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Edinburgh FREE Alina Bzhezhinska Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 6pm. Harp recital.

Friday 31

Glasgow Big Guitar Weekend Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Times vary. Prices vary. The RCS’s Big Guitar Weekend celebrates the un-electrified guitar. Big Guitar Weekend: Ogden and Ryan Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00. Master guitarists share a stage. Big Guitar Weekend. RCS Student and Staff Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7pm. £7.50– £9.50. Guitar department showcase. Big Guitar Weekend. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Egmont City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14.50– £28.50. Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s play, plus works by Schubert and Zemlinsky. Guest soloist: Katherine Broderick. John Storgårds conducts. Edinburgh FREE Karin Schistek and Emma Lloyd Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Lloyd (violin) and Schistek (piano) play sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy.

Saturday 1

Glasgow Children’s Classic Concerts: The Monsters’ Ball Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 3–4pm. £10 (children £6; family £29). A spooky concert of music and dance for all the family. Recital with Xuefei Yang Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7pm. £8.50–£11.00. Chinese guitar virtuoso. Big Guitar Weekend. Edinburgh FREE Jeremy Cull St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 12.30pm. Organ recital. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Egmont The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£31. See Fri 31.

Sunday 2

Glasgow Big Guitar Weekend Student Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm. £6.00–£7.50. Student showcase. Big Guitar Weekend.

Edinburgh Children’s Classic Concerts: The Monsters’ Ball Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 3–4pm. £10 (children £6; family £29). See Sat 1. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Organ recital by Paul Stubbings.

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian

Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£32 (£10–£22). Yuri Temirkanov conducts works by Liadov, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich, with guest soloist Nikolai Lugansky.

Monday 3 Glasgow Impressive Fretwork Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. Student showcase. Big Guitar Weekend. FREE Prelude to the Piano Festival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1–1.30pm & 1.30–2pm. Free lunchtime piano recitals. Part of Piano Festival.

Tuesday 4

Glasgow FREE Prelude to the Piano Festival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1–1.30pm & 1.30–2pm. See Mon 3. Edinburgh FREE KDKDK Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Katherine Durran and Kirsteen Davidson Kelly perform the two-piano version of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

Denis Kozhukhin City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm.

£15–£25. Young Russian pianist plays Haydn, Schubert and Mussorgsky. Piano Festival. RSNO: Elgar’s Enigma Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£35 (£6–£17.50). See Fri 7.

Edinburgh Edinburgh Light Orchestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 334 3140. 7.30–10pm. £7.50–£11.00. A selection of light music favourites.

Wednesday 5 Sunday 9

Glasgow FREE Prelude to the Piano Festival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1–1.30pm & 1.30–2pm. See Mon 3. sound lab presents: mnw and Lives as omens City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Experimental electroacoustica.

Thursday 6

Glasgow FREE Prelude to the Piano Festival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1–1.30pm & 1.30–2pm. See Mon 3. FREE McEwen Scottish Chamber Music Concert Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Yann Ghiro (clarinet), Duncan Strachan (cello) and Simon Smith (piano) play the world premiere of Stuart MacRae’s Ixion. BBC SSO: John Adams Absolute Jest City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£24.50. Good-humoured works by Rameau, Rebel, Beethoven and Adams. Markus Stenz conducts, with special guests the Doric String Quartet. Edinburgh Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1 The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£31. See Wed 5.

Friday 7

Glasgow FREE Prelude to the Piano Festival Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1–1.30pm & 1.30–2pm. See Mon 3. Rousing Roscoe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00. Piano recital featuring works by Haydn, Dohnanyi and Schubert. Danzmayr the Sorcerer Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £12.00– £14.50. David Danzmayr conducts works by Dukas, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14.50–£28.50. See Wed 5. Edinburgh FREE String Quintet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Five musicians perform Schubert’s String Quintet in C major D956. RSNO: Elgar’s Enigma Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£37 (£6–£18.50). Rory Macdonald conducts works by Beethoven, Sally Beamish, Cecil Coles and Elgar. With guests soloists.

Saturday 8

Glasgow Katya Apekisheva City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £10. Acclaimed Russian pianist plays works by Scarlatti, Janácek and Schumann. Piano Festival. Elisabeth Leonskaja & Emerson String Quartet City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5pm. £15–£25. The distinguished pianist and equally distinguished quartet play music by Shostakovich and Beethoven. Piano Festival. The Saxophone at 200 St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road, 01899 220980. 5pm. £8 (£5). An evening of saxophone, with a recital of Milhaud’s seminal work La création du monde for chamber orchestra at 7.30pm. Part of St Bride’s Festival. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Edinburgh Napier Chamber Choir sings music for remembrance.

Monday 10

Glasgow Hebrides Ensemble: Dead Elvis The Old Fruitmarket,

Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14. Works by Wynton Marsalis, Adés and Milhaud, plus Michael Daugherty’s eponymous chance for SCO Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan to wear a white spangled jumpsuit. Guest soloists: Ryan Quigley (trumpet) and Claron McFadden (soprano).

Edinburgh Emerson String Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.45pm. £13–£22 (£12–£20). Distinguished American quartet plays Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Tuesday 11

Glasgow FREE Choral Contemplations Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Choral works by Tallis, Byrd, Philips and Gibbons. Edinburgh FREE Performances by Edinburgh University Music Students Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Student recital.

Wednesday 12 Glasgow The Orchestra of Scottish Opera in Concert St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 3pm. £13 (£10). Michael Christie conducts work by Mozart and Sibelius, featuring soloist Sarah Power. Booking essential.

Glasgow Hebrides Ensemble City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6pm. £10. The ensemble is joined by Alasdair Beatson (piano) for works by Judith Weir, Thomas Adès and Schubert. Piano Festival. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Singers from Edinburgh Napier University, accompanied by Chris Harding (piano). Hebrides Ensemble: Dead Elvis

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Hebrides Ensemble: Dead Elvis Inspired by

the rock’n’roll King, Dead Elvis is American composer Michael Daugherty’s tribute to the legend that is Elvis Presley, with solo bassoonist Peter Whelan donning the white suit that’s far removed from the usual garb of classical musicians. The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Mon 10 Nov.

Denis Kozhukhin An international prizewinner, this young Russian has taken the piano world by storm. Hear him play the original version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as part of The Piano, Glasgow’s annual celebration of all things pianistic, now in its fourth year. City Halls, Glasgow, Sat 8 Nov.

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Part of the Usher Hall’s new ‘Symphonies for Sundays’ series, Russia’s oldest orchestra comes with a thoroughly Russian programme, including the Symphony No 10 by Shostakovich, a piece they premiered as the Leningrad Philharmonic following the death of Stalin in 1953. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 2 Nov.

Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, 220 4348. 7.30pm. £5–£16. See Mon 10.

Thursday 13

Glasgow Edinburgh Quartet Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 8272. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Haydn’s Op 54 No 2 and Debussy’s Op 10. BBC SSO: Beethoven’s Ninth City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£24.50. Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 on conductor Donald Runnicles’ 60th birthday, plus Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. With special guests. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Laura Margaret Smith and Geoffrey Tanti Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. A new song cycle by John Maxwell Geddes. Scottish Opera: La Cenerentola Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £10–£80.50. See Fri 17. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Brahms Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 2 Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£31. With Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Okko Kamu conducts.

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