CLASSICAL Friday 12
MUSIC | Folk
Dundee ■ Hogmanay Ceilidh Dundee Rep, Tay Square, 01382 223530. 7.30pm–1am. £27.50. All the ingredients for a classic Hogmanay (fizz, supper and a dram at the bells), plus a ceilidh set to the sounds of Luke Brady’s Scottish Dance Band.
Sunday 11
Edinburgh ■ Baobab-Bonanza The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Mixing African instruments from Mali and Uganda with electric guitar, bass, drums and brass.
Wednesday 14 Glasgow ■ Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £5.50. See Wed 17.
Monday 19
Edinburgh ✽First Aid Kit Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £20–£25.
Ethereal nu-folky from teenage Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. See preview, page 96.
Wednesday 21
Glasgow ■ Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £5.50. See Wed 17. Ayr ■ The Dublin Legends: Cannon, Campbell, Watchorn & O’Connor Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street, 01292 288235. 7.30pm. £21.50. These four members of the Dubliners keep the act going strong, following the death of founding member ‘Banjo’ Barney McKenna in 2012. Expect all the classic songs from the Dubliners’ 50-year career.
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Thursday 11
Glasgow Christmas Carol Concert Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Seasonal favourites. Feargus Hetherington and Mira Opalinska The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 6.30pm. £10 (children £7). Hetherington (violin) and Opalinska (piano) play music by Bach, Britten, MacMillan, Mackenzie and Elgar. Edinburgh Gap in the Air: a festival of sonic art Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Times vary. Prices vary. https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/gap- in-air/ A celebration of experimental music and sonic art, with live performances, discussions, workshops and a symposium. FREE Remembering the Great War in Words and Music Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. 5.45–6.45pm. Songs by Schumann, Finzi and Mahler, plus poetry readings. Cadenza: Edinburgh Erskine Christmas Carol Service St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. A seasonal charity concert. FREE Carols by Candlelight Destiny Centre, 52 Gorgie Road, 555 2707. 7.30pm. Get ready for Christmas with some classic carols.
Glasgow Glasgow Phoenix Choir: The Gift of Christmas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10am–10pm. £5–£15. Christmas carols and seasonal songs, supported as ever by the Co-operative Funeralcare Band. Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir Christmas Concert The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7.30–9.30pm. £10 (£6). Carols and seasonal favourites in a concert featuring harpist Charlotte Sager. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14.50–£28.50. Josep Pons conducts Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto, featuring soloist Antonio Meneses, followed by songs by Falla sung by María Toledo. Edinburgh FREE Carols by Candlelight Destiny Church, 12 Casselbank Street, 555 2707. 7.30pm. See Thu 11. Feargus Hetherington and Mira Opalinska St Mark’s ArtSpace, 7 Castle Terrace, 07576 421418. 7.30pm. £10 (under 16s £7). Music for violin and piano by Bach, Elgar, William McGibbon, Douglas Whates, James MacMillan, Stuart MacRae and Alexander Campbell Mackenzie. RSNO: Hollywood Christmas Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15–£35 (disabled £7.50–£17.50; under 26s/mature students/unemployed £6; under 16s free). Richard Kaufman presents classic Christmas movie themes.
music students in concert. RSNO: Hollywood Christmas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15–£35 (disabled £7.50–£17.50; under 26s/mature students/unemployed £6; under 16s free). See Fri 12. Edinburgh FREE St Mary’s Music School Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. 12–1pm. Christmassy performances. FREE Music at Lunchtime St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street, 0131 225 9442. 12.15pm. Elizabeth Anne Chivers, contralto, in recital. Cadenza at Christmas Polwarth Parish Church, Polwarth Terrace, 01383 851 279. 7.30pm. £8 (£7.50; children £2). The choir’s annual concert of seasonal music. The Edinburgh Singers Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, edinburghsingers.org.uk 7.30–9.30pm. £12 (£10; under 12s free). Christmas pieces, conducted by John Gormley. New Edinburgh Orchestra St Serf’s Parish Church, 280 Ferry Road, newedinburghorchestra.org.uk 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Tim Paxton conducts works by Smetana, Jake Spence, Shostakovich (with guest soloist Mark Bailey) and Stravinsky. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£31. See Fri 12. Alamire Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.45pm. £18 (£16; students/children/unwaged). Carols by William Byrd, plus pieces from the Trinity Carol Roll. Concert promoted by the Georgian Concert Society.
Saturday 13 Sunday 14
Glasgow Junior Conservatoire of Music: Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 3pm & 7.30pm. £8.50–£11.00. Young Glasgow Junior Conservatoire of Music: Big Band & Percussion Ensemble Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £6.00–£7.50. Seasonal favourites
GAMELAN UNTETHERED A one-off multimedia event of this concept show by Naga Mas, the Glasgow Gamelan Group, before they take it to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. The performance features gamelan, synths, voice and video, in ‘a musical exploration of our place in the cosmos’. As well as six original compositions, the group will present an arrangement of Sun Ra’s 1967 track, ‘We Travel the Space Ways’. ■ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Sat 13 Dec, nagamas.co.uk, see trailer at vimeo.com/111427558
110 THE LIST 11 Dec 2014–5 Feb 2015