Glasgow Bach Cantata Project aims to bring the glory of J.S. Bach’s 200+ cantatas to Glasgow under the musical direction of Frikki Walker and Michael Bawtree. Our 12th concert is our first in the mighty Glasgow Cathedral, featuring visiting singers from Eystanljóð choir (Faroe Islands). The conductor is Michael Bawtree, and the opening organ concerto within BWV 146 is performed by Andrew Forbes. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Glasgow City Mission.

BWV 146  Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
BWV 561  Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
BWV 104  Du Hirte Israel, höre

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• Grand March from ‘Aida’ – Giuseppe Verdi

• Piece d’Orgue, BWV 572 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Air from Orchestral Suite in D – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Theme from ‘Interstellar’ – Hanz Zimmer

• Aria (Symphony No.1) – Rachel Laurin

• Prelude on ‘Pange lingua’ – Kerensa Briggs

• March on a theme by Handel – Alexandre Guilmant

Free entry, unticketed.

with Andy McTaggart (baritone)

A varied programme of English songs, inspired by folk traditions and the rich heritage of British poetry. Spanning the Atlantic over the last century, the programme features works by Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Errollyn Wallen, Frank Bridge, Muriel Herbert, and includes the Scottish premiere performance of Nico Muhly’s Four Traditional Songs.

Tickets £12 (£2 students), more info here

• A Quaker Reader – Ned Rorem

  • “There Is a Spirit That Delights to Do No Evil...”

  • The World of Silence

  • “Bewitching attire of the most charming simplicity...”

  • “...No darkness at all...”

  • One Sigh Rightly Begotten

• Refined Reflection (from Baronian Suite) – Stephen Paulus

• The Revd Mustard His Installation Prelude – Nico Muhly

• Aria (from Symphonie No. 1, Op. 36) – Rachel Laurin

• Tango Fantastico (from Flights of Fancy) – William Albright

• Five Dances for Organ – Calvin Hampton

  • Those Americans

  • Everyone Dance

Tickets £5 (free for Music Centre members), more info here

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – George Frideric Handel

• Andante in E flat – Albert Lister Peace

• Prelude & Fugue in D – Clara Schumann

• Sonata in D, K288 – Domenico Scarlatti

• Spring Song – Herve Wilkins

• Allegro marziale – Frank Bridge

Free entry, unticketed.

• Toccata duodecima – Georg Muffat

• Garden of Eden cakewalk – William Bolcom 

• Voluntary in B flat – Theophania Cecil

• A Refined Reflection – Stephen Paulus

• Concert Fantasia in B flat – Albert Lister Peace

Free entry, unticketed.

A varied programme of English songs from both side of the Atlantic, exploring folk traditions and the rich heritage of British poetry with songs by Samuel Barber, Gerald Finzi, Frank Bridge, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, and Errollyn Wallen.

Part of the University of Aberdeen Concert Series; tickets here

• Pilgrim’s Chorus (Tannhauser) – Richard Wagner

• Adoration – Florence Price

• Scherzo – Joseph Jongen

• Toccata for the flutes – John Stanley

• Allegro alla marcia – Albert Lister Peace

Free entry, unticketed.

• Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Prelude on Quem pastores laudavere – George McPhee

• Meditation on Slane – Eric Thiman

• Vesper Voluntaries, Op.26 – Edward Elgar

  • Introduction

  • Allegro

  • Andantino

  • Allegretto piacevole & Intermezzo

  • Poco lento

  • Moderato

  • Allegretto pensoso

  • Poco allegro & Adagio come prima

• The Revd Mustard His Installation Prelude – Nico Muhly

• Concert Fantasia in B flat – Albert Lister Peace

Cottiers Theatre boasts a significant and outstanding three-manual Father Willis organ, fully restored in 2014 by H&H. To showcase this instrument, composer Dick Lee was commissioned to write a new work: Winds of Change, for organ and drumkit. This was first performed by Andrew Forbes and Tom Lee in 2022. This 2023 performance features Andrew again, with Stu Brown on drums.

• Overture to the oratorio ‘St Paul’ – Felix Mendelssohn, arr. W T Best

• Fantasia in C – William Byrd

• Where the Birds Sing – Grace-Evangeline Mason Scottish premiere

• Prelude and Fugue on the name of ALAIN – Maurice Duruflé

• The Revd Mustard His Installation Prelude – Nico Muhly

• Chorale Prelude ‘An Wasserflüssen Babylon’, BWV 653 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Organ Symphony No.1, Op.14 –Louis Vierne

  • Allegro vivace

  • Andante

  • Final

• Toccata duodecima et ultima – Georg Muffat

• Three Protestant Chorales

  • Ein feste Burg – Calvin Hampton

  • Nicaea – Calvin Hampton

  • Ját’ jsem v tom rozveselen – Peter Eben

• Organ Sonata No.2 – Paul Hindemith

  • Lebhaft

  • Ruhig bewegt

  • Fuge. Mäßig bewegt, Heiter                                  

• Those Americans (from Five Dances for Organ) – Calvin Hampton

• Prayer – Alfred Hollins

• Allegro alla marcia – Albert Lister Peace

Chris Bragg, Katelyn Emerson, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a concert on the 1867 Mirrlees organ of Our Holy Redeemer Church. After two days of thoroughly surveying and recording the instrument, the four organists will offer a short concert, interspersed with a presentation on what makes this organ special.

Free entry, unticketed.

A concert to celebrate the 150th birthday of the 1873 Hill organ in St Modan’s Church, Rosneath. Featuring performances by Chris Bragg, Katelyn Emerson, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre

Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a concert across two historic organs in Fochabers: the 1843 Bruce organ of St Mary’s Church, and the 1874 Hill organ of the Gordon Chapel. After two days of thoroughly surveying and recording the instruments, the three organists will offer a short concert, interspersed with a presentation on what makes this organ special, and joined by baritone Ross Cumming.

Free entry, unticketed.

• Praeludium in G, BuxWV 147 – Dieterich Buxtehude

• Echo Fantasia (D Dorian) – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

• ‘Jig’ Fugue, BWV 577 – Johann Sebastian Bach

• Two Pieces, Op. 53 – Joseph Jongen

  • Chant de Mai

  • Scherzo

• Veni, Creator Spiritus – Cecilia McDowall

• In paradisum – Guy Weitz

• Prelude on Pange Lingua – Kerensa Briggs

• Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator, Op. 4 – Maurice Duruflé

  • Choral

  • Poco meno lento

  • Allegretto

  • Andante espressivo

  • Final

Chris Bragg, Andrew Forbes and Steven McIntyre give a performance on what is widely believed to be the oldest pipe organ in Scotland. After two days of thoroughly surveying and recording the instrument, the three organists will offer a short concert, interspersed with a presentation on what makes the organ so special.

Free entry, unticketed.

Elspeth McVeigh is joined by Andrew Forbes to perform this concert of French airs de cour and their baroque admirers – Lully, Lambert, Tessier, Purcell, Handel... Elspeth McVeigh's ‘hauntingly pure voice’ transports you to the royal court of 17th-century France, with Andrew Forbes playing the original 1764 Yohann Adolph Hass harpsichord from the St Cecilia’s Museum Collection.

Tickets £12 ( £10 concession) available from the Fringe Box Office, online at this link, and on the door.

Elspeth McVeigh is joined by Andrew Forbes to perform this concert of French airs de cour and their baroque admirers – Lully, Lambert, Tessier, Purcell, Handel... Elspeth McVeigh's ‘hauntingly pure voice’ transports you to the royal court of 17th-century France, with Andrew Forbes playing the original 1764 Yohann Adolph Hass harpsichord from the St Cecilia’s Museum Collection.

Tickets £12 ( £10 concession) available from the Fringe Box Office, online at this link, and on the door.

Andrew Forbes is joined by violinist Kirsty Main to perform on the 1857 (I/P) organ by Robert Postill. This organ has a particularly rare and special place in the Scottish organ ecology but remains all but unknown. Robert Postill was a prolific organ builder in York from 1835 onwards but his sphere of influence extended only sporadically outside his immediate area of activity. His arrival as an organ builder coincided with the adoption of the so-called ‘German system’ in British organ building, most obviously evidenced by the adoption of C-compasses and the fully-fledged principal chorus, even in smaller organs. A single-manual instrument of 11 stops, including a full principal chorus terminating in a four-rank tierce mixture, the organ is, unusually, entirely enclosed in a swell box and includes a most unusual stop, the earliest surviving example of the hybrid wooden/metal flute Philomelia.

Programme to include Heinrich Biber, Theophania Cecil, Franz Liszt, Matthew Camidge and Edward Elgar.

Featuring organists from around the world, performing on the Stadtkirche’s two organs (Mahler and Steinmeyer).

17 July
Christian-Markus Raiser

24 July
Andrew Forbes, Glasgow

31 July
Amelie Held, New York

7 August
Hans-Jürgen Kaiser, Fulda

14 August
Przemyslaw Kapitula, Warschau

21 August
Nathan Laube, Rochester/Stuttgart

Andy McTaggart is joined by Andrew Forbes to perform a programme of British song as part of the Malvern Winds Summer School.

Programme features Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring, alongside selections from Earth and Air and Rain, and songs by Richard Rodney Bennett and Buxton Orr.

Plymouth Suite – Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)

Those Americans & Everyone Dance (from Five Dances for Organ) – Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)

Impromptu No.2 in B minor – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

Gloria cum Jubilo – Roxanna Panufnik (b.1968)

Free admission. The concert will be live-streamed on YouTube.

Cottiers Theatre boasts a significant and outstanding three-manual Father Willis organ, fully restored in 2014 by H&H. To showcase this instrument, composer Dick Lee has been commissioned to write a new work: Winds of Change, for organ and percussion, which receives its first performance today.

Move Along (from Patterns) – Nico Muhly (b.1981)
Prelude – Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Mad Rush – Philip Glass (b.1937)
[interval]
Winds of Change - Dick Lee (b.1951)

Tickets (£10) available from Cottiers Theatre

Raising funds for the forthcoming restoration of the 1903 Harrison & Harrison organ

Details TBC

Details TBC

Ayr Choral Union perform Bach’s St John Passion with orchestra.

Details TBC