Concert

The choir is delighted to be appearing in the concert series promoted by Beith Arts. We will perform a varied programme including music by Rutter, Stanford, Scarlatti, Boyle and Gál.

The Glasgow Chamber Choir are joining the BBC SSO again under the direction of Martyn Brabbins to perform the UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Hodie Puer Nascitur in the Glasgow City Halls on the 27th February at 8pm. More details are available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eh4v2m “Musical inspiration comes in many forms. The late John McCabe was [...]

Scarlatti’s virtuosic, ten-voiced setting of the ‘Stabat Mater’ is one of the jewels in the baroque era and his best known choral work. In contrast, Sir James MacMillan’s hard-hitting ‘Cantos Sagrados’ offers a contemporary view of the passion narrative, combining traditional Latin texts with modern Latin American poetry. Director: Michael Bawtree Organ: Christopher Nikol   [...]

Scarlatti’s virtuosic, ten-voiced setting of the ‘Stabat Mater’ is one of the jewels in the baroque era and his best known choral work. In contrast, Sir James MacMillan’s hard-hitting ‘Cantos Sagrados’ offers a contemporary view of the passion narrative, combining traditional Latin texts with modern Latin American poetry. Director: Michael Bawtree Organ: Christopher Nikol   [...]

With the long-light time of year approaching, come and fill an afternoon/evening listening to the intricate beauty of rich choral works by musical masters  J S Bach, Buxtehude, Michael Haydn and Mozart. J S Bach’s motets, ‘Furchte dich nicht’ (Do not fear) and ‘Kom Jesu Kom’ are most likely settings of biblical passages and poetry [...]

With the long-light time of year approaching, come and fill an afternoon/evening listening to the intricate beauty of rich choral works by musical masters  J S Bach, Buxtehude, Michael Haydn and Mozart. J S Bach’s motets, ‘Furchte dich nicht’ (Do not fear) and ‘Kom Jesu Kom’ are most likely settings of biblical passages and poetry [...]

Buy tickets online here Stabat Mater Dolorosa is considered one of the greatest Latin hymns of all time, dating back to around the 13th century and often translated “the sorrowful mother was standing”. Set to music by large number of prominent composers, here the Glasgow Chamber Choir are performing two beautifully contrasting settings from the [...]

Our November concert takes you on a musical journey around Europe, from a joyful setting of a Galician lovesong from north east Spain, to a spell-binding evocation of a night of snow, Un Soir de Neige by the French composer Poulenc. From Finland we bring you Jakko Mäntyjärvi’s cantata Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae written in 1997 [...]