Before 9pm, Music, Classical

The Aberdeen Sinfonietta is one of the leading musical ensembles in the North East, giving regular concerts and also providing orchestral support to choral societies in the area.

Explore the mixed-up show-off 1980s as we create the soundtrack to the decade. There was the 1980s decade that the I Love You television programmes mock and celebrate, where everything seemed about Me, Me and Me again. It included the big hair and the eye-popping shoulder pads, the MTV gloss and champagne bubbles and…

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER Weekend events from 10am The Pill. Rebellion. Experimentation. Protest. Civil Rights. This weekend we look at the Vietnam protests, pop art, social change, the anti-nuclear movement, civil rights, the Profumo affair, Skiffle, the Beatles and maverick composers including Frank Zappa, Stockhausen…

SATURDAY 26 – SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER Weekend events from 10am The Pill. Rebellion. Experimentation. Protest. Civil Rights. This weekend we look at the Vietnam protests, pop art, social change, the anti-nuclear movement, civil rights, the Profumo affair, Skiffle, the Beatles and maverick composers including Frank…

Film screening: 2001: A Space Odyssey Following sell-out successes in 2010 and 2011, Southbank Centre presents Stanley Kubrick's seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey with live music. Conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch, the enormous forces of Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices join together to perform the…

An evening of thrilling 20th century classics from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under its chief guest conductor, Ilan Volkov, who is widely renowned for the passion and intensity of his music making. Sinfonia by Luciano Berio is a virtuoso work full of colour and humour that poses profound questions about what a…

The London-based seven-piece performs a crossover of the indie-rock and classical genres.

The ensemble performs classical music.

• Directed by: Semyon Bychkov (cond)
• Written by: Strauss

Semyon Bychkov conducts Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.

• Directed by: Richard Egarr (dir)
• Written by: Alessandro Scarlatti

The group performs Handel's Diana Cacciatrice, Clori and Tirsi E Fileno, D Scarlatti's Sinfonia In G Minor, Corelli's Concerto Grosso In F No 9 and A Scarlatti's Concerto Grosso No 5 In D Minor.

• Written by: Handel

The ensemble performs Handel's Diana Cacciatrice and Clori, Tirsi E Fileno, Domenico Scarlatti's Sinfonia A 3 In G Minor, Corelli's Concerto Grosso In F and Alessandro Scarlatti's Concerto Grosso No 6 In D Minor.

• Written by: Valentini

The ensemble performs Corelli's Concerto Grosso In D and Concerto Grosso In F, Handel's Cantata 'Pensieri Notturni Di Filli' and Cantata 'Tra Le Fiamme' and Valentini's Concerto Grosso In A For Four Violins.

• Written by: Bach

The group performs Bach's Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten', Concerto For Oboe And Violin In C Minor, Violin Concerto In A Minor and his Cantata 'O Holder Tag, Er Wunschte Zeit', with Carolyn Sampson, soprano.

• Written by: Britten

The ensemble perform Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, Britten's Lachrymae, and Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Sally Beamish's Variations On A Theme Of Benjamin Britten and Part's Cantus In Memoriam.

• Written by: Barber

The flute and piano duo performs Martinu's Scherzo For Flute And Piano, Flute Sonata and Vocalise, Barber's Canzone, Copland's Duo For Flute And Piano, Schubert's Introduction And Variations On 'Trock'ne Blumen' and Poulenc's

• Written by: Joseph de Boismortier

The duo perform Blavet's Sonatas as well as works by Leclair, Boismortier, Rubbra and Damase.

The cellist and pianist duo performs a selection of classical pieces.

The premiere of Brian Elias's commissioned songs, Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath and works by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

• Written by: Ponce

The violinist is accompanied by Yehudi Menuhin School accompanist Nigel Hutchison in a showcase concert.

• Directed by: Georg Kallweit (cond)
• Written by: Geminiani

The group performs Corelli's Concerto Grosso In D No 4 and Sonata In A No 6, Vivaldi's Concerto In F For 2 Horns And Strings, Platti's Concerto Grosso In G Minor and Concerto Grosso No 4 In F, Babell's Concerto In E Minor For Recorder and Geminiani's Concerto Grosso In D Minor.

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

Outstanding young pianist gives solo recital.

The organist performs various works.

Brass ensemble Alba Brass, all former RSAMD (now RCS) students, bring a very special guest in trumpet virtuoso John Wallace, principal of their alma mater.

Welsh golden boy Aled Jones performs songs of a classical and spiritualist nature. He shot to fame in 1982 when he provided a cover version of Walking In The Air for the animated film adaptation of the Raymond Briggs book, The Snowman. A choir boy since an early age it was due to his treble voice that he was signed to the…