After the previous successful exchanges in 2011, 2014 and 2017, the Glasgow Chamber Choir is coming to the Netherlands for the fourth time in March for joint concerts with the St. Joris Chamber Choir. This time the monumental Messe in e-moll by Anton Bruckner stands for eight-part choir and fifteen wood and brass instruments as [...]
In April we link up for the fourth time with our Dutch partner choir, St Joris Kamerkoor from the town of Amersfoort, to present a powerful programme of choral music by Bruckner and Mahler in St Michael’s Church in Linlithgow. St Michael’s is one of the largest and most historic parish churches in Scotland and [...]
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After two years with very little singing, we are delighted to bring you a varied concert of music from across several centuries. Byrd’s luminous Five-Part Mass was written in the late 16th century and is considered a masterpiece of choral writing. Moving forward a century we bring you music by Johann Ludwig Bach, a third [...]
As we approach the summer equinox, join us for a concert of beautiful music fit for a summer's evening. Our midsummer concert brings together joyful motets from Bach and Schutz from the 16th and 17th centuries with music from more recent times by British jazz pianist George Shearing, and American composers Eric Whitacre and Morten [...]
Our autumn concert has a distinctly Italian flavour, with a programme of sacred music from composers, some of whom are better known for their operatic work. Ildebrando Pizzetti, an Italian composer little known outside Italy, wrote his beautiful Messa di Requiem in 1922. It is steeped in the tradition of Gregorian chant, woven into a [...]
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Scott of the Antarctic Music by Vaughan Williams Elizabeth Watts, soprano Women of the Glasgow Chamber Choir Martyn Brabbins, conductor Scott of the Antarctic (1948) is justly famous for its score by Ralph Vaughan Williams who later turned elements into his Seventh Symphony. Richly imaginative, the music captures the barren beauty [...]
Join us in St Margaret's Episcopal Church at 7pm on 3 December for our annual Christmas Carol Concert, followed by mulled wine and mince pies! We will be taking a retiring collection for charity.
The ultimate Christmas party heads to Usher Hall with an extravagant show full of festive fun. Join special guest singers Kerry Ellis and Ricardo Afonso, as well as the all-star Jingle Bell dancers for a sensational feast of music, song and dance complete with all things Christmassy. John Rigby conductor Kerry Ellis guest singer Ricardo [...]