PERFORMANCE NOTES.

Byline: The Register-Guard

`Celtic Christmas' show will mark its 20th year

Storyteller David Stuart Bull, fiddler Linda Danielson and guitarist Chico Schwall will present "A Celtic Christmas" at 7 p.m. next Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton St.

Bull will read "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas. Danielson and Schwall will play and sing Celtic music. This is the threesome's 20th anniversary performance, and they have released a CD titled "A Celtic Holiday."

Admission is $10. Tickets are available at the Lord Leebrick box office, 465-1506.

Flutist and guitarist plan concert for CD release

Flutist Alan McCullough and classical guitarist Peter Thomas will celebrate the release of their CD "Discovery" with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Newman Center, 1850 Emerald St.

The album consists of 16 compositions that the two musicians wrote collaboratively. Stylistic influences include Baroque, Spanish and Celtic.

Admission will be $7 at the door. The CDs are $12, payable in cash or by check.

Portland's unique Imago Theatre launches show

Hitchhiking rabbits, firefly bugeyes, metamorphosing caterpillars, spies in dresses, insomniac hippos, guilty raccoons and dysfunctional ducks are among the "Biglittlethings" to be seen on stage beginning Saturday at the Imago Theatre, 17 S.E. Eighth Ave., Portland.

It is an original show by the offbeat theater troupe. Performances are scheduled through Jan. 2, after which Imago will launch the show on a seven-state national tour. Tickets: [phone] or [phone].

Russian pianist to perform Schubert, others at PSU 

Russian pianist Vassily Primakov will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in Lincoln Performance Hall at Portland State University, 1620 S.W. Park Ave.

His Saturday evening program includes Franz Schubert's Impromptu No. 1 in C Minor (D.899), Johannes Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Philip Glass's music from the motion picture "The Hours" and Alexander Glazunov's Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Minor (Op. 74). His Sunday afternoon program will be devoted entirely to the music of Frederic Chopin.

Tickets are $30 at [phone] and Ticketmaster outlets.

Canadian boys choir

to sing in Newport

The British Columbia Boys Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 on the Alice Silverman Stage at the Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W. Olive St., Newport.

Founded by in 1968 and now directed by Tony Araujo, the choir has performed in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Its touring ensemble is a four-part, non-liturgical boys choir, one of the few in North America.

Tickets are $20 at the Newport PAC box office (541-265-2787). The Canadian choir's performance is part of a series presented by the Community Concert Association. The season also will include the Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble and Ruze Dalmatinke Orchestra on Feb. 18 and the American Chamber Players on April 2.