Music Folk
Millport FREE Millport Country & Western Festival Various Venues, Times vary. See Fri 3. Peebles ■ Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Great entertainment from the US as LaFarge sings with a flavour of the country blues masters of the 1920s and 30s, but in a contemporary idiom.
Sunday 5
Glasgow ■ Don Cossack Balalaika and The Ideal Band St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £10 (£8). A mix of traditional Russian music and dance, and Scottish song as Rostov’s Don Cossack teams up with Glasgow trio The Ideal Band. Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. See Sun 29.
Kirriemuir ■ TMSA Kirriemuir Festival Various Venues, 01575 540261. Times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 3. Millport FREE Millport Country & Western Festival Various Venues, Times vary. See Fri 3.
Neilston ■ Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three Crofthead Hall, Molendinar Terrace, 880 5790. 8pm. £12.50. See Sat 4.
Peebles ■ Folk Sunday Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £7 (under 16s free). A foot- stomping evening at Peebles Folk Club. Local Borders’ talent provides a varied programme of traditional and original, vocal and instrumental pieces.
Tuesday 7
Edinburgh ■ Steve Turner Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Brilliant ballad singing and exceptional arrangements on the concertina from the Manchester folk hero. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from Jigadoon. St Andrews FREE Medieval Harp Music - Simon Chadwick Cathedral Ruins, North Street, 01334 472563. 12.45–1.15pm. Virtuoso plucker Simon Chadwick presents a selection of ancient Gaelic airs and laments in the picturesque ruins of St Andrew’s Cathedral, performed on a replica of the famous medieval Scottish Queen Mary harp.
Wednesday 8
Dunfermline ■ Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Sat 4. ■ Just Voices Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.30pm. Free; donations welcome. A cappella group of women sing an international mix. Linlithgow FREE Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow, 01506 843376. Annual folk festival comprising concerts, ceilidhs, instrumental and singing workshops, canal cruises, street events and an open-
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air stage - headlined this year by Old Blind Dogs. Thursday 9
Glasgow ■ Sam Baker St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 7.30pm. £13. Lyrical singer- songwriter from Austin, who had to relearn how to play guitar after his hand was injured in a bomb blast. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Eclectic rootsy skill. See Thu 2.
Falkirk ■ Falkirk Folk Club Session Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. An informal night of music and song.
Linlithgow FREE Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow, 01506 843376. See Wed 8. Rutherglen ■ Peter Morrison Rutherglen Town Hall, Main Street, 613 5700. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). The big voice of Scotland’s ‘Ambassador of Song’ returns to Rutherglen alongside daughter Jackie (fresh from her Fringe run) and Liam Stewart and Andy Kain on fiddle and squeezebox. The Alan Kitchen Trio provides back up. Classical
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Friday 27
Dunfermline ■ HM Royal Marines Band of Scotland: Gala Summer Proms Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £13 (£12). A summery concert from the Royal Marines Band, with guest soprano Lisa Moffat.
Saturday 28 Glasgow ■ NYOS Strings Highland Tour St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, 332 8311. 7.30pm. £8 (£2–£6). NYOS and North Highland Connections present some of Scotland’s most talented young string players in a concert of Russian masterpieces. Alexander Janiczek directs Tchaikovsky’s luscious Serenade for Strings and arrangements of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8 and Prokofiev’s Five Melodies.
Sunday 29
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands.
Bathgate ■ Opera Alba Torphichen Kirk, Torphichen, 01506 635257. 7pm. £10 (£8). The operatic quartet, whose members have each performed internationally as soloists, performs a repertoire of arias and musical favourites. Peebles ■ Piano Duets Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £10 (under 16s free). Simon Coverdale
and Margaret Wakeford perform a programme of duets, including music by Mozart, Debussy, Grieg and Schubert.
Monday 30 Glasgow ■ The Texas Tenors Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £17–£19. The stetsoned threesome from American’s Got Talent brings cheesy cowboy charm to a selection of classical, gospel and popular hits.
Tuesday 31
Glasgow ■ The Vienna Proms Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £18.50–£20.50. Inspired by the annual summer concerts given in the Austrian capital, the National Concert Orchestra performs a programme of Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven and more, joined by the period-clad Strauss Waltzers.
Edinburgh ■ Bach, Monk & Co St Mark’s ArtSpace, 7 Castle Terrace, 225 1155. 5pm. £6 (£4). Pianist Seb Thirlway gives a solo recital of works by Bach, Schumann and the too-rarely performed Alkan, interspersed with some improv on jazz standards. Arbroath ■ The Texas Tenors The Webster Theatre, 64 High Street, 01241 435800. 7.30pm. £16 (£15). See Mon 30.
Wednesday 1 Dundee ■ Autumn Organ Concert: Rupert Jeffcoat Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 1pm. £4 (£1). An organ recital including pieces by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Scott Joplin, and it’s short enough to squeeze into your lunch break.
Thursday 2 Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Sax Ecosse National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. A French-inspired concert by the saxophone quartet on the theme of the Impressionist Gardens exhibition.
Saturday 4
Glasgow FREE Happy Bi-centennial Chopin Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. 1pm. Pianist Mira Opalinska performs selected works by Chopin in the year of his bicentenary. Edinburgh ■ Bach, Monk & Co St Mark’s ArtSpace, 7 Castle Terrace, 225 1155. 5pm. £6 (£4). See Tue 31.
Bathgate ■ Chamonix Vocal Quartet Regal Community Theatre, 24–34 North Bridge Street, 01506 630085. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). A light-hearted exploration of the favourite characters from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, featuring heroes, villains, comics and heroines from the vocal quartet.
Sunday 5
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. See Sun 29.
Tuesday 7 Glasgow ■ Scottish Opera: Carmen Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
7.30pm. £10.50–£17.50. Scottish Opera presents Bizet’s seductive opera, moved forward over a century to the 1960s, when Spain languished under Franco’s authoritarian regime. In this production by director Ashley Dean, the tale of the soldier Don José’s obsession with fiery beauty Carmen is presented with accompaniment by chamber orchestra.
Edinburgh ■ Get Organised! Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 1.10pm. £3. A varied programme of original organ classics and arrangements including The Merry Widow waltz and Handel in the Strand. ■ Live Music Now: Emerging Artists Series Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 2.30pm. £2. First concert in a brand new series of tomorrow’s stars today features brass quintet Pure Brass, an up-and-coming ensemble gaining increasing popularity for their blend of virtuosity and good humour. St Andrews FREE Simon Chadwick Lunchtime Recital Cathedral Ruins, North Street, 01334 472563. 12.45pm. Monthly series of lunchtime recitals of medieval and Renaissance Scottish harp music.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow ■ Scottish International Piano Competition 2010 Various Venues (Glasgow), 270 8322. Times vary. Prices vary. Thirty young pianists from all over the world visit Glasgow to compete in this prestigious competition in a bid to kick-start their international careers. Performances over the twelve-day event will be judged by a panel of international musical luminaries including Sally Beamish, Idil Biret, Thea Musgrave and Alfredo Perl. Please visit www.scottishinternationalpianocompetiti on.com for details of individual events.
Dundee ■ Autumn Organ Concert: Tom Wilkinson Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 1pm. £4 (£1). A short lunchbreak organ recital including pieces by Bach and Elgar. Helensburgh ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Autumn Classics Victoria Halls, Sinclair Street, 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£5–£10). Roy Goodman conducts from the harpsichord as the SCO ushers in autumn with a tour around central Scotland. Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture is followed by Goodman’s own arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar from The Musical Offering, and is topped off by CPE Bach’s Flute Concerto in A and Mendelssohn’s Youth Symphony No 8 in D. With guest flautist Alison Mitchell.
Thursday 9
Glasgow ■ Scottish International Piano Competition 2010 Various Venues (Glasgow), 270 8322. Times vary. Prices vary. See Wed 8.
Glasgow ■ Scottish Opera: Carmen Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £10–£17.50. See Tue 7. Dunfermline ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Autumn Classics Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£5–£10). See Wed 8.
St Andrews ■ The Edinburgh Quartet Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £16 (£10–£14). The Edinburgh Quartet celebrate their 50th anniversary with a performance of works by Haydn, Schumann and Borodin.