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Edinburgh Edinburgh Light Orchestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 334 3140. 7.30pm. £6.50–£10. Light music with guest soprano Elizabeth McKeon. Glasgow Chamber Choir Old Saint Paul’s Church, Jeffrey Street. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Fri 2. Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £30–£135. A unique multi- media concert bringing to life the music from the epic RPG videogame series Final Fantasy played by the Royal Scottish National Opera with conductor Arnie Roth, National Youth Choir of Scotland and vocalist Susan Calloway. See feature, page 31. Edinburgh Singers Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk. com 7.30pm. £10 (£8; under 12s free). Langlais’ Messe Solennelle and Triptyque, plus Fauré’s Requiem, under the direction of John Gormley, with Henry Wallace (organ). Meadows Chamber Orchestra/ Roxburgh Quartet Stockbridge Parish Church, 7b Saxe Coburg Street, 667 5618. 7.30pm. £10 (£5; children free). Mozart’s Serenade in B flat K361 and Schubert’s String Quartet ‘Rosamunde’ D804. With distinguished guest oboist Neil Black. Running the Gamut: Scales, Sonatas and a Tickle St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £17 (£15; students £5). Trio Sonnerie play Marais, JS Bach, Schmelzer and Rebel. Presented by the Georgian Concert Society.
Monday 5
Glasgow Saxophone Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6 (£4). Glazunov’s Concerto for alto saxophone and Jay Capperauld’s Heroin Chic, with soloist Ross Montgomery. Bryan Allen conducts. L’Incoronazione di Poppea Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £10–£12.50. See Sat 3. Edinburgh Angela Hewitt The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12–£21. Piano virtuoso Hewitt plays Beethoven and Bach, including selections from The Art of Fugue.
Tuesday 6 Glasgow L’Incoronazione di Poppea Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £10–£12.50. See Sat 3. Scottish Opera: La Traviata Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7.30pm.
£14 (under 26s £5). Verdi’s tragedy of the courtesan who can’t get a break. Directed by rising star Annilese Miskimmon. Edinburgh FREE Canto Per Tre Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Taylor Wilson (mezzo), Michael Beeston (viola) and Margaret Murray McLeod (piano) perform pieces by John McLeod, Schumann and Weill.
Wednesday 7 Edinburgh FREE Music in KB Glass Arcade, Scottish Agricultural College, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, 535 4000. 1.05pm. Free lunchtime concert presented in association with Live Music Now.
Thursday 8
Glasgow FREE Music in the University: Canto per Tre Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. See Tue 6. Remember Me Scotland Street School Museum, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. 5pm, 6pm & 7pm. £9 seven days in advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven days in advance; £8 on the door). Miniature multimedia opera from Claudia Molitor. Part of Sonica. L’Incoronazione di Poppea Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £10–£12.50. See Sat 3. BBC SSO: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde Act II City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £tbc. Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner’s opera. Sandglasses Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm. £5–£9 seven day advance; £7–£12 on the door. Audio-visual performance by Juste Janulyte, Luca Scarzella and the Gaida Ensemble. Part of Sonica. Ecstatic Arc Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 9pm. £9 seven days advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). New work by Robbie Thomson. Part of Sonica. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Quartet Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 9pm. Britten’s Three Divertimenti and the Three Idylls by Britten’s teacher Frank Bridge.
Friday 9 Glasgow Ecstatic Arc Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 9pm. £9 seven days advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 8. Sandglasses Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm. £5–£9 seven day advance; £7–£12 on the door. See Thu 8.
CLASSICAL Music
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Singers Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. John Kitchen conducts motets by Mendelssohn, Rheinberger and Bruckner. RSNO: Choral Classics – Carmina Burana Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). Ades’ Dances from ‘Powder Her Face’; Vaughan Williams’ unearthly Tallis Fantasia; Orff’s headbanging Carmina Burana, featuring Valentina Farcas, Daniel Taylor, Audun Iversen and the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus. Peter Oundjian conducts.
Saturday 10
Glasgow Ecstatic Arc Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 9pm. £9 seven days advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 8. Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £3. See Sat 27. RSNO: Choral Classics – Carmina Burana Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). See Fri 9. Edinburgh Concert of Remembrance Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£16. Memorial concert.
Sunday 11
Glasgow Ecstatic Arc Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 2.30pm. £9 seven days advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 8. Edinburgh BBC SSO: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde Act II Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 4pm. £10–£26. See Thu 8.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow FREE Chapel Choir Concert: Remembrance Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 6–7pm. Works by Swayne, Ireland, Blatchly and Elgar. Edinburgh FREE Ruth Wall Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 1.10pm. Harp pieces by Glass, Carolan, Piazzolla, Machaut, Maxwell Davies and Fitkin.
Wednesday 14 Glasgow Remember Me Scotland Street School
Museum, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. 5pm, 6pm & 7pm. £9 seven days in advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven days in advance; £8 on the door). See Thu 8. Bluebeard Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm. £9 seven day advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). 3D digital opera interpretation of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, presented by 33 1/3 Collective. Part of Sonica. Tales of Magical Realism: Part 2 Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm & 9.30pm. £8–£12. Vaudevillian performance-installation from Sven Werner. Sonica.
Thursday 15
Glasgow Fali Pavri The Merchant House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Piano works by Schumann, Rachmaninov and Volkmar Andreae. FREE Kandinsky Piano Trio Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Schubert’s Piano Trio No 1 D898. Remember Me Scotland Street School Museum, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. 5pm, 6pm & 7pm. £9 seven days in advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven days in advance; £8 on the door). See Wed 14. BBC SSO: Nicola Benedetti plays Szymanowski City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Andrew Litton conducts Nicola Benedetti in Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No 1. Also featuring Karlowicz’s Eternal Songs and Prokofiev’s Symphony No 5. Bluebeard Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7.30pm & 9pm. £9 seven day advance; £12 on the door (£6 seven day advance; £8 on the door). See Wed 14. Tales of Magical Realism: Part 2 Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm & 9.30pm. £8–£12. See Wed 14. Edinburgh FREE Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Unwrapped Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 6pm. See Thu 18. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Pires plays Mozart Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £13– £27 (£5–£25; under 16s free). The great Pires plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17 K453; also, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Beethoven’s Symphony No 6. Robin Ticciati conducts. Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers: Iberia and the New World Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.45pm. £8 (£4). Renaissance and Baroque music.
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