Music, Classical within 5 miles of Glasgow

Jaime Laredo (violin) and Sharon Robinson (cello) form one of the great musical partnerships of our time, in life as well as in work. The first half of this concert features them in recital with Dvořák's Romance and Silent Woods plus Saint-Saëns' The Muse and the Poet, while in the second half Laredo conducts…

Fans of Robert Schumann, clear those diaries in November: Robin Ticciati and the SCO are performing all the symphonies, with a couple of bonus concertos thrown in. This concert features Schumann's No 1 and No 4 symphonies, as well as Mozart's Piano Concerto No 25 K503 with guest soloist Paul Lewis. Symphony No 4 is…

Schumann's tense Symphony No 2 and majestic Symphony No 3 'Rhenish' are two of the best-loved masterpieces of the Romantic era, and here they frame the Violin Concerto of Schumann's friend Brahms, featuring the young Russian virtuoso Alina Pogostkina. Robin Ticciati conducts.

Oliver Knussen conducts the world premiere of a new work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies as well as Bartok's uncharacteristically sunny Piano Concerto No 3 featuring Peter Serkin and Stravinsky's neoclassical Symphony in C.

Selections from Dvořák's two sets of Slavonic Dances frame Ligeti's Violin Concerto, featuring the great Tasmin Little as soloist, and Haydn's Symphony No 31 'Horn Signal'. Robin Ticciati conducts.

Joseph Swensen conducts four works more or less related to themes of war and disaster. Britten's Suite on English Folk Tunes (A time there was …) was written when the composer was coming to terms with the fact that he did not have long to live. Frank Bridge's symphonic poem Summer was written during 1914, just as WWI was…

Alexander Janiczek (violin) directs Dvořák's Notturno, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 K488 and Janáček's Concertino with guest soloist Llyr Williams, and Mozart's Symphony No 38, written as a thank-you to the people of Prague for being dedicated fans (unlike the fickle Viennese, who were constantly deciding that Mozart was…

Christian Zacharias (piano) and the SCO have a special relationship, and here they celebrate composers for whom Zacharias has a special affinity. Haydn's Symphony No 85 has its composer's trademark combination of quirky surprise and satisfying logic; Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 K271 'Jeunehomme' is one of Mozart's first…

Don Giovanni is an enigma; if it's a comedy, why does the hero get dragged off to hell? If it's a tragedy, how come it ends happily? If it's a morality tale, why doesn't the hero repent? And if it isn't, why is he expected to? Hear highlights from the show, meet the principal characters and find out more about the…

Donizetti's 1842 Don Pasquale, a romantic comedy in which the titular elderly bachelor decides to marry late in life chiefly in order to annoy his hotheaded nephew, has been a favourite in the repertoire for nearly two centuries. Renaud Doucet's production transfers the action to 1960s Rome and features Swiss…

Hear highlights from Don Pasquale, meet the principal characters and find out more about the production in this Unwrapped session. Booking is essential.

Mixed-voice community choir based in the West End.

The Britain's Got Talent surprise hit has only left it four years since coming second in the talent show to embark on her first live tour, promoting her fourth album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage.

The Renaissance choir celebrates 40 years of having the sweetest voices in the business.