MUSIC | Classical CLASSICAL
Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Alex Johnston and Carol Main. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 16 Glasgow Jean Highgate Scholarship for Singing Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 10am. £3 (£2). Student recital. Athenaeum Winds The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students/children £4). Wind quintet. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £19. Otto Nicolai’s 1849 operetta of Shakespeare. Nicolette Molnar directs student performers and Guido Rumstadt conducts.
✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Theatre Royal, 282 Hope
Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9–£70. Ebullient farce featuring Richard Suart, Steven Page and Graeme Broadbent. BBC SSO: Closing Night - The Rite of Spring Centenary Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Stravinsky, JS Bach and Matthias Pintscher, the latter also conducting. James Lancelot Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £tbc. Organ recital.
Edinburgh Mr McFall’s Chamber: María de Buenos Aires The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £10–£16 (under 18s £7.50). Piazzolla’s mini-opera features Valentina Montoya Martínez and special guests. Will Pickvance: The Anatomy of the Piano Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £7.00 (£5.00). Piano and talk.
Friday 17 Glasgow French Fancy: Fauré Chamber Music Series II Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £9.50. Jacqueline Shave (violin), Robert Irvine (cello) and Aaron Shorr (piano).
✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Theatre Royal, 282
Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm. £9–£70. See Thu 16.
Edinburgh Olivier Latry & Thierry Escaich St Mary’s RC Cathedral, York Place. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Organ virtuosi in head-to-head smackdown! Sorry – recital. 102 THE LIST 16 May–13 Jun 2013
Mill, 72 Newhaven Road, 555 3963. 12–4pm. £6. Stravinsky in audiophile stereo: not for the hungover. Doors close at 2pm. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Glasgow University Chapel Choir.
Monday 20 Glasgow RCS Electroacoustic Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.45pm. £8. Student compositions.
Tuesday 21
Glasgow Ye Cronies Opera Award Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 6pm. £3. Student recital. Merchant Sinfonia City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £27.50– £29.50. Community orchestra conducted by Louise Martin and with members of the BBC SSO. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Final Year BMus Recitals Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 11am, noon, 2pm, 3pm & 4.30pm. Student recital. Artisan Trio: Pendulum St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 6pm. £10 (£8). New work by Marina Adamia, and pieces by Osborne and Bartok. Love Music Community Choir Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7–9pm. £5. Community choir sings popular favourites.
Wednesday 22
Glasgow Gerard Brooks Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £tbc. Organ recital. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Final Year BMus Recitals Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 11am, noon, 2pm, 3pm & 4.30pm. See Tue 21.
Thursday 23
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Final Year BMus Recitals Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 11am, noon, 2pm, 3pm & 4.30pm. See Tue 21. Dundee RSNO: Dvorák Cello Concerto Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12–£15 (£5–£7.50; under 16s free). Featuring Norwegian maestro Truls Mørk. Also, Stravinsky’s manic Petrouchka. Thomas Søndergård conducts.
FUCKED UP Canada’s Fucked Up are a truly fascinating musical specimen, and they’re back in Glasgow a few days after playing Field Day in London. Starting out making punk, they moved into hardcore before ultimately settling on a sound that makes punk and rock purists scream in terror as they melt the two together. Add flutes, keyboards and sweaty crowd-diving and you have a rather potent cocktail. With Titus Andronicus and Metz, SWG3, Glasgow, Tue 28 May.
RSNO: Choral Classics – Elijah Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). Mendelssohn’s rambunctious oratorio, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, with soloists Lisa Milne, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Barry Banks and Hanno Mueller-Brachmann, plus the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus.
Saturday 18
Glasgow ✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 2.15pm & 7.15pm. £9–£70. See Thu 16. Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3.45pm. £3 (£2). Young musicians in recital. Rite of Spring Revisited: MONAD Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7pm. £7 (£2–£5). RCS and GSA students present a new Stravinsky- inspired work composed, designed and danced by themselves. RSNO: Choral Classics – Elijah Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50). See Fri 17. Merchant Voices Summer Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6. Orff’s colourful
Carmina Burana accompanied by the St James Orchestra. Edinburgh Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.30pm. £10 (£7; children £3). Orchestral works by Weber and Hindemith and Beethoven’s explosive Eroica. Gerard Doherty conducts.
Sunday 19
Glasgow Music Co-Operative Scotland: Sunday Serenades St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 3pm. £13 (£10). Serenades by Mozart and Dvorák, conducted by Charles Bell. Glasgow Orchestral Society Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £10 (students & children £5). Eric Dunlea conducts works by Verdi, Gordon Tocher and Berlioz. Guest soloist is James Ross. Glasgow Sinfonia Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, 427 1968. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; schoolchildren £5). Gerard Doherty conducts Rossini, Elgar and Saint-Saëns. Edinburgh Classic Album Sundays Jazz & Classical Loud & Clear, Bonnington
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