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Stirling ■ Stirling Folk Club Session Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. Informal gathering with live music, songs and crack.
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Glasgow FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5pm. See Sat 16. ■ Fyfe Dangerfield and Stornoway O2 ABC, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. The eccentric frontman of loveable art-poppers Guillemots, Dangerfield plays material from his debut solo album, Fly Yellow Moon, released this month. Support comes from up-and-coming Stornoway, (recently on Jools) who hail from Oxford. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20 (£18). Since his early demise, the Drake cult has slowly snowballed, which could have something to do with the tantalisingly small volume of music created in his musical career. The pal of John Martyn is now, 25 years later, being celebrated in a concert, curated by original producer Joe Boyd, of reinterpretations of his songs by artists such as Stuart Murdoch, the rediscovered Vashti Bunyan and Richard’s son Teddy Thompson. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Pennoù Skolum, Marful and King Chiaullee The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. A triple bill of artists representing Europe’s other Celtic cultures: Pennoù Skolum hail from Brittany, King Chiaullee are a young Manx quintet and Marful are a Galician (Spain) outfit combining the traditional music of their province with cafe jazz and early-20th century dance hall stylings. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Tom Russell and Malcolm Holcombe Tron Theatre, Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. This LA-born, El Paso-based balladeer has been described as music’s answer to Walt Whitman and his songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith and KD Lang. He is supported by rugged Appalachian songwriter Malcolm Holcombe. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ The Tommy Sands Trio and Heidi Talbot Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. The popular Irish singer songwriter and social activist performs with his daughter Moya and son Fionán as the Tommy Sands Trio. Prior to that, you can bask in the honeyed tones of Heidi Talbot, former Cherish The Ladies lead singer and now a solo artist with two albums under her belt. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Songs of Scotland: Food and Drink The Universal, Sauchiehall Lane, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Hosted by Doris Rougvie, this concert of traditional song on a universal theme features Thurso singer/melodeon player Nancy Nicholson and Geordie Morison. Part of Celtic Connections. FREE Celtic Connections Late Night Session Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. See Fri 15. Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Dance Classes Bruntsfield Primary School, Montpelier, Bruntsfield, 555 7688. 7pm. £6 (£3). See Wed 13.
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FREE Alex Hodgson The Jam House, Queen Street, 226 4380. 8pm. See Wed 13.
Thursday 21 Glasgow FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5pm. See Sat 16. ■ The Legendary Gypsy Queens & Kings Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20 (£18). Colourful, dramatic evocation of Eastern European and Mediterranean gypsy music traditions. Stars appearing include singer Esma Redzepova, brass band Mahala Raï Banda, French rumba/flamenco trio Kaloome, and many more singers and dancers. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Texas Songwriters in the Round O2 ABC, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Four top talents from America’s spiritual songwriting home in the Lone Star State: Tom Russell, Kimmie Rhodes, Sam Baker and Slaid Cleaves present original compositions inspired by their complex lives and eclectic musical upbringings. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Archie Fisher’s Travelling Folk BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay, 353 8000. 8pm. Free (ticketed). The well-known and highly influential folk singer, broadcaster and a seminal figure in the Scottish folk revival, presents a pick of the best musicians from this year’s festival, live on BBC Radio Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Long Gone Lonesome Tron Theatre, Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. Duncan McLean’s new piece of musical theatre tells the story of Thomas Fraser, the fascinating Shetland fisherman who, inspired by his American blues and country heroes, recorded his own versions of their songs on reel-to-reel tape recorder and handed them out as gifts to close friends. Only after his untimely death was his passionately performed music discovered by the wider public. Long Gone Lonesome combines storytelling, music from Orkney’s Lone Star Swing Band and improvisation, to tell Fraser’s moving story. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ The Shetland Bus and The Alan Kelly Quartet Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £12.50. The Shetland Bus is the new project from Shetland fiddle/piano sisters Jenna and Bethany Reid (with pipes, flute, bass and percussion) commemorating the dangerous covert missions to transport people and equipment between Shetland and Nazi-occupied Norway in World War Two. They are supported by brilliant Irish accordionist Alan Kelly and his quartet with fiddler Tola Custy, from their new album After the Morning. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Songs of Scotland: Songs of Birth, Marriage and Death The Universal, Sauchiehall Lane, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Hosted by Doris Rougvie and featuring singers Kathy Hobkirk, Barbara Dymock and Naomi Harvey, tonight’s showcase of authentic traditional singing is on the theme of some of life’s milestone events. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Ceol’s Craic CCA, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £12.50. A special Celtic Connections edition of the monthly Gaelic club and platform for Gaelic art and culture brings mother and daughter duo Grinn (Fiona and Katie Mackenzie) and Lewis singer Norrie MacIver. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Session Royal Concert Hall: Exhibition Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £5. See Fri 15.
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. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 7
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Afternoon Performance City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7. Martyn Brabbins leads the BBC SSO through Rimsky Korsakov’s exotic, lusciously orchestrated Scheherazade, and Viviane Hagner is soloist in Walton’s virtuosic Violin Concerto.
Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Sax Ecosse National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. The sax quartet performs Eddie McGuire’s Scottish folklore-inspired Hidden Dialects. Dundee ■ Raymond Gubbay: Johann Strauss Gala Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £16.50–£22.50. Waltz back to the Viennese ballrooms of the 19th century with the Johann Strauss Orchestra and Dancers as they perform such Straussian favourites as The Blue Danube, Trisch Trasch Polka and The Radetzky March.
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Edinburgh ■ RSNO: Naked Classics Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10. Paul Rissmann presents as the RSNO and conductor Andrew Grams explore Beethoven’s wonderful, spirited Symphony No 7 – described by its composer as his ‘very best’.
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Glasgow ■ RSNO: Naked Classics Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. See Fri 8.
Edinburgh ■ Raymond Gubbay: Johann Strauss Gala Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 3pm. £16.50–£29.50. See Thu 7. Linlithgow ■ Steven Osborne and Jean Johnson St Michael’s Parish Church, Kirkgate, 01506 842188. 7.30pm. £8 (£4–£7). American clarinettist Jean Johnson joins award winning Scottish pianist Steven Osborne in Saint Saëns’ Clarinet Sonata and performs Miklós Rózsa’s Sonatine for Solo Clarinet, while Osborne performs solo piano works by Ravel and Gershwin.
Sunday 10 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. ■ Raymond Gubbay: Johann Strauss Gala Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 3pm & 7.30pm. £17.50–£29.50. See Thu 7.
Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 7. Bathgate ■ Scotland Meets Vienna Regal Theatre, North Bridge St, 01506 777666. 6.30pm. £5. Young musicians from West
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✽✽ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: CL@Six Finish work and start off your evening with a wonderfully relaxing hour of Viennese classical music directed from the heart by Austrian violinist Alexander Janiczek. St Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh, Tue 19 Jan. ✽✽ Hebrides Ensemble @ Rush Hour Another after work concert opportunity, this time the first of two intimate chamber music performances featuring the string sextets by Brahms. Paired with Mark Antony Turnage’s sextet from 2006, it’s an hour designed to banish any January blues. St George’s West Church, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Jan. ✽✽ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Maestros’ Choice 4 Visually as well as musically striking, with endless horns and the seldom seen Wagner tubas, Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony is massive. BBC SSO Chief Conductor has a well won reputation as a Bruckner interpreter and this performance promises to be one the major events of his first full season in post. City Halls, Glasgow, Thu 21 Jan.
Lothian Schools take to the stage with an exciting programme of music from Scotland and Vienna, featuring everything from pipes to polkas.
Monday 11
Glasgow ■ Alison Mitchell and Allan Neave RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £5 (£3). The flute and guitar duo performs an evocative modern programme of works by Françaix, Takemitsu, Houghton and Beaser.
Tuesday 12 Glasgow ■ Quebec Connection RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). Electroacoustic music from prominent French-Canadian composers, including Robert Normadeau, Francis Dhomont and Christian Calon.
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