.451)”) ttlltl at Post-Concert Coda.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Naked Classics Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 S000. 7.30pm. £lll lfree £5). lisiled composer Held Hitt‘lok's loy e for his
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Edinburgh
FREE Live Music Now: Ebony Duo National Portrait Gallery. | Queen Street. (r24 (i2llll. () (l. 3llpiii. Pianist l-iona .\lacl.eod and clarinettist l.esley Bell perlorm pieces inspired by l/lt' Iiilimult' I’nrtnul c\hibition.
I Puccini: Turandot l’layliouse.
13 22 (ireenside Place. 0371) MN» 3.124. 7.30pm. {I750 £35.50, Puccini's last great operatic masterpiece about :t c'iiltl hearted princess who discoycrs loye. l'eatui‘ing international soloists with the full Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Sung in Italian with lziiglish surtilles.
I Scottish Ensemble: Quicksilver ()uecn's Hall. S7 is") Clerk Street. (ihb‘ 201‘). 7.45pm. U2 U45” lU) L'l ll. Percussionist Colin ('iirrre |llllls the acclaimed group for the world premiere of Sch“ ertsik‘s ('nm (’I'Irl fur marlin/m and strings. ct>~commissioned by the Scottish linsemble and \Viginore Hall. \‘lo/art's l)ll'¢’I'IlHl(’IllU m I" opens the concert. with the music from Strayinsky's mythological ballet .-l/ml/urt .lluyuut'lt' to linish.