Neruda Trumpet Concerto
For thirty years the Philharmonia Orchestra has run the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, which enables talented young musicians to bridge the often perilous gap between study and professional status. Successful candidates appear as soloists in this annual showcase concert, tonight under the direction of conductor Nicholas Kok. Marko Martin plays Brahms's rhapsodic second piano concerto, Thomas Carroll tackles Shostakovich's second cello concerto, and Sam Wedgewood plays the trumpet concerto by the mysterious 18th-century Bohemian composer Neruda. This concerto, whose only copy was discovered in the Osek monastery, was originally written for valveless horn but is set so high in the register that transposition to the trumpet seems quite natural.

• St John's, Smith Sq, SW1 (0171-222 1061) 7.30pm, £6-£12.

Punch!
This is one of the many quirky titles that feature in the first concert of the season from the Paragon Ensemble. According to its composer Alastair Nicolson, the title refers to the explosive quality of a punch as well as the well-known children's puppet. Rather more macabre is the piece titled Strange Fruit by John Lunn. This takes its title from a 20s song recorded by Billie Holliday whose lyrics are concerned with lynchings in the Southern States.

• Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall St, Glasgow (0141-287 5511) 6.30pm, £9, concessions £4.50.

Biggar Music Club
The Hugo Wolf Quartet of Vienna comes to the Scottish Borders with a programme that includes Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Haydn's quartet in B flat op 76 no 4 (Sunrise).

• Municipal Hall, Biggar (01899 220119) 8pm £7.50.