MUSIC | Classical
Tickets available from Milngavie Bookshop and The Iron Chef. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: B Minor Mass City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£28. See Thu 12. Edinburgh RSNO: Benedetti and Elschenbroich Play Brahms Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£36. Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello plus works by Ravel and Lutoslawski. Yan-Pascal Tortelier conducts.
Saturday 14
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire: Orchestra and Chamber Choir Concerts Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £11 (£8.50). Student showcase. Celebration Choir: And on Earth Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £16.50–£19.50. See Fri 13. NYCoS National Girls Choir St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, 287 2856. 7.30pm. £4 (£8). Christopher Bell conducts choral works by Benjamin Britten and Richard Rodney Bennett. Featuring guest harpist Sharron Griffiths. RSNO: Benedetti and Elschenbroich Play Brahms Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (students & under 26s £5; under 16s free). See Fri 13. Edinburgh FREE Champagne Flutes National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. 3.15–4pm. Flute trio supported by Live Music Now Scotland. The AniMotion Show St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 6682019. 7.30– 9pm. £15 includes art exhibition (£12). An evening of live art and live music with Evelyn Glennie and Maria Rud. Cadenza Polwarth Parish Church, Polwarth Terrace, 01383 851279. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£7; children £2). Carols composed and/or arranged by Willcocks, Rutter, Chilcott, Warlock and Britten, plus other works. Jenny Sumerling conducts, with accompanist Michael Harris (organ). Edinburgh Brass Band Christmas Concert St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, 229 7565. 7.30–9.30pm. £6. Festive brass band favourites. Edinburgh Kevock Choir The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £6–£14. Christmas concert. The Edinburgh Singers Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, edinburghsingers.org.uk 7.30pm. £15 (£12; under 12s free). Seasonal concert. Loud and Proud St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30–9pm. £10 (£7) LGBT choir hosts its annual Christmas bonanza.
THE TWILIGHT SAD An atmospheric soundtrack to the Scottish midwinter, when the Kilsyth boys perform their squally, morose 2007 album Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters. ■ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 14 Dec; King Tut’s, Glasgow, Fri 20 & Sat 21 Dec.
New Edinburgh Orchestra St Serf’s Parish Church, 280 Ferry Road, newedinburghorchestra.org.uk 7.30pm. £9 (£6; children £1). Tim Paxton conducts works by Bartok, Sibelius and Rachmaninov, with guest soloist Andrea Gadjic.
Sunday 15
Glasgow Celebration Choir: And on Earth Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £16.50–£19.50. See Fri 13. Edinburgh FREE Christmas Choirs National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. 1.30–4pm. Seasonal tunes in the Grand Gallery, from local choirs. Harps of Gold Christmas Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 2.30pm. £10 (£8; children £5; family £25). Harp music. NYCoS National Girls Choir St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 287 2856. 4pm. £10 (£8; children £4). See Sat 14. FREE Andrew Caskie Palmerston Place Church, 12 Palmerston Place,
220 1690. 5pm. Organ recital by the Director of Music at Palmerston Place Church. Music by Manz, JM Bach, JS Bach, Dupré, Scheidemann, Langlais and Briggs. FREE Rudsambee St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Christmas favourites. Sang Scule St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Choral works by Robert Carver and Sheena Phillips. The Sixteen Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £12–£32. A concert of seasonal music including the anonymous Salutation Carol and pieces by Poulenc and Britten.
Monday 16
Edinburgh St Mary’s Music School St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 538 7766. 7.30pm. £8 (£5; schoolchildren £1). Seasonal Russian music from Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Rachmaninov and many others. Fife Ruth Wall: The Three Harps of Christmas Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse & Garden, Cupar, 0844
493 2185. 7.30–10pm. £15. Carols rearranged for harp, plus pieces by Piazzolla and Satie. Tuesday 17
Glasgow FREE Glasgow University Chapel Choir Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 4092. 6pm. A family carol service with guest organist Kevin Bowyer. Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Glasgow’s premier male choir performs Christmas pieces. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra Cl@SIX: Christmas Concerto Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, 220 4348. 6pm. £10–£12 (under 26s, students and unemployed £5). John Butt (harpsichord) directs a seasonal concert of baroque favourites by Bach, Handel and Corelli. James Gillespie’s High School Christmas Concert Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £6–£10. School concert.
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116 THE LIST 12 Dec 2013–23 Jan 2014