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Aberdeen City Music School and Paragon Ensemble
Date	Location
Following a series of workshops with John Maxwell Geddes, the Paragon Ensemble will perform works by 6 young composers from the Aberdeen City Music School.'Part of Sound 2008'.
9 Nov 5.00	The Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen

Aberdeen Sinfonietta
Date	Location
A programme of Mozart works from this local ensemble. Conducted by David Jones with pianist Mikhail Kazakevich.
2 Nov 7.30	Music Hall, Aberdeen

Aberdeen Singing Chorus
Date	Location
The Chorus present 'The Sound of Scotland'.
26 Nov 7.30	Music Hall, Aberdeen

Aberdeen Winter Festival Christmas Carols Concert
Date	Location
Sing along to your favourite carols.
20 Dec 4.00–6.00	David Welch Winter Gardens, Aberdeen

Acoustic Afternoons
Date	Location
Unwind with some fine acoustic music from various local acts.
19 Oct, 23 Nov, 7 Dec 2.00–4.30	Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine

Alba String Quartet
Date	Location
Young up-and-coming Scotland based string quartet entertain under the auspices of Dunfermline Arts Guild.
9 Nov 7.30	Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline

Aleksander Kudajcyk
Date	Location
The young graduate of Poland's Akademia Muzyczna performs a selection of works, including some by Chopin.
15 Oct 7.30	Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley

Autumn Tapestry - A Musical Entertainment for Harps and Voice
Date	Location
Acclaimed Northumbrian harpist and singer Janet Bennet will appear alongside the Solway Harps in a varied programme of Celtic traditional songs and classical favourites.
26 Oct 7.30	Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries

Band of H M Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season
Date	Location
Ever-popular music season returns with a full spectrum of music ranging from popular classics from the big band era to challenging contemporary works.
13 Nov, 22 Jan, 12 Feb, 5 Mar 7.30	Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline

The Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
Date	Location
A musical extravaganza covering everything from Elvis to opera. Postponed from Sun 14 Sep.
11 Dec 7.30	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Date	Location
Distinguished conductor Andrew Litton leads the orchestra through works by Gershwin, Tchaikovsky and Woojun Lee.
24 Oct 7.30	Music Hall, Aberdeen

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music
Date	Location
Vaughan Williams' 'Symphony No 5' is conducted by Paul Daniel in this free recital presented by Stephen Johnson, which will be recorded for broadcast in BBC Radio 3's 'Discovering Music'.
27 Oct 2.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music
Date	Location
Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discusses Rachmaninov's notorious 'Piano Concerto No 3', commonly held as one of the warhorses of the piano repertoire. Following this is a complete performance of the work by pianist Nelson Goerner, conducted by Stefan Solyom. 'Part of the Russian Winter series'.
2 Dec 2.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 1
Date	Location
Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov conducts a programme to ward off the cold. Stravinsky's playful 'Scènes de Ballet' is followed by Rachmaninov's lushly romantic Piano Concerto No 2, performed by French pianist Louis Lortie, and Stravinsky's 'The Fairy's Kiss: Ballet', an affectionate tribute to his great Russian predecessor, Tchaikosvky. A Pre-Concert Prelude features writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discussing the different yet parallel worlds of the two featured composers, and in a…
13 Nov 7.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 2
Date	Location
Under the baton of Stefan Solyom, pianist Alexander Melnikov performs two Rachmaninov piano works: the brilliant pyrotechnics of 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' contrasts with the brooding sobriety of 'The Isle of the Dead'. Stravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra' and his lavishly colourful ballet 'The Firebird' are also performed. In a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.15pm Stephen Johnson discusses the diversity of the styles of the two composers, and Melnikov performs…
27 Nov 7.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 3
Date	Location
Conductor Stefan Solyom returns with more music to ward off the winter chill. Pianist Mikhail Rudy performs Rachmaninov's youthfully passionate 'Piano Concerto No 1', with Stravinsky's mini-drama 'The Soldier's Tale' and 'Scherzo à la Russe' also featuring. Stephen Johnson discusses 'The Soldier's Tale' at 6.15pm in a Pre-Concert Prelude, and Rudy gives a short recital in a Post-Concert Coda.
4 Dec 7.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 4
Date	Location
Stravinsky's seminal work, the ballet 'Le Sacre du Printemps ('The Rite of Spring')', caused a riot at its 1913 premiere, and packs no less of a punch today. Here it is performed together with the rarely-heard original version of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No 4', with outstanding pianist Yevgeny Sudbin. The 6.15pm Pre-Concert Prelude sees a discussion on music and dance in 'Le Sacre', and Sudbin performs more Russian piano works in a Post-Concert Coda.
11 Dec 7.00	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 2
Date	Location
Finnish conductor John Storgards leads programme steeped in mythology. Sibelius' 'Lemminkainen Legends' are based on the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Also to be performed are Nielsen's 'Helios Overture', Scottish composer Thea Musgrave's 'Song of the Enchanter', and a performance by Storgards' fellow countryman, Olli Mustonen, of Prokofiev's ever-popular 'Piano Concerto No 3'. At 6.45pm a Pre-Concert Prelude explores Nordic myth in music, and in a Post-Concert Coda Mustonen performs…
22 Jan 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 3
Date	Location
The BBC SSO's musical storytelling continues, led by award-winning conductor, Michal Dworzynski. Strauss' tone poem 'Death and Transfiguration', depicting the death of an artist, and Prokofiev's famous ballet suite 'Romeo and Juliet' are performed along with Mozart's 'Alma Grande E Nobil Core' and his magnificent 'Exsultate, Jubilate'. With soprano Ailish Tynan. A discussion on 'Romeo and Juliet' takes place at 6.45pm in the Pre-Concert Prelude, and Tynan performs a short recital in the…
19 Mar 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 4
Date	Location
Mikhail Agrest conducts a performance of Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's passionate Violin Concerto with soloist Tasmin Little, who has recorded the work with the BBC SSO. Visual art is the inspiration for Respighi's 'Trittico Botticelliano' and Mussorgsky's ever-popular 'Pictures at an Exhibition' (orchestrated by Ravel). Glinka's Overture 'A Life for the Tsar' completes the programme. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm and in the Post-Concert Coda Tasmin Little performs a short violin recital.
7 May 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 5
Date	Location
The last concert of the season. Soloist Anne Akiko Meyers begins the concert with a performance of Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. The delicate charm of Ravel's 'Ma Mère l'Oye' contrasts with the full-blooded Romanticism of César Franck's Symphony in D major to finish. A discussion of the past season takes place in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Meyers gives a short recital in the Post-Concert Coda.
21 May 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 2
Date	Location
American conductor Andrew Litton returns to the BBC SSO, bringing with him fellow American John Mackey's lively and colourful 'Redline Tango' for its UK premiere, and Gershwin's 'Piano Concerto in F', performed by up-and-coming young pianist, Stewart Goodyear. Finally, Litton's particular affinity with Russian music promises a memorable and powerful performance of Tchaikovsky's popular 'Symphony No 4'. Litton discusses Gershwin in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Goodyear performs in a…
23 Oct 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 3
Date	Location
Conductor Stefan Solyom opens the concert in the Cornwall of Arthurian legend with Bax's Symphonic Poem 'Tintagel'. Eminent French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, and Sibelius' majestic Symphony No 5 brings the evening to a triumphant finish. Solyom discusses storytelling and music with Anthony Sayer in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and after the concert Collard performs piano works by Ravel.
5 Feb 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 4
Date	Location
Chief Conductor-elect Donald Runnicles leads a programme exploring orchestral brilliance. American John Adams' 'Slonimsky's Earbox' is followed by Ravel's 'Concerto for Left Hand', performed by pianist Adam Golka. The concert closes with Berlioz's extroverted and enormously influential 'Symphonie Fantastique'. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, followed by a Post-Concert Coda of Golka performing Chopin's 'Fantasie in F minor'.
19 Feb 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 5
Date	Location
Ilan Volkov conducts the Scottish premiere of 'Speakings', a major new piece by the BBC SSO's Composer in Association, Jonathan Harvey, renowned for his brilliant and imaginative combinations of electronic and traditional instruments. Also on the programme is Bruckner's Symphony No 9, which he hadn't completed by the time of his death. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, and Harvey's 'Other Presences' is performed in a Post-Concert Coda by Mark O'Keefe.
5 Mar 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 6
Date	Location
Polish conductor Michal Dworzynski opens the concert with his countryman Karlowicz's romantic Symphonic Prologue from 'Music for the White Dove', followed by a performance of Dvorak's popular Cello Concerto in B minor by one of BBC Radio 3's 'New Generation Artists', Danjulo Ishizaki. Beethoven's great Fifth Symphony completes the programme. Ishizaki discusses Dvorák's Cello Concerto in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and performs a Bach's 'Cello Suite No 1 in G major' in the Post-Concert…
23 Apr 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
Date	Location
The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 1 in C major, No 2 in A major and No 3 in F major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 11.00am	City Halls, Glasgow

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
Date	Location
The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 4 in D major, No 5 in B flat major and No 6 in G major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 3.00	City Halls, Glasgow

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
Date	Location
The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 7 in F sharp minor, No 8 in C minor and No 9 in E flat major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
4 Apr 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
Date	Location
The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 11 in F minor, No 12 in D flat major, No 13 in B flat minor and No 14 in F sharp major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
5 Apr 3.00	City Halls, Glasgow

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich
Date	Location
The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 10 in A flat major and No 15 in E flat minor. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
5 Apr 7.30	City Halls, Glasgow

Calton Consort
Date	Location
The ensemble perform Stravinsky's extraordinarily intricate 'dance cantata' 'Les Noces' followed by Brahms' 'Liebeslieder Walzer' and selections from Britten's opera 'Gloriana'. Tickets available on the door.
22 Nov 7.30–9.00	Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

Casta Divas with Lev Atlas and Stephen Adam
Date	Location
The critically acclaimed Casta Divas perform a programme of vocal works with Russian violinist Lev Atlas and pianist Stephen Adam.
18 Oct 8.00	Adelaide's, Glasgow

Celebrate Linlithgow
Date	Location
The third annual celebration of Linlithgow with arts events, music, theatre, workshops and markets.
17 Oct–2 Nov (Times vary)	Various Venues, Linlithgow

Children's Carols at Crathes Castle
Date	Location
A carol concert especially for children - be prepared to join in and sing along! Ages 5-12; children must be accompanied.
12 Dec 7.00	Crathes Castle, Banchory

Children's Classic Concerts: Time Travellers
Date	Location
Adventure through a musical time vortex with Alasdair Malloy.
25 Oct 3.00	Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Glasgow
26 Oct 3.00	Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Chilled Flute
Date	Location
Flautist Siobhan Daly performs a selection of works from the past hundred years, accompanied on the piano by Judith Keaney.
21 Oct 1.15	Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow

Classic Music Live! Falkirk
Date	Location
A series of evening and lunchtime classical concerts with top notch UK and international performers.
Fridays (Times vary)	Various Venues, Falkirk

Classical Chamber Concert
Date	Location
An evening with acclaimed local harp virtuoso Savourna Stevenson, with contributions from Broughton Junior Choir and the Peebles High School Saxophone Quartet. 'Part of Biggar Little Festival'.
26 Oct 7.30	Village Hall, Biggar

Come Spy With Me
Date	Location
Fife-based Ensemble present a patriotic pastiche set in the pretty south coast village of Winkling cum Flounder, alongside medleys covering musicals, operetta and the West End.
23 Nov 7.30	Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry

A Concert, A Cocktail and a Canapé
Date	Location
A performance of Finzi's 'Romance' and Arnold's 'Guitar Concerto' with talented young soloist Ian Watt, a finalist of the BBC's 'Classical Star'. Also to be performed are John Ireland's 'Cavatina' with soloist Justine Watts and Delius' 'Air and Dance'. Doors open at 5.15pm.
27 Oct 6.15	Òran Mór, Glasgow

A Concert, A Cocktail and a Canapé
Date	Location
Les Sirens, the all-female chamber choir from the RSAMD, perform a programme of works by Poulenc, Bennett and Rutter. With director Andrew Nunn. Doors open at 5.15pm.
3 Nov 6.15	Òran Mór, Glasgow

Corran Singers' Winter Concert
Date	Location
Ardrishaig-based Corran Singers perform a mixed programme of seasonal choral works.
9 Nov 3.00–4.00	Craignish Village Hall

The Curve Foundation with The Scottish Flute Trio
Date	Location
The Scottish Flute Trio collaborates with Curve Foundation Dance Company, featuring choreography for a newly commissioned piece by David Fennessy.
31 Oct 7.00	The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

Daniel Grimwood
Date	Location
Grimwood delivers a breathtaking performance of works by Franz Liszt.
5 Dec 7.45–10.00	Mugdock Country Park, Glasgow

Daniel Harding with the Staatskapelle Dresden
Date	Location
A protégé of Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado, English conductor Daniel Harding has an impressive musical lineage. Here he conducts one of the world's oldest orchestras in an all-Schumann programme including 'Overture to Genoveva' and his ' Symphony No 2'. The taxing 'Violin Concerto in D minor' will exhibit the considerable talents of guest soloist Renaud Capuçon.
16 Jun 7.30	Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

Dawn Upshaw with the Andalucian Dogs and the Brodsky Quartet
Date	Location
Four-times Grammy award winner, soprano Dawn Upshaw, is joined by the internationally acclaimed Brodsky Quartet and the Andalucian Dogs, a trio of performers who have come together from three continents for this performance. Inspired by Upshaw's powerful voice, Osvaldo Golijov wrote his song cycle 'Ayre', which gives voice to tales of love, war and religion, mainly from 15th-century Spain. Bartok's 'String Quartet No 1' and five of his 'Hungarian Folk Songs' (arr Tognetti) will also be…
16 May 8.00	The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow

Debussy Preludes
Date	Location
A performance of works by Debussy, who used music to express what Impressionist artists expressed through paint. Coincides with the 'Impressionism and Scotland' exhibition. Replaces the Kelvingrove Organ Recital for one day only.
9 Nov 3.00	Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow

Dido and Aeneas
Date	Location
Celebrated director Jonathan Miller directs the New London Consort in a full-length version of the oldest known English opera in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the birth of its composer, Henry Purcell. A rare opportunity to see an extraordinary reproduction of the opera's first paid performance in 1700 at Lincoln's Inn Field's Theatre, by one of the world's leading early music ensembles.
19 Apr 8.00	City Halls, Glasgow

Djordje Gajic
Date	Location
Award-winning Yugoslavian accordionist performs a varied programme.'Part of Classic Music Live! Falkirk'.
14 Nov 7.30	Falkirk Town Hall, Falkirk

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