Music, Classical within 5 miles of Glasgow

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BBC SSO: Märkl Conducts Debussy and Messiaen

German Japanese maestro Jun Märkl conducts Messiaen's seldom-heard Les Offrandes Oubliées and Poèmes Pour Mi with soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, followed by Debussy's hypnotic Images.

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 10 Oct

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Osborne Plays Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 2

Copland's Quiet City features Mark O'Keeffe and James Horan on trumpet and cor anglais respectively; then Steven Osborne is the soloist for Beethoven's good-humoured Piano Concerto No 2. Finally, Schumann's fate-defying Symphony No 2. Andrew Manze conducts.

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 27 Feb

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

Denis Kozhukhin (piano) is the soloist for Rachmaninov's Concerto No 2, but there's also Nielsen's Symphony No 4 and A Freak in Burbank, an orchestral piece by the acclaimed young Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer, inspired in equal parts by Haydn and Tim Burton. (Tim Burton should do a Haydn biopic.) Thomas Dausgaard…

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 24 Oct

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Runnicles Conducts Mahler 9

Towards the end of the Cold War, the late Lewis Thomas wrote that listening to Mahler's Symphony No 9 made him think about 'death everywhere, the dying of everything, the end of humanity'. There's no doubt that Mahler had something similar in mind, even if he did his best to complete a tenth symphony before bacterial…

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 24 Apr

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Runnicles Conducts Mozart's Requiem

Donald Runnicles conducts a completion by the great Robert Levin of Mozart's unfinished masterpiece, also featuring the National Youth Choir of Scotland and guest soloists Miah Persson (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) and Neal Davies (bass). But first, young American virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein is…

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 26 Sep

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

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BBC SSO: Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

Paganini commissioned Berlioz's Harold in Italy as a showcase for his new viola, but when he got the manuscript he rejected it; on finally hearing someone else play it years later, he dragged Berlioz onto the stage and kissed his hand. Virtuosi, eh? Antoine Tamestit is the violist here, in a concert that also features…

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 13 Feb

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Thomas Hampson Sings Mahler

American baritone Hampson sings a selection of songs from Mahler, preceded by Britten's The Building of the House and all wrapped up with Mahler's epic, transcendental, overpowering (it's just really, really good, okay?) Symphony No 5. Donald Runnicles conducts.

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 19 Sep

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

BBC SSO: Vaughan Williams Cycle – Sinfonia Antartica

Andrew Manze conducts Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 7, reworked by the composer from the music he wrote for Charles Frend's stiff-upper-lipped 1948 classic Scott of the Antarctic, and featuring Katherine Broderick (soprano) and Women of the Glasgow Chamber Choir. Also featured are Tippett's Divertimento on Sellinger's…

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Thu 7 Nov

Grand Hall

£11–£24 / 0141 353 8000

Bedlam Baroque

Ensemble of strings, horn and continuo keyboard specialising in historically informed performances on period instruments.

Cottier's, Glasgow (2.3 miles)

Sun 9 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 5825

This performance consists of concertos and other pieces by Telemann. Part of West End Festival.

BIG SING with John Bell

John Bell of the Iona Community with new congregational song from Scotland and around the world, celebrating St Columba. No singing or choral experience necessary - all welcome.

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow (1.4 miles)

Fri 7 Jun

Free / 0141 339 6691

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:30
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Cairn String Quartet

Young string quartet who have collaborated with the likes of Emeli Sande and Echo & the Bunnymen.

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (0.7 miles)

Thu 27 Jun

£6 / 0141 221 5279

  • 20:30

Clarinet Factory

Four Czech clarinettists playing a blend of jazz, folk, contemporary classical and electronic music.

Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow (2.5 miles)

Sun 2 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

Part of West End Festival.

Da Capo Alba In Concert

Scotland's premier mandolin and guitar orchestra - something for every taste.

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow (1.4 miles)

Sat 22 Jun

TBC / 0141 339 6691

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:30

Da Vinci Trio

The Da Vinci Trio is Anthony Moffat (violin), Robert Irvine (cello) and Scott Michell (piano).

Glasgow University Concert Hall (1.8 miles)

Fri 14 Jun

Free / 0141 330 4092

This concert focuses on music from staff of the University of Glasgow's Music Department: Hugh Wood, Thomas Wilson, William Sweeney, Drew Hammond and the world premiere of Jane Stanley's Streamlines. Part of Cottier Chamber Project.

Daniel's Beard

Daniel's Beard is the West End-based group of Glasgow musicians who, when not performing classics of the chamber repertoire, curate the Cottier Chamber Project.

Glasgow University Memorial Chapel (1.8 miles)

Tue 11 Jun

£5 / 0141 330 4092

The wind section alone plays Amy Beach's seldom-heard Pastorale, Villa-Lobos' Quinteto em forma de choros, Barber's Summer Music and Holst's Wind Quintet. Part of West End Festival.

Cottier's, Glasgow (2.3 miles)

Tue 11 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 5825

A concert of Schnittke's Piano Trio and Brahms' Piano Trio No 1 Op 8. Part of West End Festival.

Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow (2.5 miles)

Sun 2 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

A family concert consisting of Lenny Sayers' settings of nonsense poems by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll; the new pieces written at the previous day's music and verse workshop; and an arrangement of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. With Kaye Adams. Part of West End Festival.

Tue 4 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

A programme of modern music: Hindemith's Clarinet Quartet Op 30, Martinu's Piano Trio No 1 and Khachaturian's Trio for clarinet, violin and piano. Part of West End Festival.

Fri 7 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

This concert consists of Schubert's Auf dem Strom D943, Beethoven's Selection from 25 Schottische Lieder and Brahms' Horn Trio Op 40. Part of West End Festival.

Thu 13 Jun

£7–£25 / 0141 357 4000

The UK premiere of Kirchner's Il Canto della Notte, Stringer's Tenebrae and Richard Strauss' Piano Quartet. Part of West End Festival.

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Dies Natalis

Presented by tenor James Slimmings and pianist Susan Holmes.

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow (1.4 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

£10 (£5) / 0141 339 6691

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:30

Duncan Strachan

Solo recital by acclaimed Dundee-born cellist.

The Merchants House, Glasgow (0.3 miles)

Thu 30 May

£8 (£7; Students & children £4) / 0141 649 5347

This concert features Kodály's Sonata for solo cello Op 8, the greatest of solo cello pieces since Bach's suites.

  • 12:45

Edinburgh Quartet

Scotland's premier string quartet was founded in 1960 and maintains close relationships with composers all over the UK, as well as playing dozens of concerts a year in venues all over the country.

Glasgow University Memorial Chapel (1.8 miles)

Sat 15 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 0141 330 4092

This concert consists of one of Haydn's Op. 33 quartets; Graham Hair's Ecstasy and Enlightenment, featuring Amanda Morrison and Ingrid Pearson; Five French Songs by Faure and Debussy, transcribed for soprano and string quartet by Tim Salter; and Prokofiev's String Quartet No 2. Part of West End Festival.

Explore MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Paul Rissmann leads a study day exploring James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, the most performed percussion concerto in the world.

City Halls, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Sat 12 Apr

Studio Two

£25 (includes refreshments and lunch) / 0131 478 8342

  • 10:30 – 16:30

Gerard Brooks

Organ recital, including pieces by Alfred Hollins, Wagner, Pierné, Alkan, W S Lloyd Webber (distinguished composer and father of the more famous Andrew) and Arthur Meale.

Glasgow University Memorial Chapel (1.8 miles)

Wed 22 May

Prices to be confirmed / 0141 330 4092

  • 19:30
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Glasgow Chamber Choir

The 30-member amateur choir continues its nearly 20-year run as one of Scotland's best.

Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Glasgow (2.1 miles)

Sat 8 Jun

Entry by donation / 0141 334 2788

For this 'Americana' concert, the choir performs choral pieces by Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson, Richard Busch, Eric Whitacre, George Shearing and Morten Lauridsen. Part of West End Festival.

Glasgow Chamber Choir: Americana!

Popular choral music by Whitacre, Barber, Thompson, Copland and Busch, conducted by by Michael Bawtree.

Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Glasgow (2.1 miles)

Sat 8 Jun

Donations / 0141 334 2788

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:00

Glasgow Chamber Orchestra

The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is one of the leading amateur orchestras in the region.

Bute Hall, Glasgow (1.8 miles)

Sat 1 Jun

£12 (£9; Children £4) / 0141 330 4092

Gordon Bragg conducts Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, Berlioz's Les Nuits d’ete, Mozart's 'Overture' to The Marriage of Figaro and Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony no 4.

Bute Hall, Glasgow (1.8 miles)

Sat 1 Jun

£12 (£9; Children £4) / 0141 330 4092

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:30

Glasgow Orchestral Society Tour Preview Concert

WEF audiences have a chance to preview the programme including Rossini, Neil Butterworth and Beethoven before the tour to Italy in July.

St Silas Episcopal Church, Glasgow (1.5 miles)

Sat 29 Jun

£10 (£8) / 0141 337 2276

Part of West End Festival.

  • 15:00
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