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■ RSNO: Pictures at an Exhibition Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (students & under 26s £5; under 16s free). See Fri 21. ■ Scottish Opera: Macbeth Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £14.50–£22.50 (£11.50–£19.50; under 26s £10). Verdi’s opera stars David Stephenson and Elisabeth Meister. Emmanuel Joel- Hornak conducts. ■ University of Glasgow Choral Society Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 5419. 7.30pm. £8. Choral works by Schumann and Gretchaninoff. Edinburgh ■ Consort of Voices Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 6pm. £10 (£7). John Bevan-Baker’s Songs of Courtship alongside folksong arrangements by Vaughan Williams and Holst. ■ Memories are made of this Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. 6.30pm. £5. See Fri 21. ■ Cadenza Polwarth Parish Church, Polwarth Terrace, 07985 091714. 7.30pm. £10 (includes a glass of wine or fruit juice). Charity choral concert. ■ Edinburgh University Brass Band Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 7.30pm. £5 (students £3). Brass music conducted by Angus Tully. ■ Mary Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools Concert Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com 7.30–9.30pm. £tbc. Student concert. ■ London Haydn Quartet St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £18 (seniors £16; students & unwaged £5). Quartets by Haydn, plus Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet K581 featuring Eric Hoeprich. ■ Meadows Chamber Orchestra St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, meadowsorchestra.org.uk 7.45pm. Free with retiring collection. Music for chamber ensemble by Dohnányi, Stravinsky and Milhaud.
Sunday 23
Glasgow ■ Sandie Bishop and Flora Tzanetaki Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue), 334 0454. 3pm. Free with retiring collection for Amnesty International. Music for violin and piano, with Lamond Gillespie (violin). ■ Junior Conservatoire: Orchestra Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Young musicians conducted by Christopher Adey. Edinburgh ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Concert The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3pm. £12 (£5; seniors £10). SCO players perform chamber works by Janácek, Bartók and Fibich. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Newcastle choir The Singers performs works by Eric Whitacre, René Clausen, and Ola Gjeilo. ■ Capital Concert Band St Serf’s Parish Church, 280 Ferry Road, capitalconcertband.com 6.30–9.30pm. £8 (£5; family £20). Movie music by John Williams, Maurice Jarre, Karl Jenkins, Vaughan Williams and Leo Delibes.
Monday 24 Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Youth Choir Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Shakespeare songs and Broadway tunes.
Tuesday 25
Glasgow FREE Choral Contemplations Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 5419. 6–7pm. Howells’ Sarabande for the Morning of Easter and Leighton’s Easter Sequence. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Quartets by Dvorák and Mendelssohn. ■ Love Music Community Choir Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £3 (under 16s and unwaged free). Amateur choir.
Wednesday 26 Edinburgh FREE The Margaret Fletcher Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh Lieder Prize Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 2pm. Vocal competition for music students.
Thursday 27
Glasgow ■ Alison McNeill & Sasha Savaloni Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. noon. £8 (£7; students and children £4). Music for voice and guitar, from the Spanish, Latin American, French and German repertoires. ■ Scottish Opera: Macbeth Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £14.50–£22.50 (£11.50– £19.50; under 26s £10). See Sat 22. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now! Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. StringSound play music from the Renaissance to the present day, inspired by the gallery’s collection. ■ St Mary’s Music School St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. 6–7.30pm. £10 (£7; children £3). Haydn’s ’Nelson’ Mass, plus a concerto featuring the winner of the school’s concerto competition. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Isserlis Plays Dvorák Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). Robin Ticciati conducts works by Ligeti and Haydn, plus Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Steven Isserlis.
Friday 28
Glasgow ■ Russell Watson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £25. Crossover singer. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Isserlis Plays Dvorák City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14–£28. See Thu 27. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh University Wind Band Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Conducted by Morven Bell. ■ RSNO: Oundjian Conducts ‘Ein Heldenleben’ Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £11.50–£36 (students & under 26s £5; under 16s free). Ingrid Fliter in Beethoven’s Concerto No 4, plus works by Richard Strauss and Rossini. Peter Oundjian conducts.
Saturday 29 Glasgow ■ RSNO: Oundjian Conducts ‘Ein Heldenleben’ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£35 (students & under 26s £5; under 16s free). See Fri 28. ■ Scottish Opera: Macbeth Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street,
429 0022. 7.30pm. £14.50–£22.50 (£11.50–£19.50; under 26s £10). See Sat 22. Edinburgh ■ Calton Consort Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Choral works by Kodály, Bartók and Janácek. ■ Edinburgh Bach Choir St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. £14 (£12; students £5; children free). Neil Mantle conducts choral works by Byrd, Purcell, Barber, Britten, Andrew J Smith, Penderecki, Gabrieli, Rimsky-Korsakov and Praetorius, with Malcolm Goodare playing Bach’s Cello Suite No 2. ■ Edinburgh Concert Band St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, 229 7565. 7.30–9.30pm. £10–£12 (£8–£10; under 15s £6–£7). Amateur musicians in concert.
Sunday 30
Edinburgh ■ Scottish Opera: Turandot Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 4pm. £15–£40. Puccini’s opera in a concert performance conducted by Francesco Corti, with Claire Rutter, Ryland Davies, Eleanor Dennis and Jose Ferrero. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Edinburgh Academy students perform works by Britten and Rheinberger.
Monday 31 Glasgow ■ East Dunbartonshire Schools Concert Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £10. Student performance. ■ Glasgow Schools Spring Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £9. Student performance. ■ Sirens of Titan Choir: Carmina Burana Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 08444 771000. 7.30pm. £10. The West End-based choir and special guests in Carl Orff’s shouty classic.
Tuesday 1
Edinburgh FREE Carl Jackson St Mary’s RC Cathedral, York Place. 7.30pm. Organ recital. ■ Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 7.30pm. Entry by donation. Works by Toru Takemitsu and Yati Durant, among others, live to screen.
Wednesday 2
Edinburgh ■ Orkestra del Sol, Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra, Tinderbox Orchestra East Market Street Vaults, East Market Street. 6pm. £10. Orchestra party! Part of Hidden Door Festival. Perth ■ The King’s Singers Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £14–£24. World premiere of James MacMillan’s ‘A Rumoured Seed’.
Thursday 3 Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh University Composers’ Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 7.30pm. Michael Graham conducts works by student composers. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mass in C Minor The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). Olari Elts conducts Valentin Silvestrov’s The Messenger and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and Symphony No 40 with guest soloists, including soprano Lisa Milne.
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✽ RSNO: Pictures at an Exhibition From hatching
chicks to a medieval castle, by way of a little gnome and Russian folk legend Baba Yaga, Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece is a feast of brilliant images. Hearing Pictures alongside fellow Russian composer Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto with Jack Liebeck should be a highlight of the RSNO season. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Mar; Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sat 29 Mar.
✽ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Currie Plays
‘Veni, veni, Emmanuel’ Originally written for trail-blazing Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, James MacMillan’s advent concerto – ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ – now falls into the astonishing hands of Edinburgh-born percussionist Colin Currie, who has been a proud and long-time champion for one of the most successful concerto scores of the late 20th century. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 10 Apr; City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 11 Apr.
✽ Edinburgh Youth Orchestra He’s back!
Jack Liebeck fans have a second chance to hear him in Scotland over March / April as, a couple of weeks after appearing with the RSNO, the violinist (pictured, above) joins EYO for Tchaikovsky’s glorious Violin Concerto to conclude the Orchestra’s 2014 Easter course. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 12 Apr; City Halls, Glasgow, Sun 13 Apr.
ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois A Woman Without Secrets Until 18 May 2014 Modern One, Belford Road, Edinburgh Free admission
The ARTIST ROOMS collection of modern and contemporary art is jointly owned by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate, and was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008 with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, and the Scottish and British Governments. 20 Mar–17 Apr 2014 THE LIST 93