Classical music Scotland

8th February 2012, Glasgow:

Leader of the RSNO, James Clark, guides the Royal Conservatoire’s young chamber ensembles.

10th February 2012, Glasgow:

International Fellow, Lorna McGhee, brings her Trio Verlaine, an enchanting ensemble of flute, viola and harp based in Canada, for a visit to her native Scotland.

11th February 2012, Glasgow:

The Conservatoire’s annual action-packed Percussion Day is again generously sponsored by Yamaha and Avidas Zildjian.

11th February 2012, Aberdeen:

Hear Beethoven alongside the contemporary he most admired (Cherubini’s Requiem was sung at Beethoven’s funeral), as the great man celebrates both an emperor and a revolutionary in the same evening.

12th February 2012, Fife:

Accordionist Djordje began his musical studies in Yugoslavia aged 6 and graduated from the Russian Academy ofMusic in 1993.

12th February 2012, Glasgow:

This recital from the Royal Conservatoire’s Young Artists in Residence includes works by Bartok, Kurtag, and Ligeti.

13th February 2012, Glasgow:

Love as seen through the eyes of Russian composers and poets, which are always tinged with a certain melancholy and intensity.

14th February 2012, Glasgow:

Exploring the vast wealth of German art song, singers and pianists pair up to compete for the Elgar/Spedding Memorial Lieder Prize and the Hester Dickson Prize.

17th February 2012, Glasgow:

Following the performances of Betrothal in a Monastery, the Conservatoire’s co-production with Scottish Opera, former Director of Music Rita McAllister uses the occasion of her Professorial Address to lead an exploration of the life and music of Sergei Prokofiev in his later years in Soviet Russia.

17th February 2012, Glasgow:

Francesco Corti is well-known to Scottish audiences as the dynamic Music Director of Scottish Opera.