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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 Tasmin Campbell. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 24
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. ■ Glasgow Schools Symphony Orchestra Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8. Some great youth orchestra favourites starting with Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture and Dvorák’s ever popular New World Symphony in the second half. Conducted by BBC SSO trumpet player, Eric Dunlea. FREE Gloria VIII Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue), 334 0454. 7.30pm. Choirs from West End churches and beyond come together to perform a selection of choral masterpieces, including Fauré’s Requiem, the famous Hallelujah chorus and more. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Hoot National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. The flute and harp duo performs music inspired by the Glasgow Boys, including music by Debussy and Edward McGuire. ■ RSNO: Britain’s Top of the Pops Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £5–£30 (cabaret seating £32 per person). A whistle-stop tour through the best of British with the RSNO, from Bond to the Beatles, Vaughan Williams and the silver screen. Jeff Tyzik conducts.
Friday 25
Glasgow ■ Chopin: Desire for Love Glasgow University, Gilmorehill G12, 9 University Ave, 330 5522. 7.15pm. £7 (£6). The University of Glasgow and the Polish Consulate mark the composer’s bicentenary with a short recital by fellow Pole Alexander Kudajczyk followed by a screening of the 2002 film. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Clarinet and Piano Recital Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue), 339 0454. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Clarinettist Kate McDermott and pianist Scott Mitchell perform works by Schumann and Poulenc. Part of the West End Festival. ■ RSNO: Britain’s Top of the Pops Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50–£30 (cabaret seating £32 per person). See Thu 24. ■ Brass at the Fest Hyndland Parish Church, 79–81 Hyndland Road, 8pm. By donation. Music ranging from classical to contemporary from the 30-piece Glasgow ensemble, King’s Park Brass. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Strathclyde University Big Band Cafe Source, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 548 6020. 9pm. The last concert in this series of Big Band concerts at Cafe Source.
Saturday 26 Glasgow FREE Evensong St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 337 2862. 4pm. Strathallan School’s Chapel and Chamber Choir perform Choral Evensong. ■ Le nozze di Figaro RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £18 (£14). Timothy Dean conducts Mozart’s
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East Neuk Festival Although it’s not far away, rural Fife can sometimes seem like another world, especially when the sounds of the East Neuk Festival are spilling from centuries old country churches in the delightful villages of Crail, Cellardyke and St Monans. Opening this year’s festival is the Belcea Quartet, who have a long established affinity with Scottish audiences. Among the vocal highlights are soprano Katherine Broderick with pianist Malcolm Martineau. As ever, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are the backbone of the five-day event which also features a special film, The Holiday Line, about rail travel in Fife in days gone by. Sadly, trains no longer run to the East Neuk but pack the picnic, get there somehow and enjoy the change of air. (Carol Main) ■ Various venues, Fife, Wed 30 Jun– Sun 4 Jul. www.eastneukfestival.com
satirical comic opera, in which the scheming Count Almaviva finds himself repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to seduce his manservant Figaro’s fiancée. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. ■ Classical Guitar Recital Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Observatory Road, 339 9664. 7.30pm. By donation. Cephalonian guitarist Spyros Dendrinos performs his Glasgow debut with a concert of Mediterranean pieces by Albéniz, Granados, Villa- Lobos and more. Part of the West End Festival. ■ RSNO: Summer Pops Scottish Prom Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£32. World famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the RSNO and conductor Jeff Tyzik for the world premiere of Eric Ewazen’s Songs to the Banks of Ayr and other virtuosic music for percussion, and the orchestra performs Scottish favourites, songs and dances. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Singers Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). An evening concert of Rheinberger’s Mass in E flat, Howells’ Requiem and Parry’s Songs of Farewell. FREE Piano Recital Danish Cultural Institute, 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. 7.30pm. Jens Elvekjaer, prize-winning pianist from Copenhagen, in a concert dedicated to the music of Chopin in the bicentenary year of his birth.
■ Midsummer’s Day Concert St Columba’s by the Castle, Johnston Terrace, 622 2277. 7.30pm. £7 (£4; available on the door only). The Estonian Business School Chamber Choir, under the direction of Tönno Piigli, present a selection of choral pieces from Estonian folk music to modern pieces from around the globe. ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber: Tango Music The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £10 (£5–£8). Mr McFall’s explores the sexy, sultry world of the tango with the help of guests, Argentine bandoneon player Victor Villena of Gotan Project fame, French violinist Cyril Garac and Chilean vocalist Valentina Montoya Martinez.
Sunday 27
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. ■ Les Sirènes RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £5 (£3). The choir celebrates three years together with an afternoon performance, as many of its members prepare to move on from the RSAMD. Edinburgh ■ St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. The Albyn School
Vocal Ensemble and instrumentalists perform folk song and spiritual arrangements. ■ RSNO: Summer Pops Scottish Prom Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £16.50–£32 (concessions available). See Sat 26.
Livingston ■ West Lothian Festival of Brass Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 6.30pm. £10 (£7.50; festival ticket £22). A concert series in which six of Scotland’s top brass bands compete head to head. Tobermory FREE Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Isle Of Mull, 01688 302828. Times vary. Set up by celebrated violinist Leonard Friedman, this week-long festival of chamber music sees young musicians work alongside experienced professionals on a varied programme to give them a taste of what they will face in their future careers. In addition to Mendelssohn, works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms will also be performed.
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