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Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells For Two

Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts attempt to recreate one of the most influential albums of the 20th century, live on stage, with just four hands and four feet. Those crazy cats.

City Halls, Glasgow

Tue 28 May

£18–£21 / 0141 353 8000

  • 19:30

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Mon 27 May

£22 (£20) / 01463 234234

Grand Opera House, York

Wed 19 Jun

£19–£21 / 0844 871 3024

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Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance was written in a hurry so that Gilbert & Sullivan could open it on Broadway and finally taste those sweet, sweet American royalties, but in spite of its mercenary origin it's one of the best-loved operettas ever written, a crazily sparkling farce with a bumbling but patriotic pirate crew, some…

Bristol Hippodrome

Tue 18 Jun

£14.75–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

Wed 19 Jun

£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

Thu 20 Jun

£15–£47.50 / 0844 847 2325

…and 2 more dates until 22 Jun

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Thu 6 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 19:15

Fri 7 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 19:15

Sat 8 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 01463 234234

  • 19:15

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Tue 28 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Thu 30 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Fri 31 May

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

Sat 1 Jun

£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000

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Ulster Youth Orchestra: Judith Bingham, Dmitri Shostakovich, Modest Mussorgsky

  • Directed by: Takuo Yuasa (cond)
  • Written by: Modest Mussorgsky

Takuo Yuasa conducts Judith Bingham's Celticity, Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition and Shostakovich's Symphony No 12 In D Minor.

Ulster Hall, Belfast

Sat 24 Aug

£12 (£5) / 028 9032 3900

  • 19:45

Alasdair Beatson, Alexander Janiczek and Philip Higham

Beatson, Janiczek and Higham play Schubert's Piano Trio D929.

Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

Mon 3 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

Part of West End Festival.

The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland Concert Series

Military band concerts featuring a variety of styles, from big band to classical pieces. Also a chance to see the famed Royal Marines Corps of Drums.

Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline

Thu 19 Sep

£13 (£11; Season £52 concession £44) / 01383 602302

  • 19:30

Thu 17 Oct

£13 (£11; Season £52 concession £44) / 01383 602302

  • 19:30

Thu 14 Nov

£13 (£11; Season £52 concession £44) / 01383 602302

  • 19:30
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Cambridge Philharmonic: Mozart, Mahler

  • Directed by: cond)
  • Written by: Mahler

Timothy Redmond conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto In D Minor and Mahler's Symphony No 4. With pianist Martin Roscoe and soprano Prudence Sanders.

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Sat 25 May

£15–£25 ( £10; Children £10 under 18s) / 01223 335184

  • 19:30

Freya Goldmark And Alison Rhind: Beethoven, JS Bach, Paganini, Henryk Wieniawski, Ernest Chausson

  • Written by: Ernest Chausson

The violinist and pianist duo performs Chausson's Poeme, Beethoven's Violin Sonata In A, Wieniawski's Theme Originale And Variations, Bach's Partita In D Minor and music by Paganini.

Uppingham Theatre

Sat 25 May

£9.50–£13.50 / 01572 820820

  • 18:00

London Contemporary Orchestra: Imagined Occasions: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Claude Vivier, John Cage

  • Directed by: Hugh Brunt (cond)
  • Written by: John Cage

Hugh Brunt conducts Vivier's Glaubst Du An Die Unsterblichkeit Der Seele ('Do You Believe in the Immortality of the Soul?') as well as works by Harvey, Cage, Manoury, Feldman, Riddell and Stockhausen.

Aldwych Underground Station, London WC2R

Tue 21 May

£35 (£15) / 0843 222 1234

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Fri 24 May

£35 (£15) / 0843 222 1234

  • 17:30

Tue 28 May

£35 (£15) / 0843 222 1234

  • 19:00 – 21:00

On Behalf of Nature

European Premiere: After receiving a 2010 Herald Angel Award for Songs of Ascension, US composer, singer, filmmaker and theatre artist Meredith Monk returns to the Festival with her latest music-theatre work, On Behalf of Nature. A poetic meditation on the environment, On Behalf of Nature evokes the Buddhist notion of…

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Fri 16 Aug

£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Sat 17 Aug

£10–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Dominic Alldis

With songs from the Great American Songbook, the vocalist performs mainstream jazz, classic swing and jazz standards alongside classical melodies.

The Pheasantry, London SW3

Thu 30 May

£12 / 020 7351 5031

  • 20:30
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Edinburgh Light Orchestra

From Coates to Ellis and from Wood to Sullivan, light music is enduringly popular and the Edinburgh Light Orchestra gives regular concerts celebrating this evocative repertoire.

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Sat 25 May

£6.50–£10 / 0131 334 3140

This concert features songs performed by baritone Bruce Graham as well as classics by Robert Farnon, Sidney Torch, Frederic Curzon, Peter Hope and Anthony Collins.

  • 19:30 – 21:30

Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: Brahms' Requiem

The ERCU collaborates with members of Dublin's Tallaght Choral Society in Brahms' great Requiem, plus selected choral works of Britten. For the Edinburgh performance, accompaniment is provided by Edinburgh Pro Music Orchestra. Michael Bawtree conducts, with Emily Mitchell and Trevor Bowes as guest soloists.

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Sat 25 May

£20 (£16; Students £5) / 0131 228 1155