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Edinburgh Love Music Community Choir Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7–9pm. £5. See Tue 21.
✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Edinburgh Festival
Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 16.
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Tavener, Dai Fujikura, MacMillan and Bang, with specially commissioned visuals. RSNO: Oundjian & Benedetti Gala Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £14–£39 (£5–£18.50; under 16s free). Nicola Benedetti in works by Vaughan Williams and Saint-Saëns and other works by Ravel and Walton. Peter Oundjian conducts.
✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Something a bit different for Scottish Opera, who turn to G&S in a co-production with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. It’s all-singing, all-dancing and a lot of light operatic fun in this parody of Victorian society. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 16– Sat 18 May; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Tue 28, Thu 30 May– Sat 1 Jun.
✽ Aleksander Kudajczyk Born into a musical family
in Poland, where he studied piano to degree level, Kudajczyk was discovered in Scotland as Glasgow University’s cleaner, practising on their chapel piano in his spare time. Catapulted to fame, he now gives regular recitals, this one focussing on his homeland’s most famous composer, Chopin. St John’s Church, Edinburgh, Sat 8 Jun.
✽ Scottish Ensemble: Quartets Squared
Squeezed in between their four- day residencies in Aberdeen and Perth, the Scottish Ensemble (pictured) pops south to Edinburgh for one night to perform Glasgow-born composer Martin Suckling’s latest piece in his ‘Postcard No 4’ series of miniatures. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 8 Jun.
Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Organ recital from Malcolm Sim. Scottish Sinfonia: The Best of British St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.45pm. £12 (£10). Good lord, chaps: works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Tippett, Handel, Parry and Delius. Neil Mantle conducts. 16 May–13 Jun 2013 THE LIST 103
Edinburgh RSNO: Dvorák Cello Concerto Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). See Thu 23. Saturday 25
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3.45pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 18. RSNO: Dvorák Cello Concerto Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (£5–£17.50; under 16s free). See Thu 23. Edinburgh Edinburgh Light Orchestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 334 3140. 7.30–9.30pm. £6.50–£10. Light classics by Farnon, Torch, Curzon, Hope and Collins. Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Brahms’ Requiem Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £20 (£16; students £5). Joined by Dublin’s Tallaght Choral Society, for choral works by Brahms and Britten. Michael Bawtree conducts Edinburgh Pro Music Orchestra. Edinburgh Singers: Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, edinburghsingers.org. uk 7.30pm. £10 (£8; under 12s free). Haydn’s stormy masterpiece. Jubilo St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Charity performance of Haydn’s The Creation. Meadows Chamber Orchestra Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.45pm. £11 (£9; students £5; children £1). Peter Whelan conducts works by Mozart and Handel including the Water Music.
Sunday 26 Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Milan’s Canti Corum performs Vivaldi. Ensemble Les Meslanges St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.30–9.30pm. £14 (seniors £10; students and unwaged £5). Pieces by Monteverdi, Lassus, Frescobaldi and others. Sypert Summer Concert Series 2013.
Monday 27 Glasgow Monday Live: Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Ilan Volkov conducts Liszt, Bartok’s Violin Concerto No 2 with soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Brahms’ heroic Symphony No 4.
Wednesday 29 Saturday 1
Edinburgh FREE Scottish Opera: Pirates Unwrapped Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 6pm. A free, hour-long peek backstage at the inner workings, characters, scenes and high points of The Pirates of Penzance.
Thursday 30 Glasgow Duncan Strachan The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Kodály’s Op 8, the greatest solo cello piece since Bach. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Scenes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £12.50 (£10). Postgraduate students perform staged opera scenes. FREE Organ Recital: Marco Lo Muscio Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. Keyboardist performs works by Vaughan Williams, Pärt, R. Wakeman, K. Emerson, Lazzeri and himself.
Edinburgh ✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Edinburgh Festival
Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 16.
Friday 31 Glasgow Karel Dohnal Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 3pm. £7–£25. Stockhausen’s Harlequin. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, page 104. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Scenes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £12.50 (£10). See Thu 30. Pavel Haas Quartet Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 8pm. £15 (£13). Quartets by Brahms (No 2) and Beethoven (Op 130). Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, page 104.
Edinburgh ✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Edinburgh Festival
Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 16. Matthew Barley: Around Britten The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£12; students and children £5). Cello works by Britten,
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3.45pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 18. Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Scenes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £12.50 (£10). See Thu 30. Glasgow Chamber Orchestra Bute Hall, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £12 (£9; children £4). Gordon Bragg conducts Wagner, Berlioz, Mozart and Mendelssohn. RSNO: Oundjian & Benedetti Gala Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£39 (£5–£18.50; under 16s free). See Fri 31. Edinburgh FREE Jeremy Cull St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 12.30pm. Organ recital.
✽ Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance Edinburgh Festival
Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 2.15pm & 7.15pm. £17.50–£74.50. See Thu 16.
Sunday 2
Glasgow Daniel’s Beard with Kaye Adams Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 2pm. £7–£25. Lenny Sayers’ settings of nonsense poems; pieces by workshop attendees and an arrangement of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, page 104. FREE Glasgow University Chapel Choir Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 3pm. 60th anniversary concert featuring music by all of the Choir’s musical directors. Clarinet Factory Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 5pm. £7–£25. Four Czech clarinettists playing jazz/folk/classical fusion. Pavel Haas Quartet St Peter’s RC Church, 46 Hyndland Street, pavelhaasquartet.com/en 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Haas’ Quartet No 2, then Mendelssohn’s Octet featuring guest musicians. Part of the Cottier Chamber Project – see preview, page 104. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’
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