Duane Eddy
MUSIC CLASSICAL CINEMA
King’s Theatre, Glasgow, tonight
One of the original celebrated and influential guitar heroes comes to Scotland for one of only three rare UK concerts to celebrate his 80th birthday year.
Infused with elements of country, blues, jazz and gospel, his many hits include Rebel Rouser, Peter Gunn, Because They’re Young, Shazam and (Dance With The) Guitar Man.
The most successful instrumentalist in rock history, Duane was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra With Angela Hewitt
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, tonight
The second in the Sunday Classics season sees the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra visit the capital.
Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado and his orchestra open with the three wide-eyed sailors on shore leave in Bernstein’s foot-tapping musical On The Town.
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt joins them for one of the most heroic piano concertos of them all – Beethoven’s noble Emperor Concerto, which was the composer’s last for the piano.
Nutcracker And The Four Realms
Released on Fri
New Disney movie starring Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Helen Mirren, Richard E. Grant and Morgan Freeman.
Clara wants a unique key that will unlock a box holding a priceless gift from her late mother.
Her quest leads her to a strange parallel world where she encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three realms. Clara and Phillip must brave the Fourth Realm, home to tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve the key and return harmony to the world.