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I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Great Concertos Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 3538000. 7.30pm. £10—£32 (concessions available). Mendelssohn's Violin
('oni erto set the bar for what follow ed and remains one of the best loved in the repertoire. Baiba Skride tackles the work under the baton of Walter Weller.
lollow ed by Schubert's ()H'I‘Illl‘l' to Rosamiou/e and Haydn's majestic Nelson Mass. with the RSNQ Chorus and soloists. With a pre-conccrt talk at 6.45pm.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn and Italy Queen's Hall. 87 89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8- £26 (concessions available). Mauri/io Benini conducts a concert with an Italian flavour. Schubert's ()verture in the Italian Style and Respighi's ll 'l‘ramonto and Ancient Airs and Dances are followed by Mendelssohn's vibrant Symphony No 4 ('lta/ian 'l. With soprano Maria Luigia Borsi.
I Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers (‘anongate Kirk. 15.3 Canongate. 7.45pm. £7 (£4). Noel ()‘Regan directs a concert of large- scale works by British and Continental composers. including Carver's () Bone Jew and Tallis‘ 40-part motet Spent in Alium.
St Andrews
I St Andrews Opera All Saints Church. North Castle Street. 7.30pm. £12 (£6 £10). A fully staged operatic double bill. featuring Purcell's Dido and Aeneas the oldest known linglish opera — and Monteverdi’s I/ Hal/o Del/e lngrate. sung in linglish. (iillian Craig and Michael Dow nes conduct.
Glasgow
I Friday Lunchtime Concert Series RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £9 (£6). The first of two consecutive concerts by the Brodsky Quartet celebrating Mendelssohn's bicentenary. A fugue by the birthday one is followed by Beethoven's String Quartet No [4. which inspired it. Also featuring Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in C minor.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn and Italy City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11—£24 (concessions available). See Thu 26.
I Robin Hill Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Milngavie. 956 6100. 7.45pm. £15 (£13). Internationally recognised classical guitarist and composer.
Edinburgh
I Hebrides Ensemble: On the Brink Bruiiton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13 (£11). See Thu 19.
Forfar
FREE Organ Recital: Tom Bell Reid Hall. Castle Street. 01307 463001. 1.10pm. Tom Bell performs music by JS Bach. Georg Muffat and Johann Kerll.
St Andrews
I St Andrews Opera All Saints Church. North Castle Street. 7.30pm. £12(£6—£10). See Thu 26.
Saturday 28
Glasgow
FREE BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Hear and Now City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. Franck ()llu conducts the orchestra in a special Composer Portrait for BBC Radio 3's programme Hear and Now. featuring contemporary Dutch composer Michael Van der Aa. With soloist Elizabeth Layton. BBC SSO leader. (Unreserved seating: max 2
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tickets per applicant; children under 12 not admitted). * Evening Concert: Brodsky Quartet RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). The leading chamber inUsic group's second Mendelssohn 200 concert at the RSAMI). Mendelssohn's Quartet .\'o 2 features alongside works by Haydn and Purcell. both of w hotii also have anniversaries in 2009.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra (ireyfriars Kirk. (ireyfriars Place. 2251900. 7.30pm. £8 (£3~£5). A concert with a strong Russian flavour. Tchaikovsky's passionate Romeo and Juliet and scenes from his opera Eugene ()negin are followed by Shostakovich's sombre and intense Symphony No [0. believed to have been composed as an expression of the composer‘s feelings after years of censorship and scrutiny at the hands of the recently-dead Stalin.
The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner Queen's Hall. 87 ‘89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). A collaboration between the l'niversity of iidinburgh and lidinburgh College of Art retells through image and sound the story of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's swashbuckling sea voyage. With music composed by Dee lsaacs and design by lulian l-‘ununa.
St Andrews
I St Andrews Opera All Saints Church. North Castle Street. 7.30pm. £12 (£6~£|0). See Thu 26.
Edinburgh
I NYOS Futures: Winter Concert
2009 Reid Concert Hall. lidinburgh University. Bristo Square. 332 8311. 2.30pm. £5 (£2). The popular NYQS Chamber linsemble explores the
instrumental and harmonic colour in
(ieorge Benjamins' At First Light. led by William Conway. I St Giles’ at Six St (iiles‘
Cathedral. Royal Mile. 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Students from Napier University are joined by the Edinburgh Quartet in a concert of works by composers at Napier.
I The Rime ot the Ancient Mariner Queen‘s Hall. 87—89 Clerk
Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8
(concessions available). See Sat 28.
Stirling
I Stirling Orchestra Albert Halls.
Dumbarton Road. 01786 473 544. 7.30pm. £8 (£6; children £2). Stirling ()rchestra perform their own version of the BBC Programme Friday Night is
Music Night. BBC presenter Desmond Carrington hosts.
Monday 2
Glasgow
I Music on Mondays RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £5. Simon Haram with RSAMD Saxophones.
I A Concert, a Cocktail and a
Canape Oran Mor. 731—735 Great
Western Road. 357 6200. 6.15pm. £10.
Arvo Pan‘s haunting Camus in
Memoriam Benjamin Britten is
followed by works by Arensky and
Tchaikovsky. James Lowe conducts.
Doors open at 5.15pm.
Edinburgh
I The Doric Quartet Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £1 1—£ 19 (concessions available). Now in its tenth season. the Quartet has established itself as one of the
country's leading chamber music
ensembles. Here they perfomi quartets
by Beethoven and Haydn. as well as
Komgold’s rarely perfomied String Quartet No 3.
Tuesday 3
Glasgow
I Scottish Trumpet Ensemble Ramshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 548 3444. 1 15pm. £4. The recently formed three-piece ensemble pertoriiis Britten's I'anrare for St. I‘.(/I7!llllt1\/’IU'\ together \slllt sonic \Pcclttlly cttlttlttlssloltctl works.
FREE The Edinburgh Quartet: Nilight Recital (ilasgow l'tiisersity Memorial Chapel. The Square. off l'niyersity Avenue. 6 7pm. Dohnanyi's Quartet .Vr) I and Mcntlclssoltti's String Quartet in I).
Fonar
FREE University of Edinburgh Lunchtime Concert Reid Concert Hall. lidinburgh l'niversity. Bristo Square. 650 2427. 1.10pm. Performances by current music students at the l'niversity. including the winner of the 'l'ovey Memorial Pri/c 2009.
Wednesday 4
Glasgow
I Ronnie Walker Memorial Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Satichieliall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. The liast l)unbartonshire Secondary Schools ()rchestra. Joint Primary Schools Choir. Dorian Choir arid 15ettes College Choir pay tribute to the influential and inspiring musician and teacher.
I The Mortal Memory Barony Hall. Castle Street. 353 8000. 8pm. £8
(£47 £6). Strathclyde l'iiiversity presents a freshly revamped version of David Johnson's cantata 'l'he Mortal .llemorv. commissioned by the l'niversity for the Burns celebrations in 1996. Performed alongside settings of works by other Scottish poets. Tickets available front wwwthebooth.co.uk.
St Andrews
I Wednesday Lunchtime Concert Series Younger Hall. North Street. 01334 462226. 1.15pm. £2 (members free). Music for trumpet. trombone. violin and piano perfortned by the RSAMD‘s Junior Department.
Thursday 5
Glasgow
FREE Music in the University: Arta Arnicane (ilasgow t'niversity Concert Hall. Cniversity Avenue. 330 4(192. 1.10pm. The pri/e-winning Latvian pianist performs Haydn's Andante eon \iiriau'oni in I“ minor. Brahms’ Sonata ()p [/7 and Ravel's l.e 'loniheau ile Couperin.
I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 5 City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£23 (£8 —£2l ). llan Volkov conducts the Scottish premiere of Speakings. a major new piece by Jonathan Harvey co- commissioned by the BBC. lRCAM and Radio France. With Bruckner's unfinished Symphony No 9. With a Pre- Concert Prelude at 6.45pm and a Post- Concen Coda.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Classic West End Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10—£32 (concessions available). Enjoy your favourite Broadway and West [End show tunes from the old-time classics of (iershwin and Porter to the more recent work of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber. with the RSNO and some lightning-quick jazz musicians.
I Cryptic Nights CCA. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £5. New series on first Thursday of the month presents Bare Wires. the brainchild of musician J Simon van der Walt. lt's classical music. but not as you know it as van der Walt appears as his alter-ego Ted the Trumpet and uses bizarre instrumentation to present an
* Evening Concert: Brodsky Quartet As part of the ongoing celebrations in honour of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth. the award-winning Brodsky Quartet play his second string quartet just a couple of days prior to the actual birthday date. RSAMD. Glasgow. Sat 28 Feb.
* The Rime of the Ancient Mariner In a collaboration between art students and music students. the Queen's Hall is transformed into the setting (or an oceanic experience as Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic sea voyage is retold through animation and a new score by Dee lsaacs. Queen '3 Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 28, Sun 7 Mar. >1: Meadows Chamber Orchestra Giving opportunity to emerging young talent. Meadows' guest artist is soorano Kirstin Sharpin, who sings the luscious Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss. while receiving its world premiere is Fantasy Variations. written by Lliam Paterson last year while he was still a pupil at St Mary's Music School. Queen '5 Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 22 Feb.
‘insane village band'. Mtisic in the cate afterwards 1'roin Anna Meldruiii.
Edinburgh
I Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekisheva Queen's Hall. 87 89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12 (£10). The duo performs works w itli connections to liinstein. linking to the afternoon Einstein's ('nit'erse lecture. To include works by Prokofiev atid liranck.
Dunfermline
I Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season (‘arnegic Hall. liast Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). liver-popular music season returns with a full spectrum of iiiUsic ranging troin popular classics front lhc big band era to challenging contemporary works.
Peebles
I Marais Ensemble iiastgatc Theatre is Arts Centre. liastgatc. 01721 725 777. 7.30pm. £10 (children free). Pianist Alexander Tay Ior joins the chamber group for Beethoven's Quintet for Piano and Hinds. Ravel's Mother (ioose and Francaix' I.'Heure du Berge.