The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's 80th birthday concert at its home in Glasgow City Halls tomorrow evening will be without singer Sarah Connolly, who is unwell. However the orchestra has secured the substitute services of Swedish mezzo Anna Larsson for Mahler's moving Das Lied von der Erde, alongside tenor Andrew Staples. The concert also features Mozart's Oboe Concerto, with soloist Francois Leleux, anf the UK premiere of Idyll, by conductor Matthias Pintscher.
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Canadian singer-guitarist Cam Penner, pictured, and his touring partner, Jon Wood, release a new album, Sex and Politics, to coincide with their Celtic Connections concert at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on January 16. The duo enjoyed major TV exposure when tracks from their last studio album, To Build A Fire, were chosen as the backdrop to the recent BBC 2 TV drama Stonemouth, based on the late Iain Banks’ novel of the same name.
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The Victory Hall in Benderloch stages its final concert of 2015 when local Americana specialists the Hollow Mountain String Band return to the Argyllshire venue on Friday, December 4. The band, led by singers John MacMahon and Rab Woods, play songs from sources including John Lee Hooker, Hank Williams and Bob Dylan and sold-out when they appeared at the hall last year.
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Singer Judith Williams and guitarist Nigel Clark launch their first album as a duo, A Record: Judith Williams with Nigel Clark, with two Scottish concerts. The duo met while working on the first incarnation of the Proclaimers’ musical, Sunshine on Leith, seven years ago, and combine the voice that won Williams a shortlisting in the Scottish Jazz Awards 2013 with a guitar talent who has worked extensively with Carol Kidd and more recently in a duo with fellow guitarist Hugh Buckley. They play the CCA, Glasgow on Saturday, December 5 and Summerhall, Edinburgh on Tuesday, December 8.
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Herald Angel-winning fiddle quartet Rant play Scottish three concerts in the run-up to Christmas. The group, who release their second album in the New Year, will present old favourites, new material and specially arranged seasonal tunes at the Spectrum Centre, Inverness on Friday, December 11 (1pm); Talla Nan Ros, Kingussie on Saturday, December 12 (3pm); and Ardkinglas House, Loch Fyne on Sunday, December 13 (3pm).
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