Having been busy the day before with KOS – see Winter Bits! – Vince will be in action at The Erskine Church, Burntisland, at 7.00pm on Monday 19 December, when Cromlit’s Lilt are presenting a short concert of festive music in aid of the Preeclampsia Foundation GB.

A Vivaldi concerto, a Handel overture and a Boyce symphony, plus Albinoni’s Adagio, Monti’s Czardas and Christmas carols and songs, all for £5 (school children free). For details and a poster, click on the image.

Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society (leader our very own Vince Gray) have chosen “Forty Favourites – the Best Bits and Hits” as their theme for this season, and the Christmas concerts reflect this, as you’ll see from the poster linked to the image.

The concerts at Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy, are on Sunday 18 December at 2.00pm and 4.00pm. Tickets are £8 adults, £4 children. Early booking recommended, as the concerts were sold out last year.

Those of you who like to ‘Come and Sing’ for charity will be interested in the Music for Malawi day on 21 January 2017 at St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, when John Kitchen will conduct Mozart’s Requiem in aid of Soko Fund, which supports women into higher education in Malawi.

Details on the poster linked to the image – booking at Eventbrite. You can sing (starts 2.00pm), or just come along to the concert at 6.30pm, when the singers will be supported by Morley Whitehead on the organ and a fine team of soloists.

This weekend – 7.30pm on Sunday 16 October – sees the first of the six Dunfermline Arts Guild winter concerts. Alexander Ullman, rapidly making a name for himself in the classical music world, will be giving the Carnegie Hall piano a workout in a varied programme of Bach, Schumann, Stravinsky and Liszt.

You can buy tickets (£10; student/unemployed £1) from the Carnegie Hall box office (01383 602302; email boxoffice.carnegie@onfife.com) or at the door. An even better deal is to buy a season ticket for just £40, which lets you hear all six concerts for the price of four. For details of the concert season, click the image, visit www.daguild.co.uk, or talk to Martin or Jean.