Review: SCO/Manze City Halls, Glasgow - a special sense of occasion
Conductor Andrew Manze is a well-kent figure on the podium at the City Hall in Glasgow
Review: RSNO/Carneiro at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Carneiro having a ball
For a programme substantially of new music, the RSNO will be very pleased with the audience it drew to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday evening.
RSNO wheels out Top Guns for new season but disappointment over Glasgow's £50,000 cut
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has unveiled its new season with big plans to expand film soundtrack work. Following funding cuts, chief executive Alistair Mackie said that a key element of the orchestra’s budget is its work recording soundtracks in its studio next to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
'Fiery Benedetti': RSNO at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall review
The fiery style Benedetti brings to the concertos of Bruch and Brahms came leaping off the page from the start.
'Cargill captivates': Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Glasgow City Halls review
Not only did Cargill captivate in her portrayal, she also engaged fully with the orchestra
Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSNO/Sondergard at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor Thomas Sondergard with the RSNO at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall review by Ken Bruce
REVIEW Singer-songwriter teams up with Scottish Symphony Orchestra - so did it pay off?
Music Rufus Wainwright/BBC SSO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Keith Bruce four stars HALF a century ago, collaborations with orchestras by The Nice and Caravan were progressive. More recently pop and rock has wrapped itself in lavish orchestrations in a more conservative way, to reboot back catalogue.
REVIEW RSNO/Søndergård, Royal Concert Hall - 'The quality really spoke for itself'
Music, RSNO/Søndergård, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, four stars
Nicola Benedetti: Culture is vital - Scotland can't turn its back on that
Violinist Nicola Benedetti has announced a programme that features a number of headline-making boasts, including the largest presence of opera for some years, what is claimed to be the most generous ticket concession plan in the event’s history, and birthday celebrations for veteran orchestral conductors with long histories of participation in the Festival.
Bearsden Choir is constantly growing with stalwarts joined by impressive recruits
IT is telling of the development of Bearsden Choir that chorus director Andrew Nunn is relaxed about repeating repertoire, like the two works in this programme, Vivaldi’s Gloria and the Faure Requiem. Just as significantly, the one new work it has commissioned, Love Lives Beyond the Tomb, by choir alumnus George Swann, will have an all-important second performance at the next concert in May.
