Bearsden Choir – Vaughan Williams & Rutter 5*

Bearsden Choir – Vaughan Williams & Rutter 5*

by | May 29, 2026 | Herald Scotland

Glasgow City Halls reverberated last Saturday evening as the Bearsden Choir performed a special concert dedicated to the memory of Dr James Hunter, the choir’s director of music for 27 years between 1979 and 2007. And what a night it was, as the choir – conducted by...
Bearsden Choir – Pärt and Puccini 4*

Bearsden Choir – Pärt and Puccini 4*

by | May 20, 2024 | Herald Scotland

ALTHOUGH it is not likely to boost the number of performances of his work, it is easy to see why Bearsden Choir alumnus George Swann leapt at the chance to orchestrate the work his fellow singers premiered a year ago. Swann’s setting of Romantic poet John...
Bearsden Choir – Faure and Vivaldi 4*

Bearsden Choir – Faure and Vivaldi 4*

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Herald Scotland

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...
Bearsden Choir – Brahms Requiem 4*

Bearsden Choir – Brahms Requiem 4*

by | Dec 15, 2023 | Herald Scotland

LAST year’s edition of Scottish Opera’s annual touring show, Opera Highlights, was to have supplied both the soloists for Bearsden Choir’s concert of Brahms’ German Requiem, soprano Monica McGhee and baritone Daniel Shelvey. So when Shelvey called off unwell, it was...
Bearsden Choir – Mozart Requiem 4*

Bearsden Choir – Mozart Requiem 4*

by | May 14, 2023 | Herald Scotland

SATURDAY afternoon belonged to George Swann, it is safe to say, and not just because Mozart and Michael Tippett are no longer with us – nor because the young composer’s peer-group fan club were vociferously present at Glasgow City Halls. The Glasgow University...