Concerts

“One of the most musically electrifying and moving performances I have known in over half a century of concerts.”

Richard Michael, November 2024

Upcoming Concerts

Mozart Requiem & Solemn Vespers

SOLD OUT!
📅 Saturday 28 February 2026 | 7 PM
📍  St. John’s-Renfield Church, Kelvindale, G12 0NB
đŸŽ«Â  Tickets available via RCS Box Office
Bearsden Choir is proud to present an all Mozart concert featuring two of his most popular works – the Requiem and Solemn Vespers de Confessore.


The choir will be joined by the wonderful voices of the SĂČlas Ensemble – Katie Carmichael (Soprano), Caitlin Mackenzie (Mezzo Soprano), Euan McDonald (Tenor) and Joshua McCullough (Bass) to perform this beautiful music and provide a warm glow for a chilly February evening.

Come & Sing Jazz with Richard Michael

📅Saturday 18 April  2026 | 2.30 – 5.30 PM
📍 Kelvin West Parish Church, G12 8LE (DIRECTIONS)
đŸŽ«Â  Tickets available via RCS Box Office (0141 332 5057)

Bearsden Choir invites you to join us for an afternoon of singing with a difference!

The talented pianist Richard Michael will lead a workshop on jazz singing and improvisation which will be fun and lighthearted, exploring well known numbers such as ‘Summertime’, Autumn Leaves’ and ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’.
No previous singing experience is required, just a love of music and a desire to have fun!
Coffee and cakes will be available during a break.

 

Williams ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ & Rutter ‘Magnificat’

 

📅 Saturday 23 May 2026 | 7.30 PM
📍 Glasgow City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, G1 1NQ (DIRECTIONS)
đŸŽ« Tickets available via GlasgowLife Box Office (0141 353 8000)

Bearsden Choir is delighted to showcase the work of two of the most important British composers of the 20th and 21st Century.

The ever popular John Rutter, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, will form the second half of the concert. His Magnificat is a celebratory work that is an outpouring of joy, energy and light.

Alongside this sparkling piece is the more sombre but equally beautiful Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams. In this work we are called upon to remember our shared humanity and work for peace. Written in 1936, it feels as though this powerful work and its message have just as much relevance in today’s troubled world.

The choir, conducted by Andrew Nunn, will be joined by the magnificent voices of Soprano Monica McGhee and Baritone Daniel Shelvey, as well as the fabulous the McOpera Ensemble.

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For a full list of previous concerts click below.

Concert Reviews

Elijah, May 2025

Elijah, May 2025

The Bearsden Choir sings ‘Elijah’ City Halls, Glasgow, 25/5/2025 Bearsden Choir, Musical Director, Andrew Nunn, Organ, Christopher Nickol Soloists: Rowan Pierce, soprano, Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano, Ryan Vaughan Davies, tenor, Michael Mofidian, baritone, Caitlyn Yule...

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Faure and Vivaldi, 4 Stars

Faure and Vivaldi, 4 Stars

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...

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Brahms Requiem, 4 Stars

Brahms Requiem, 4 Stars

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...

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Mozart Requiem, 4 Stars

Mozart Requiem, 4 Stars

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...

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Haydn & Mozart, 4 Stars

Haydn & Mozart, 4 Stars

THE last two years have proved challenging for singers. So it was for the 130-strong Bearsden Choir, a fine and much-expanded amateur choir who have spent the Covid years coming together virtually in solitude, or masked-up and so socially distanced that only half the...

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Countdown to Christmas, 4 Stars

Countdown to Christmas, 4 Stars

A CHOIR that has been so inventive, as well as so careful, during the coronavirus pandemic would always be worth wider appreciation. As events have panned out, Bearsden Choir may also appear to have been blessed with second sight. Taking advantage of what has turned...

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