Bearsden Choir – Virtual Vivaldi Gloria 5*

Bearsden Choir – Virtual Vivaldi Gloria 5*

THE danger of aerosol transmission of coronavirus was understood from the earliest days of the pandemic, but the loss of the opportunity to meet together and sing for the members of the nation’s amateur choirs was a consequence that governments north and south of the...
Bearsden Choir – Faure & Vivaldi 4*

Bearsden Choir – Faure & Vivaldi 4*

NOT only is choral director Andrew Nunn bringing about a clear incremental improvement in the standard of the community choir from Glasgow’s affluent northern suburb, he is also insuring, through his other activities, that it is keeping the very best of company. With...
Bearsden Choir – Bach 4*

Bearsden Choir – Bach 4*

IT was less dramatic than the fainting soprano soloist in last December’s performance of Handel’s Messiah, but when a light bulb loudly exploded over the City Hall stage during the Credo of Bach’s B Minor Mass at the start of the second half of Sunday afternoon’s...
Bearsden Choir – Messiah 4*

Bearsden Choir – Messiah 4*

THE souvenir programme for the Bearsden Choir’s Golden Anniversary concert of Handel’s Messiah (itself something of a bargain at a mere £2) included memories of earlier concerts from choir members. Sunday afternoon’s performance of the work which the choir was...
Les Sirenes – BBC SSO 4*

Les Sirenes – BBC SSO 4*

PRIZE-winning young American conductor James Feddeck has appeared with some of the top orchestras of the world, including the RSNO last year, but I am sure as many of the very full house on Thursday evening were there to hear soloist James Ehnes, who had been a...
Les Sirenes – 4*

Les Sirenes – 4*

NEXT Christmas, Les Sirenes, Glasgow’s prize-winning choir of young women studying or recently graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, will be marking the tenth anniversary of the seasonal concert in the exquisite setting of the Mackintosh Church....