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Red Note Ensemble: From Reels to Ragas

It's been speculated that Indian music and Celtic music long ago cross-fertilised each other, via the trade routes of the eastern Atlantic; sounds plausible, as reels and ragas can sound eerily and otherwise inexplicably similar. As if to underline the point, Red Note undertakes a tour of the Western isles with some…

Big Shed, Killin

Tue 23 Jul

£8 (£4; under 12s free)

  • 21:00

Breakish Hall

Sat 20 Jul

£8 (£4; under 12s free)

  • 21:00

Mission House Studio, Isle of Harris

Mon 22 Jul

£8 (£4; under12s free) / 01859 530 227

  • 21:00

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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.

Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Tue 25 Jun

£22.50–£17.50 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£16) / 0844 875 0073

  • 21:30

Glasgow University Chapel Choir: Summer Solstice

The choir presents reflective music including Faure's Requiem.

University of Glasgow

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 330 5511

Part of West End Festival.

  • 21:00

Shostakovich Late

ROSL Arts. Shostakovich's Cello Sonata (13 Aug) and searing String Quartet No. 8 (20 Aug) plus Schnittke and others. Rothko, Cavaleri Quartets, Yelian He, cello, Yasmin Rowe, piano. Different programme each evening. Stiff musical nightcap for Fringe diehards. Includes glass of wine beforehand. www.roslarts.org.uk. All…

Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh

Tue 13 Aug

Princes Suite

£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tue 20 Aug

Princes Suite

£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Virgin Money Fireworks Concert (Ross Theatre)

Join the city of Edinburgh in a celebration of summer festivals, inspirational music and breathtaking pyrotechnics as the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings the Edinburgh International Festival to a resplendent conclusion. Set against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh’s iconic Castle, the evening brings together…

Ross Theatre Bandstand, Edinburgh

Sun 1 Sep

£27.50 / 0131 473 2000

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Britten, Brahms, Bennett

This varied programme of classical and contemporary works spans 150 years of choral music. The earliest work presented will be Brahms Four Songs for Female Voices, 2 Horns and Harp. This unusual scoring complements the opening line of the first song, which reflects on the rich tones of the harp. Celebrating the centenary…

St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Sat 24 Aug

£12 (£10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Flercussion

The song and dance of Piazzolla’s South American tango music, a Shostakovich waltz and Debussy’s La belle au bois dormant performed by Jo Ashcroft (flute) with Calum Huggan (marimba and percussion).

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 29 Aug

£10 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Cafe Concerts.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Under the musical direction of Brian Grant, the National Brass Band-winning ensemble plays popular classics.

Assembly Hall, Worthing

Sun 25 Aug

£21.50 (£20) / 01903 206206

Hot Chocolate at 10

Finish your day relaxing to music by candlelight in the surroundings of this historic and aesthetically sensuous church. Join us for our fifth record-breaking season. Programme of vocal and instrumental music changing nightly. Includes Baroque chamber music, solo strings and woodwind, and choral works ancient and modern.

Old St Paul's Church, Edinburgh

Tue 6 Aug

£8.50 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Wed 7 Aug

£8.50 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Thu 8 Aug

£8.50 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

…and 9 more dates until 23 Aug

Pure Brass

Bach to Berio, Lutoslawski to Puttin’ on the Ritz performed by Iain Archibald and Andrew Connell-Smith (trumpet), Martin Murphy (horn), Gordon Seith (trombone) and Fraser Russell (tuba).

The Hub, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

£10 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Cafe Concerts.

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To Dream Again

World Premiere: Cellist Peter Gregson’s new work To Dream Again unfolds after a series of interactions between the audience and bespoke data systems. Created especially for this world premiere, these audience interactions mean that each performance develops in an entirely different way in the laboratory venue and…

Inspace, Edinburgh

Mon 19 Aug

£15 / 0131 473 2000

Tue 20 Aug

£15 / 0131 473 2000

Thu 22 Aug

£15 / 0131 473 2000

…and 2 more dates until 24 Aug

Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Mon 31 Mar

Free / 0844 875 0073

  • 23:00

Amstel Quartet: Sweelinck, Tan Dun, Rivier, Barber, Michael Nyman, Brahms

  • Written by: Brahms

The group performs Rivier's Grave Et Presto, Sweelinck's Chromatic Fantasy, Brahms's Poco Allegretto from Symphony No 3 In F, Michael Nyman's

Wigmore Hall, London W1U

Fri 5 Jul

£12 (£10) / 020 7935 2141

  • 22:00

Aristo Quartet

String quartets by Beethoven, Janáček and Shostakovich performed by Evelien Jaspers and Dmitry Ivanov (violin), Sylvain Dessane (viola) and Otto Bakker (cello).

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 22 Aug

£10 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Cafe Concerts.

Bach Weekend 2014: Night Concert - The Keyboard Toccatas: Bach and the Model of Perfection

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV.913 Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in D, BWV.912 Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in G minor, BWV.915 The toccata already had a long history before Bach took to the genre as a young man. Even these early works show Bach's inclination to extend both the structure and…

Purcell Room, London SE1

Fri 14 Mar

£12 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 22:00
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BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1930 as London's first permanent professional orchestra, and despite the Beeb's roller-coaster fortunes it's endured as one of the finest ensembles in Britain, with a special affinity for modern music.

St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall

Tue 25 Jun

£20 (£11)

Andrew Gourlay conducts Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op 47, and the Mayfield Singers join for Richard Strauss' extraordinary Metamorphosen.

Belmonte Quartet

String quartets by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Dvorák performed by Clemens Flieder and Clemens Gordon (violin), Johanna Zaunschirn (viola) and Gundula Leitner (cello).

The Hub, Edinburgh

Tue 13 Aug

£10 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Cafe Concerts.

Calefax: Bach

  • Written by: Bach

The group performs Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Wigmore Hall, London W1U

Fri 21 Jun

£12 (£10) / 020 7935 2141

  • 22:00

Cathedral Bach before Bed

Following last year’s successful Before Breakfast series, John Bryden returns to the Cathedral’s Steinway for the complete Book II of J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier spread over four nights. Luxuriate in Bach’s sublime harmonies. Hot chocolate beforehand.

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh

Wed 21 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Thu 22 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Fri 23 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sat 24 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Cathedral Meditations by Candlelight

Dupré’s Le Chemin de la Croix (12) with organist Duncan Ferguson and Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres (19) with sopranos Susan Hamilton and Emma Versteeg. End your festival day in the still beauty of the candlelit Cathedral.

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mon 19 Aug

Cathedral Nave

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Cecilia Bernardini

Solo recital from the outstanding Dutch violinist and leader of the Dunedin Consort.

St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington

Sat 21 Sep

£12 / 01620 829354

She performs two keystones of the violin repertoire: Bach's Sonata No 2 BWV 1003 and Partita No 2 BWV 1004, the latter featuring the epic 'Chaconne'.

  • 22:00

Circa/I Fagiolini: How Like An Angel

  • Directed by: Yaron Lifschitz

Six acrobats perform around a historic church, whilst the I Fagiolini ensemble offer choral harmonies from the 11th to the 20th centuries.

St Bartholomew-the-Great, London EC1A

Tue 25 Jun

£20 / 020 7638 8891

  • 21:00

Wed 26 Jun

£20 / 020 7638 8891

  • 22:00

Thu 27 Jun

£20 / 020 7638 8891

  • 21:00

Fri 28 Jun

£20 / 020 7638 8891

  • 22:00

Classic Buskers For Kids

Multi-instrumentalist Michael Copley and accordion-player Ian Moore perform arrangements of classical music by the likes of Mozart, Vivaldi, Rossini and Tchaikovsky for children.

Kings Place, London N1

Sun 15 Sep

Hall Two

£4.50 / 020 7520 1490

  • 21:45

Duckie Summer Party

Infamous Vauxhall club night Duckie takes over The Clore Ballroom to throw a party. Fight for your right to party? Or fight for your right to be arty? Well it is summertime so sup, swig, swill, sip, slurp… and let's schlep to the sounds of DJs Readers Wifes. Amy Lamé, Readers Wifes, the Cloths, rock'n'roll band The…

Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Sat 10 Aug

The Clore Ballroom

£10 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 21:00
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