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Events at City Halls

An Evening with Ray Mears

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	The legendary survivalist's first Scottish tour, a two hour show exploring his crazy wild world, followed by a question and answer session.
City Halls, Glasgow	13 Oct 7.30	0141 353 8000 £20

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music

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	Vaughan Williams' 'Symphony No 5' is conducted by Paul Daniel in this free recital presented by Stephen Johnson, which will be recorded for broadcast in BBC Radio 3's 'Discovering Music'.
City Halls, Glasgow	27 Oct 2.00	0141 353 8000 Free (ticketed)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Discovering Music

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	Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discusses Rachmaninov's notorious 'Piano Concerto No 3', commonly held as one of the warhorses of the piano repertoire. Following this is a complete performance of the work by pianist Nelson Goerner, conducted by Stefan Solyom. 'Part of the Russian Winter series'.
City Halls, Glasgow	2 Dec 2.00	0141 353 8000 Free (seating unreserved)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 1

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	Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov conducts a programme to ward off the cold. Stravinsky's playful 'Scènes de Ballet' is followed by Rachmaninov's lushly romantic Piano Concerto No 2, performed by French pianist Louis Lortie, and Stravinsky's 'The Fairy's Kiss: Ballet', an affectionate tribute to his great Russian predecessor, Tchaikosvky. A Pre-Concert Prelude features writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson discussing the different yet parallel worlds of the two featured composers, and in a…
City Halls, Glasgow	13 Nov 7.00	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 2

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	Under the baton of Stefan Solyom, pianist Alexander Melnikov performs two Rachmaninov piano works: the brilliant pyrotechnics of 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' contrasts with the brooding sobriety of 'The Isle of the Dead'. Stravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra' and his lavishly colourful ballet 'The Firebird' are also performed. In a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.15pm Stephen Johnson discusses the diversity of the styles of the two composers, and Melnikov performs…
City Halls, Glasgow	27 Nov 7.00	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 3

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	Conductor Stefan Solyom returns with more music to ward off the winter chill. Pianist Mikhail Rudy performs Rachmaninov's youthfully passionate 'Piano Concerto No 1', with Stravinsky's mini-drama 'The Soldier's Tale' and 'Scherzo à la Russe' also featuring. Stephen Johnson discusses 'The Soldier's Tale' at 6.15pm in a Pre-Concert Prelude, and Rudy gives a short recital in a Post-Concert Coda.
City Halls, Glasgow	4 Dec 7.00	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Russian Winter 4

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	Stravinsky's seminal work, the ballet 'Le Sacre du Printemps ('The Rite of Spring')', caused a riot at its 1913 premiere, and packs no less of a punch today. Here it is performed together with the rarely-heard original version of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No 4', with outstanding pianist Yevgeny Sudbin. The 6.15pm Pre-Concert Prelude sees a discussion on music and dance in 'Le Sacre', and Sudbin performs more Russian piano works in a Post-Concert Coda.
City Halls, Glasgow	11 Dec 7.00	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 2

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	Finnish conductor John Storgards leads programme steeped in mythology. Sibelius' 'Lemminkainen Legends' are based on the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Also to be performed are Nielsen's 'Helios Overture', Scottish composer Thea Musgrave's 'Song of the Enchanter', and a performance by Storgards' fellow countryman, Olli Mustonen, of Prokofiev's ever-popular 'Piano Concerto No 3'. At 6.45pm a Pre-Concert Prelude explores Nordic myth in music, and in a Post-Concert Coda Mustonen performs…
City Halls, Glasgow	22 Jan 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 3

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	The BBC SSO's musical storytelling continues, led by award-winning conductor, Michal Dworzynski. Strauss' tone poem 'Death and Transfiguration', depicting the death of an artist, and Prokofiev's famous ballet suite 'Romeo and Juliet' are performed along with Mozart's 'Alma Grande E Nobil Core' and his magnificent 'Exsultate, Jubilate'. With soprano Ailish Tynan. A discussion on 'Romeo and Juliet' takes place at 6.45pm in the Pre-Concert Prelude, and Tynan performs a short recital in the…
City Halls, Glasgow	19 Mar 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 4

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	Mikhail Agrest conducts a performance of Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's passionate Violin Concerto with soloist Tasmin Little, who has recorded the work with the BBC SSO. Visual art is the inspiration for Respighi's 'Trittico Botticelliano' and Mussorgsky's ever-popular 'Pictures at an Exhibition' (orchestrated by Ravel). Glinka's Overture 'A Life for the Tsar' completes the programme. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm and in the Post-Concert Coda Tasmin Little performs a short violin recital.
City Halls, Glasgow	7 May 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Story Tellers 5

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	The last concert of the season. Soloist Anne Akiko Meyers begins the concert with a performance of Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. The delicate charm of Ravel's 'Ma Mère l'Oye' contrasts with the full-blooded Romanticism of César Franck's Symphony in D major to finish. A discussion of the past season takes place in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Meyers gives a short recital in the Post-Concert Coda.
City Halls, Glasgow	21 May 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 2

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	American conductor Andrew Litton returns to the BBC SSO, bringing with him fellow American John Mackey's lively and colourful 'Redline Tango' for its UK premiere, and Gershwin's 'Piano Concerto in F', performed by up-and-coming young pianist, Stewart Goodyear. Finally, Litton's particular affinity with Russian music promises a memorable and powerful performance of Tchaikovsky's popular 'Symphony No 4'. Litton discusses Gershwin in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and Goodyear performs in a…
City Halls, Glasgow	23 Oct 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 3

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	Conductor Stefan Solyom opens the concert in the Cornwall of Arthurian legend with Bax's Symphonic Poem 'Tintagel'. Eminent French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, and Sibelius' majestic Symphony No 5 brings the evening to a triumphant finish. Solyom discusses storytelling and music with Anthony Sayer in a Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and after the concert Collard performs piano works by Ravel.
City Halls, Glasgow	5 Feb 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 4

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	Chief Conductor-elect Donald Runnicles leads a programme exploring orchestral brilliance. American John Adams' 'Slonimsky's Earbox' is followed by Ravel's 'Concerto for Left Hand', performed by pianist Adam Golka. The concert closes with Berlioz's extroverted and enormously influential 'Symphonie Fantastique'. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, followed by a Post-Concert Coda of Golka performing Chopin's 'Fantasie in F minor'.
City Halls, Glasgow	19 Feb 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 5

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	Ilan Volkov conducts the Scottish premiere of 'Speakings', a major new piece by the BBC SSO's Composer in Association, Jonathan Harvey, renowned for his brilliant and imaginative combinations of electronic and traditional instruments. Also on the programme is Bruckner's Symphony No 9, which he hadn't completed by the time of his death. A Pre-Concert Prelude takes place at 6.45pm, and Harvey's 'Other Presences' is performed in a Post-Concert Coda by Mark O'Keefe.
City Halls, Glasgow	5 Mar 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: The Symphonic Collection 6

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	Polish conductor Michal Dworzynski opens the concert with his countryman Karlowicz's romantic Symphonic Prologue from 'Music for the White Dove', followed by a performance of Dvorak's popular Cello Concerto in B minor by one of BBC Radio 3's 'New Generation Artists', Danjulo Ishizaki. Beethoven's great Fifth Symphony completes the programme. Ishizaki discusses Dvorák's Cello Concerto in the Pre-Concert Prelude at 6.45pm, and performs a Bach's 'Cello Suite No 1 in G major' in the Post-Concert…
City Halls, Glasgow	23 Apr 7.30	0141 353 8000 £10-£23 (£8-£21)

Ben Sturrock

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	Singer-songwriter inspired by Ray Lamontagne, Van Morrison and Paul Simon.
City Halls, Glasgow	11 Oct 8.00	0141 353 8000 £10

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich

Location	Date	Tickets
	The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 1 in C major, No 2 in A major and No 3 in F major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
City Halls, Glasgow	4 Apr 11.00am	0141 353 8000 £12

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich

Location	Date	Tickets
	The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 4 in D major, No 5 in B flat major and No 6 in G major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
City Halls, Glasgow	4 Apr 3.00	0141 353 8000 £12

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich

Location	Date	Tickets
	The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 7 in F sharp minor, No 8 in C minor and No 9 in E flat major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
City Halls, Glasgow	4 Apr 7.30	0141 353 8000 £12

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich

Location	Date	Tickets
	The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 11 in F minor, No 12 in D flat major, No 13 in B flat minor and No 14 in F sharp major. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
City Halls, Glasgow	5 Apr 3.00	0141 353 8000 £12

Brodsky Quartet: The Complete Shostakovich

Location	Date	Tickets
	The internationally successful Quartet have recorded all 15 of Shostakovich's String Quartets, to great acclaim. Here they perform No 10 in A flat major and No 15 in E flat minor. Tickets for all five concerts cost £50 (£40 for season subscribers).
City Halls, Glasgow	5 Apr 7.30	0141 353 8000 £12

Consider Yourself a Musical Star

Location	Date	Tickets
	Become a star in just a day: be put through your paces in vocal training and dance moves, then take part in an informal performance. All you need is comfortable shoes and a packed lunch. Ages 7-12.
City Halls, Glasgow	13 Oct 10.30am–3.30	0141 353 8000 £12

Dido and Aeneas

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	Celebrated director Jonathan Miller directs the New London Consort in a full-length version of the oldest known English opera in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the birth of its composer, Henry Purcell. A rare opportunity to see an extraordinary reproduction of the opera's first paid performance in 1700 at Lincoln's Inn Field's Theatre, by one of the world's leading early music ensembles.
City Halls, Glasgow	19 Apr 8.00	0141 353 8000 £12-£20 (concessions available)

Music and Light Beams

Location	Date	Tickets
	The Optimusic system turns light into sound to comic or melodic effect. Have a go in one of the two sessions: ages 3-6 at 1pm and ages 7-11 at 2.30pm.
City Halls, Glasgow	14 Oct (Times vary)	0141 353 8000 £4

Musical Adventurers

Location	Date	Tickets
	A magical musical journey through storytelling, songs and games for kids and adults to enjoy together. Ages 3-6 years
City Halls, Glasgow	16 Oct 11.30am & 1.30	0141 353 8000 £4

Peter Donohoe in Recital

Location	Date	Tickets
	The celebrations for the centenary of Olivier Messiaen's birth continue. On his exact anniversary internationally acclaimed English pianist Peter Donohoe, a former pupil of the composer himself, will play a programme of works including Messiaen's 'Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, No 10 and No 15' and 'Cantéyodjaya', as well as two Beethoven Sonatas, No 30 in E major and his last, No 32 in C minor.
City Halls, Glasgow	10 Dec 8.00	0141 353 8000 £12-£20 (£10-£18)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	The orchestra perform Beethoven's Overture 'Consecration of the House' and his majestic Piano Concerto No 5 ('Emperor'), as well as Schubert's Symphony No 3 ('Rhenish'). With John Storgards conducting and piano soloist Simon Trpceski.
City Halls, Glasgow	10 Oct 7.30	0131 668 2019 £11-£24 (£8.50-£18)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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	Conductor Olari Elts leads a programme of 20th-century works. Takemitsu's 'Tree Line' and 'Requiem' will be performed along with the Scottish premiere of Dean's 'Pastoral Symphony' and the world premiere of a new work by Rehnqvist. With sopranos Helena Ek and Maria Keohane and the SCO Chorus.
City Halls, Glasgow	17 Oct 7.30	0141 353 8000 £11-£24 (£8.50-£18)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	The great Sir Charles Mackerras conducts celebrated pianist Artur Pizzaro and the SCO in a performance of Beethoven's gorgeous 'Piano Concerto No 4', followed by what will undoubtedly be a magnificent performance of two late Mozart symphonies: No 31 ('Paris') and No 36 ('Linz').
City Halls, Glasgow	31 Oct 7.30	0141 353 8000 £11-£24 (£8.50-£18)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mork plays CPE Bach

Location	Date	Tickets
	Cellist Truls Mork joins conductor Eivind Aadland and the SCO for a performance of Hayn's 'Symphony No 102', CPE Bach's 'Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor' and Beethoven's 'Symphony No 1'
City Halls, Glasgow	24 Oct 7.30	0141 353 8000 £11-£24 (£8.50-£18)

Scottish Opera: I Puritani

Location	Date	Tickets
	The Scottish Opera premiere of Bellini's bel canto masterpiece. Set during the English Civil War, two lovers, Elvira and Arturo, find themselves caught up in the struggle. Scottish Opera Musical Director Francesco Corti conducts.
City Halls, Glasgow	29 Mar 3.00	0141 353 8000 TBC

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