MUSIC | Classical Friday 5
Edinburgh Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). James Lowe conducts contemporary works, with members of Tinderbox Orchestra and soprano Peyee Chen. Dundee National Youth Orchestra of Scotland Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. Works by Britten, Bingham and Saint-Saëns, and Elgar’s orchestration of Bach’s BWV 537. Christopher Seaman conducts and the organist is Jonathan Scott.
Saturday 6
Glasgow Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9–£70. See Thu 4. Edinburgh FREE Jeremy Cull: Let’s go to the Opera St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 12.30pm. Organ transcriptions of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and others.
Sunday 7
Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Organ recital by New Zealand’s Paul Rosoman. Tuesday 9
Glasgow Il Divo and Katherine Jenkins SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £35–£85. Four suits and a frock sing popera. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9–£70. See Thu 4. Edinburgh NYOS Senior Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, 668 2019. 3pm. £10 (£5). James Lowe conducts the orchestra’s debut concert, featuring pieces by Dvo(cid:1)ák, Britten and Borodin. Savourna Stevenson & Edinburgh Quartet Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50; under 16s £7). Composer/harpist Stevenson in concert with the Edinburgh Quartet. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival. FREE Simon Nieminski St Mary’s RC Cathedral, York Place, nieminski. com 7.30pm. Organ pieces by Flemish and Walloon composers.
Wednesday 10 Glasgow sound lab presents The Rope and Duck Company City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Improvised music from Aileen Campbell (voice), Una MacGlone (double bass) and Emma Roche (flute).
Thursday 11
Glasgow BBC SSO: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde Act III City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen plus the third and final act of Wagner’s epic tale of doomed love. Donald Runnicles conducts, with Robert Dean Smith and Petra Maria Schnitzer as the lovers. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Emma Versteeg and Anne MacGregor Scottish National Gallery, The Mound,
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Edinburgh Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 4. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£30. Works by Dvo(cid:1)ák and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 featuring the great Hélène Grimaud. Sospiro: Bach Cantatas and Concerti Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Works by JS Bach.
Sunday 14
Edinburgh RSNO Chamber Series: Strings & Brass Celebration Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 2.30pm. £12. Music for string trio and brass quartet, from Haydn to Pärt. BBC SSO: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde Act III Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 4pm. £10–£26. See Thu 11. Dalmeny Concerts in the Kirk Dalmeny Kirk, Main Street, dundasfoundation.co.uk/ index.html 8–10pm. £40 including 2-course served meal with wine; concert only £15. Charity concert with the Dunedin Consort.
Monday 15
Glasgow FREE Red Note: Noisy Nights City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. An informal evening of new music for double bass, viola and alto flute. Edinburgh FREE Scottish Opera: Flying Dutchman Unwrapped Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 6pm. See Thu 4.
Tuesday 16
Edinburgh Artisan Trio: Pendulum St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 6pm. £10 (£5). The world premiere of a new work by Anothai Nitibhon, and Dvorak’s ’Dumky’ Trio. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 4. Ludovico Einaudi Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £20–£25. Composer/pianist in recital.
Wednesday 17 Glasgow Christopher Herrick Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £tbc. Virtuoso organist plays pieces by Brewer, Monnikendam, Mozart, Derek Bourgeois and Liszt.
Thursday 18
Glasgow Christina Lawrie The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; student/children £4). Piano recital. BBC SSO: Kozhukin Plays Rachmaninov City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3 with Denis Kozhukin plus Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Shostakovich’s Symphony No 9. Donald Runnicles conducts. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Britten 100 The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£29 (£5–£27; under 16s free). Richard Egarr conducts works by Purcell, Britten and Pärt.
COASTAL-SET OPERA THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 4, Sat 6, Tue 9 Apr; Festival Theatre, Edin- burgh, Sat 13, Tue 16, Fri 19 Apr
If he hadn’t had such a keen eye for nifty marketing, Richard Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman could have put Scotland as firmly on the geographic opera map as Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Both operas date from 1839, a time when Gothic horror was never far away, Donizetti being inspired by Sir Walter Scott and Wagner by his own horrific sea journey from the Baltic port of Pillau to London. Caught in a wild storm, it brought to Wagner’s mind the legend of the Flying Dutchman, the unlucky sailor condemned to sail until the end of time unless he finds a truly loving wife on one of his trips ashore. Scotland made a perfect setting for an opera based on the tale, until Wagner realised that some autobiographical involvement wouldn’t go amiss at the box office, so changed his mind to Norway instead. In researching the piece, Harry Fehr, Scottish Opera’s director of its new production of The Flying Dutchman, came across a copy of Wagner’s original intentions and hit on placing the opera in the community and coastline of Scotland’s North East.
On one of his rare times setting foot on land, the Dutchman finds Senta and, at last, his redemption. But a straightforward ending is too easy. The Dutchman’s curse is only lifted when Senta, wrongly accused of being unfaithful, drowns herself, and the desolate Dutchman heads back out to the North Sea.
‘Wagner was in his 30s when he wrote the piece and it shows,’ says Scottish Opera’s Director of Music and conductor, Francesco Corti. ‘The music is ridden with the power and energy of a young man and Act 3 is still one of the most incredible operatic moments ever written.’ (Carol Main)
624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Versteeg (soprano) and MacGregor (piano) perform selections from Dowland, Purcell, Burns, Poulenc and Heuberger. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Sinfonia Concertante The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£29 (£5–£27; under 16s free). Works by Richard Strauss, Haydn, Webern and Beethoven. Alexander Janiczek leads and plays violin; soloists are David Watkin, Robin Williams and Peter Whelan.
Friday 12 Glasgow Caledonian Voices: Mystical and Mighty Cairns Church, 11 Buchanan Street, Milngavie, caledonianvoices. co.uk 7.30pm. £10. Choral works by Haydn, Walton, Wood and Vaughan Williams. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Sinfonia Concertante City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13–£27 (£5–£25; under 16s free). See Thu 11.
Edinburgh RSNO: Concierto de Aranjuez Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). Works by Respighi and Martucci plus Rodrigo’s beloved guitar concerto, featuring Milos Karadaglic. Gilbert Varga conducts. Perth NYCoS National Girls Choir Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 287 2856. 3pm. £12.50 (£8.50; children £4; family £26). Showcase for the girls’ choir.
Saturday 13
Glasgow Peter Morrison: Broadway and Beyond, Volume Two Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. 7.30pm. £16 (£14). See Fri 12. RSNO: Concierto de Aranjuez Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). See Fri 12.