Inaugural recital on a restored organ
Inaugural recital on a restored organ
TOMORROW sees the inaugural recital on the newly-restored organ at St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Newlands in Glasgow, with Edinburgh City Organist Dr John Kitchin, who advised on the restoration project, playing music by Bach, Howells, Widor and others.
Liverpool organ builders David Wells have rebuilt the instrument, which is intended to make the church a centre for organ teaching and performance on the south side of Glasgow.
Future events include Michael Bawtree playing Poulenc's organ concerto with an orchestra drawn from the ranks of the BBC SSO, Orchestra of Scottish Opera and RSNO conducted by Jean-Claude Picard.
That concert, on October 5, will also feature the world premiere of Judith Bingham's Glass Beatitude, commissioned by the choir of St Margaret's and inspired by the stained glass windows. Trumpeter Tom Poulson and organist Calum Robertson perform on October 26 and Glasgow Chamber Choir sing the Durufle Requiem on November 2. All the concerts begin at 6.30pm and are free, with a collection for various charities.
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Many sounds in the suburbs
SOUNDS in the Suburbs have a busy programme coming up in Jordanhill, Glasgow. Singer-guitarist Brooks Williams appears on Friday, September 25 followed by London-based bluegrass band the Coal Porters on September 28, singer-songwriters Michelle Shocked (October 5), Eric Taylor (October 7), Rod Picott (October 14), and Carrie Rodriguez (October 29), alt-country duo the Mastersons (October 28), and South African jazz pianist Philip Clouts' quartet on November 5. All gigs take place at Woodend Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club in Chamberlain Road.
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New term for concerts
GLASGOW University's new term of concerts begins on Thursday with a lunchtime recital by jazz quartet Brass Jaw, whose trumpet and three sax line-up has been the greatest promotional tool the Glasgow Jazz Festival has ever known. All four musicians contribute to the band's original compositions and arrangements, but its driving force is the man with the big horn, baritone player Allon Beauvoisin, who is a Glasgow University music graduate. The concert begins at 1.10pm and is free and funded by the Ferguson Bequest.
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