The 2012/13 Glasgow music programme has been announced. Highlights include a focus on three legendary Minimalists: Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Arvo Part. Reich and the London Sinfonietta premiere Reich's new work, Radio Rewrite, over a weekend in which the American composer takes centre stage. There is the UK premiere of Philip Glass's Sixth Symphony, as part of a Philip Glass four-day residency. And Paul Hillier brings Ars Nova to Glasgow for two concerts of choral, instrumental and organ music by Arvo Part. The Tallis Scholars celebrate their 40th birthday with a rare performance of Tallis's Spem in Alium. The celebrate baritone Florian Boesch joins Malcolm Martineau for all three of Schubert's great song cycles.  Richard Goode plays Beethoven, Elisabeth Leonskaja Schubert.

Listings

DONALD RUNNICLES WEEKEND

Friday 4 May, 2012

7pm Q&A with Donald Runnicles Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Sunday 6 May, 2012

5pm Chamber Recital City Halls, Grand Hall

Monday 7 May, 2012

7:30pm Runnicles conducts Golijov and Bruckner 7 City Halls, Grand Hall

PAVEL HAAS QUARTET

Sun 13 May, 2012

3pm The Intimate Lives of Janácek & Smetana City Halls, Grand Hall

MINIMAL: Philip Glass at 75

Thursday 24 May, 2012

6pm Inspiring Encounter Old Fruitmarket

7:30pm Symphony No.6 City Halls, Grand Hall

Friday 25 May, 2012

7:30pm Kronos Quartet and Philip Glass Dracula GRCH

Saturday 26 May, 2012

7:30pm Philip Glass in Recital GRCH

MINIMAL: ARVO PÄRT

Saturday 27 October, 2012

8pm Stabat Mater, City Halls, Grand Hall 

Saturday 28 October, 2012

8pm Stabat Mater Venue TBA

8pm Passio, Kelvingrove

THE PIANO

Saturday 17 November, 2012

2pm Playing for the Silents GMac, Trongate 103

7:30pm Alexandre Tharaud GRCH,Strathclyde Suite

Sunday 18 November, 2012

11:30am 30 Keyboards - A Workshop with Richard Michael, Old Fruitmarket

7:30pm A History of Jazz Piano Venue TBA

3pm Comedy Hour, Old Fruitmarket

5pm Richard Goode Plays Beethoven’s Last Sonatas, City Halls, Grand Hall

Tuesday 20 November, 2012

8pm Goldberg Variations – Dan Tepfer City Halls, Recital Room

Wednesday 21 November, 2012

8pm Dan Tepfer Trio GRCH, Green Room

Friday 23 November, 2012

7:30pm Nyman and Glass at the Piano City Halls, Grand Hall

Saturday 24 November, 2012

3pm Oxana Shevchenko, City Halls, Recital Room

7:30pm Daniil Trifonov City Halls, Grand Hall

Sunday 25 November, 2012

3pm Alasdair Beatson City Halls, Recital Room

7:30pm Leonskaja plays the last Schubert Sonatas City Halls, Grand Hall

REICH IN GLASGOW

Friday 8th April, 2013

From 6pm Reich not Reich

Saturday 9th April, 2013

from 7pm Radio Rewrite

Sunday 10th April, 2013

2.30pm Unesco Inspiring Encounter-Steve Reich

Sunday 10th April, 2013

4pm Drumming