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Glasgow ■ Phil Cunningham: Scottish Music Year End Extravaganza RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). End- of-year concert featuring Cunningham and the massed ranks of the Scottish Music programme. FREE Steph Baxter Jinty McGuintys, 21–29 Ashton Lane, 339 0747. 9pm. Traditional Scottish and Irish music. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Café Ceilidh Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 2pm. An informal Scots music session with Linten Adie and the Scots Music Group. ■ Frank McGuire Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6 tbc. Folk, rock, blues and jazz combine with this solo show from Lyra Celtica founding member. ■ Allan Taylor The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £7–£8. See Mon 20. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring the Or Ceilidh Band.
Wednesday 22
Glasgow ■ Kevin McDermott & The Section Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14. The local favourite serves up roots- flavoured rock and pop with full band backing. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £17.50. Americana and roots from three singer-songwriter friends at this informal night of ‘Wine, Women & Song’. FREE Full Tonne Kid Jinty McGuintys, 21–29 Ashton Lane, 339 0747. 9pm. Acoustic blues and country band from Bellshill. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 1. ■ Mike Silver Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 01324 613395. 7pm. £8 (£7; members £5). Popular, hugely experienced singer/guitarist.
Thursday 23 Glasgow FREE Alastair Savage Trio College of Piping, 16–24 Otago Street, 334 3587. 8pm. Traditional airs and dances featuring guest flautist Eddie McGuire. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Allan Taylor St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Mon 20.
Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over-60s £7; under-21s/students £5). See Thu 2. Got an opinion? You can now Comment on all our articles at list .co.uk
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Thursday 26
Glasgow FREE Kevin Bowyer Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 5.30pm. Kevin Bowyer (organ) plays Pallesco, Sorabji and Williamson.
Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Flutes en Route National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Young flute quartet plays trad and modern Scottish music. ✽✽ Scottish Opera: Rigoletto Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £15.50–£63.50. Matthew Richardson directs Verdi’s tragic story. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29
Friday 27
Glasgow RSAMD Song Studio: Scottish Opera Emerging Artists RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9.50. Songs by Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Strauss, Korngold and Grieg. Gusztáv Fenyo plays Liszt St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road. 8pm. £10 (£5). A Liszt bicentenary recital, including the great Sonata in B minor. Edinburgh Palaeophonics George Square Theatre, University of Edinburgh, George Square. 7pm. £11.50 (£5). Multimedia performances by Frederick Baker, Aaron Watson, John Was, Rupert Till, Andrew Taylor and Mauricio Rodriguez. FREE Bridgewater College Chorale Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30–8.30pm. Bridgewater College Chorale from Virginia performs sacred music.
Saturday 28
Glasgow BBC SSO: Much Ado About Music City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8. Pieces by Humperdinck and Berlioz frame an abridged performance of Shakespeare’s bitchiest comedy, with incidental music by Korngold.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Edinburgh ✽✽ Scottish Opera: Rigoletto Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £15.50–£63.50. See Thu 26. The Edinburgh Light Orchestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £6–£9.50. Soprano Elizabeth McKeon joins the orchestra for an evening of light music. Eolus Ensemble: Music at the Court of Dresden St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (seniors £10; students & unemployed £5). Early music by Heinichen, Graun, Mattheson and Telemann, featuring Jean-Francois Madeuf on natural trumpet. FREE The Open Orchestra Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. Retiring collection. Amateur orchestra performs works by Haydn, Nicolai and Saint-Saëns. Edinburgh Charity Orchestra St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). ECO’s inaugural concert is an ambitious programme including Mahler’s Symphony No 1 and the ever popular second piano concerto by Rachmaninov. All profits to charity The Yard.
Perth Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk and Steven Isserlis Perth Concert Hall, Mill
Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £18.50–£25.50. Star violinist Bell plays Schubert. Part of Perth Festival of the Arts.
Sunday 29
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–3pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Edinburgh RSNO: Chamber Series – Four, Five and Six Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 3pm. £16 (disabled and carer £8; under 26s £5; under 16s free). Chamber works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Pupils of Eric von Ibler sing songs and arias. Charnwood Orchestra St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 07718 153117. 7.45pm. £10 (£8; under 16s £3). Amateur orchestra plays Slavic classics, including Dvorák’s crispy and nourishing Symphony No 9 ‘From the New World’.
Perth Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Ian Brown Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £35–£43.50. The trio joins the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for pieces by Haydn, Brahms and Beethoven. Perth Festival of the Arts.
Monday 30 Edinburgh FREE Thomas’ Prep School Chapel Choir St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Lunchtime concert by the London school choir. FREE Westminster College Choir and Wind Ensemble Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30–8pm. Choral and wind pieces from a Pennsylvanian ensemble.
Tuesday 31
Schumann, Janácek, Kurtág Glasgow ✽✽ Hebrides Ensemble: The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £12 (£8). The Scottish premiere of György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragmente along with works by Schumann and Janácek.
Edinburgh FREE Westminster College Choir and Wind Ensemble St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Mon 30.
Wednesday 1 Edinburgh Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra Morningside United Church, 15 Chamberlain Road, 447 8724. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Edinburgh's oldest amateur orchestra performs three symphonies by William Boyce, one of the most important English composers of the 18th century, as well as Haydn’s Violin Concerto No 1 in C major with soloist Lawrence Dunn. Hebrides Ensemble: Schumann, Janácek, Kurtág The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£7). See Tue 31.
Thursday 2 Glasgow Pure Brass Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£6; students/children £3). Vibrant young brass quintet.
FREE Kevin Bowyer: Thursday Meditations Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 2pm. Organ recital featuring pieces by Tournemire and Messiaen. RSAMD Piano Festival Opening Recital RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Sinae Lee performs extracts from Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage. Winter Gardens Prom People’s Palace & Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green, 276 0788. 7.30pm. £9 (£7; students £5). Musical entertainment from Strathclyde University Concert Band and other university musicians. Merchant Voices Summer Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £4. The community choir sings choral favourites. Stirling Scottish Chamber Orchestra Stirling Castle, Old Town, 01786 450000. 8pm. £15 (children £5). Mendelssohn, Koussevitsky and Haydn. Danail Rachev conducts and Nikita Naumov (double bass) solos.
Friday 3
Glasgow Steven Osborne RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Piano recital. FREE BBC SSO: Light Fantastic City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. John Wilson conducts Eric Coates’ Suite: The Three Men and Knightsbridge March from the London Suite. Auricle Ensemble Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 415 5221. 8pm. £8 (£4). The world premiere of a new suite by Thomas Wilson, plus works by Wynton Marsalis and HK Gruber. Part of the West End Festival. ✽✽ Daniel’s Beard Opening Concert Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 395 4000. 6pm. £8 (£4). New classical ensemble kicks off its festival with quintets by Mozart and Brahms. West End Festival. Piano and Dance RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Music and ballet students join forces on some new choreography. Edinburgh FREE Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Fresta Church Choir from Stockholm. Take the High Note Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£20. InChorus and the Lothian & Borders Police Choir plus special guests.
Saturday 4 Glasgow Rory Boyle, Bach and Vierne St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, westendfestival.co.uk 3pm. £5. David Hamilton plays classic and contemporary works for organ. West End Festival. Dunedin Consort Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 395 4000. 6pm. £8 (£4). Chamber music by JS Bach and Handel. West End Festival. Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert Bute Hall, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £12 (£9; under 18s £4). Amateur orchestra plays Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Dvorák. Aleksander Kudajczyk (piano) is the soloist. West End Festival. RSAMD Piano Festival: Evening Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). A showcase concert focusing on Liszt. Red Note Ensemble Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £8 (£4). The new music ensemble presents works by Ligeti, Fennessy and Sweeney. West End Festival.
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