MUSIC | Classical
FREE Yuanfan Yang Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Young Edinburgh-born pianist in recital. Rachmaninov’s Sonata No 2 Op 36. Cumnock The Cumnock Tryst Various venues, thecumnocktryst. com Times vary. Prices vary. A music festival launched by eminent composer and local boy James MacMillan, with vioinist Nicola Benedetti as patron. Brass and choral music are reflected in the broad programme, which features numerous brass bands, a Come and Sing Day and choir The Sixteen, as well as Benedetti The Sixteen St John the Evangelist Church, 92 Glaisnock Street, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). Harry Christophers directs choral works by John Sheppard, Tonu Korvits, Matthew Martin, James MacMillan and emerging pianist/composer Alissa Firsova. The Cumnock Tryst.
Friday 3
Glasgow Return from Brazil Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00. The Royal Conservatoire student musicians perform some Latin-flavoured pieces. Bright colours are not obligatory but surely welcome.
Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£37 (£6–£18.50). Wagner’s Meistersingers Overture is followed by Christopher Rouse’s moving Flute Concerto, with soloist RSNO principal flute Katherine Bryan. Finally, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Peter Oundjian is on conducting duty. Balfron FREE Scottish Chamber Orchestra Cumnock Academy, Ayr Road, 01290 421228. 12.30pm. Paul Rissmann presents Karin Rehnqvist’s Arktis Arktis!, conducted by Geoffrey Paterson. Part of The Cumnock Tryst. Ian Peaston: Violin Variations Dumfries Arms, 54 Glaisnock Street, 01290 429230. 8pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). Solo violin played through a sampler. The Cumnock Tryst.
Saturday 4 Glasgow RSNO: Oundjian Conducts Scheherazade Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£35 (£6–£18.50). See Fri 3. BBC SSO: Hear and Now 1 – New Icelandic Voices City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. Free but limited to four per application. New works from Icelandic composers. Ilan Volkov conducts, with guest soloist Séverine Ballon (cello).
Edinburgh FREE John Kitchen Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Organ recital. A selection of works for organ by Bach, Pratetorius, Tomkins, Buxtehude and others. RSNO: Oundjian Conducts Scheherazade Usher Hall, Lothian Edinburgh The Edinburgh Singers Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, edinburghsingers. org.uk 7.30pm. £tbc. Concert of autumn music, with pieces by Widor, Duruflé, Poulenc and Fauré. FREE Jeremy Cull St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 12.30pm. Organ recital.
Cumnock The Future of Brass Cumnock Old Church, The Square, 01290 425003. 7.30pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). The National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, Greenmill Primary School String Orchestra and Cumnock Academy Brass play music by MacMillan, Wagner, Vaughan Williams and others. The Cumnock Tryst. St Andrews Hebrides Ensemble and NYOS Futures Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 462226. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; students & members £5). Works by Linda Buckley and Shostakovich.
Sunday 5
Glasgow Music Co-Operative Scotland St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 3pm. £12 (£10; students/under 18s £5). Quintets & Arias with Scottish baritone Andrew McTaggart and music by Handel, Mozart, Barber, Carl Nielsen and Franz D O Hasenöhrl. O W Kosmos Ensemble Pollok House, N H Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws O J Road, 0844 493 2202. 5–7pm. £18 (students £5; members £15). High-energy string and accordion trio do their thing.
Edinburgh Angela Brownridge The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Acclaimed classical pianist plays works by Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Chopin and Scriabin. Meadows Chamber Orchestra St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 668 2019 . 7.45pm. £11 (£9; students £5; children £1). David Watkin conducts works by Weber, Haydn and Elgar, and the premiere of Matilda Cubarsi’s Nemini Parco. This evening’s guest soloist is Alexander Janiczek on the violin.
Cumnock FREE Festival Mass St John the Evangelist Church, 92 Glaisnock Street, 01290 421031. 11am. Singers from the Sixteen perform Victoria’s motet Sancta Maria succurre miseris. The Cumnock Tryst. Festival Finale Promenade Concerts Dumfries House, Dumfries House Estate. 3pm and 7.30pm. £25 (under 26s and local residents £15). Three mini-recitals from lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, Nicola Benedetti (violin, duh), The Sixteen and Pure Brass. The Cumnock Tryst.
Monday 6 Glasgow Kick off with Keys Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. Keyboard department showcase. See Wed 24.
Tuesday 7
Glasgow FREE Choral Contemplations Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 5419. 6–7pm. Music for the feast of St Francis of Assisi. Edinburgh FREE Daklen Difato Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Young Italian pianist plays a selection of works from Ludwig van Beethoven, Schumann, Schoenberg and Debussy.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow The Adventures Of Prince Achmed The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14. The
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