Music CLASSICAL

Simon Nieminski St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Broughton Street, 556 1798. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Organ recital. Perth Paul Lewis: Schubert Cycle Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £10.50–£20.50. Solo piano.

Wednesday 7

Glasgow Brodsky Quartet Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9.50. Quartets by Debussy and Shostakovich. RCS: A Ramsay Calder (Debussy) Prize for Chamber Music Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £4 (£3). Debussy competition. The Music of James MacMillan: Why is this night different? Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, 554 1333. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Chamber works. Part of Lentfest. sound lab: Edit-Point City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6 plus £1/£1.50 booking fee. Electroacoustic music. Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Pianist Will Pickvance plus guests. Edinburgh Quartet: Beethoven Quartets St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, 225 7001. 7.30pm. £12 (£8; students & children £4). Early, late and middle quartets.

Thursday 8 Glasgow Karen Cargill & Simon Lepper Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £11.50 (£8.50). Songs by Brahms, Barber, Duparc and others. FREE Music in the University: John Butt plays the Well- Tempered Clavier Book 1 Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Bach on harpsichord. BBC SSO: Manze & The Best of British City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£23. Andrew Manze conducts works by Purcell, Britten and Vaughan Williams.

Edinburgh Joanna MacGregor The City of Edinburgh Music School, Broughton High School, Carrington Road, 332 7805. 4pm. By donation. Pianist plays her own Lost Highway, Piazzolla’s Six Tangos and Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Friday 9 Glasgow Nikolai Demidenko Royal

Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Russian piano maestro. RCS Junior Conservatoire Nan Christie Memorial Prize for Strings Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6pm. £4 (£3). Young string players in competition. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Workshops Scottish Opera Technical Centre, 40 Edington Street, 332 9000. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). Staged opera scenes. RCS Piano Orchestra and Piano & Film Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Works for multiple pianos, plus film soundtracks. Joanna MacGregor Cairns Church, 11 Buchanan Street, Milngavie. 7.30pm. £10 (students £5; children free). See Thu 8. Edinburgh FREE John Kitchen Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Early English organ music.

Saturday 10

Glasgow Specialist Music Schools Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 12.30pm. £6 (£4). Showcase for student keyboard players. FREE RCS Massed Pianos Merchant Square, 71–73 Albion Street, 552 5908. 2pm–5pm. Silent concert: 15 pianists play 15 keyboards but you need headphones to hear them. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Workshops Scottish Opera Technical Centre, 40 Edington Street, 332 9000. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). See Fri 9. RCS Piano Department Student and Staff Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Piano recitals. Edinburgh FREE Experimental Music Inspired by Sol LeWitt Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. 1pm. Experimental music from Edinburgh Napier students and staff. Edinburgh Competition Festival Performance The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £6 (£4; students & children free). Young performers’ recital. David Christophersen: Prokofiev’s War Sonatas 3 Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £16 (£9). Solo piano music by Prokofiev and others. Edinburgh University Music Society Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 6. New Edinburgh Orchestra St Serf’s Parish Church, 280 Ferry Road, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9 (£6; children £1). Tim

Paxton conducts Beethoven, Mozart and Gounod. Scottish Chamber Choir: Italian Music for Easter Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 8pm. £10 (students £5; under 18s free). Woe from Scarlatti and Allegri.

Sunday 11

Glasgow Jonathan Plowright Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Piano works by Schumann and Brahms. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See Sun 4. Leslie Howard in Recital Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Piano works by Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninov. Wilma MacDougall, Paul Keohone & Julia Lynch The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7pm. £10 (£5). Songs and arias by Butterworth, Mozart, Donizetti and others. Edinburgh RSNO: Chamber Series Transfigured Romance Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 2.30pm. £12 (under 26s £5; disabled and carers £6; under 16s free). Septets by Beethoven and Schoenberg. FREE St Giles’ at Six: Singers from the Studio of Eric von Ibler St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Arias and songs from Handel, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann.

Monday 12 Glasgow Governors’ Recital Prize for Piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 9.30am. £5 (£4). Student competition. Harald Herzl & Aaron Shorr: Piano and Strings Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8 (£6). Piano quintets by Mozart and Brahms. Orchestra of Scottish Opera: St Andrews in the Square St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 332 5057. 3pm. £12 (£9). Francesco Corti conducts Prokofiev, Poulenc, Stravinsky and Schumann with soloists Elin Pritchard and Richard Blake. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: The Rape of Lucretia Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). Britten’s intense chamber opera.

Tuesday 13 Glasgow Ben Kearsley Chaplaincy Centre, University of Strathclyde, St Paul’s

Building, John Street, 548 4144. 1.15pm. Free but suggested donation of £1–£5. Classical guitar. RCS Opera Scenes Scottish Opera Technical Centre, 40 Edington Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £9 (£7). Staged opera scenes with student singers. RCS Electroacoustic Concert Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). New sounds from student composers. Edinburgh FREE Peter Furniss & Martin Parker Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Works for clarinet and/or electronics by Stravinsky, Musgrave, Harker, Parker and Reich.

Wednesday 14

Glasgow RCS Opera Scenes Scottish Opera Technical Centre, 40 Edington Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £9 (£7). See Tue 13. Walcer Prize for Solo Violin Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2.30pm. £5 (£4). Prize for playing Paganini. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: The Rape of Lucretia Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). See Mon 12. Edinburgh FREE Very Wednesday St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. See Wed 7. FREE The City Sings National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. 7.30pm. Schoolchildren perform songs and a new piece by Dee Isaacs and Victor Gama.

Thursday 15

Glasgow FREE Music in the University: John Butt plays the Well- Tempered Clavier Book 2 Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1pm. John Butt does Bach! Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: The Rape of Lucretia Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). See Mon 12. RCS Brass and Big Band Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Music by Bernstein. Edinburgh Viva Tango! Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.45pm. £14 (£9; children & students £5). Mr McFall’s Chamber with Valentina Montoya Martinez, Victor Villena and Cyril Garac.

Opera. Worth a second look. Get £10 tix if you’re under 26. Any seat. Any performance.

The Rake’s Progress 17-31 March Glasgow Edinburgh

106 THE LIST 1–29 Mar 2012