Tag Archive for: GLA subscription

Vienna and Beyond

Alive with musical exchange, 18th-century Vienna was known as a city where composers, performers and patrons moved within the same close-knit circles, sharing ideas as readily as they shared the stage.

Joseph Haydn Symphony No.6 “Le Matin”
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Keyboard Concerto Wq. 20 in C
Marianna Martines Sinfonia in C 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Keyboard Concerto No.14 K. 449 in E-flat

Angela Hewitt director, fortepiano
Matthew Truscott director, violin

Alive with musical exchange, 18th-century Vienna was known as a city where composers, performers and patrons moved within the same close-knit circles, sharing ideas as readily as they shared the stage. The line between soloist and ensemble blurred, and music unfolded as an intimate, evolving conversation. Within this world, composers such as Haydn, C.P.E. Bach and Martines each contributed to a shared musical language, testing its boundaries, refining its forms and shaping its future. A young Mozart, absorbing these influences, would carry them forward with extraordinary fluency and imagination. 

Alongside internationally renowned pianist Angela Hewitt we aim to shine a light on a culture of collaboration, where the keyboard and ensemble engage as equal partners, and where every musical idea feels part of a wider, living dialogue. 

 Tickets: £6 – £40 (+ box office fees)

Included in the Glasgow New Auditorium Subscription Season, save 10% when booking 2+ concerts, choose from Vienna and Beyond, Handel: Messiah, and Bach: Matthew Passion. Book online at https://tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk

Handel: Messiah

George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56 

Matthew Truscott violin & director
Rowan Pierce soprano
Anita Monserrat mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon tenor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Paul Whittaker OBE bsl interpreter

It’s no surprise that Handel’s Messiah continues to draw audiences back year after year. There is nothing quite like it. Although the Hallelujah chorus has become the work’s calling card, Handel wrote every note to impress and astound his listeners. 

Its choruses are as grand as anything Handel ever composed, the solo writing profoundly moving, the drama powerful and compelling. Performed ‘the Dunedin way’ as Handel would have first heard it, with a small orchestra, a team of twelve singers and soloists who step out from the chorus, there are few more uplifting ways to celebrate the festive season 

Tickets: £6 – £42 

This performance will be BSL interpreted with the BSL interpreter standing on the stage at stalls left, audience members who require BSL interpretation should select seats 11-18 in rows A-C.

Included in the Glasgow New Auditorium Subscription Season, save 10% when booking 2+ concerts, choose from Vienna and Beyond, Handel: Messiah, and Bach: Matthew Passion. Book online at https://tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk

Bach: Matthew Passion 300

Bach’s Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday 1727. Amidst the drama of betrayal, trial, judgement, and crucifixion, there runs a thread of love, both human and divine.

Johann Sebastian Bach Matthew Passion, BWV 244 

John Butt director & harpsichord
Anna Dennis soprano
James Hall countertenor
Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist
Matthew Brook Christus
RSNO youth chorus 

Bach’s Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday 1727. Amidst the drama of betrayal, trial, judgement, and crucifixion, there runs a thread of love, both human and divine. 

Eight singers and two orchestras work together and apart to narrate, comment, and reflect on the last days of Jesus’ life. 

Join us this Eastertide to celebrate 300 years of this extraordinary work. 

Tickets: £6 – £40 (+ Glasgow Life levy and fees)

Included in the Glasgow New Auditorium Subscription Season, save 10% when booking 2+ concerts, choose from Vienna and Beyond, Handel: Messiah, and Bach: Matthew Passion. Book online at https://tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk