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The Glasgow International Concert Hall was officially opened on 5 October 1990 by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (then the Scottish National Orchestra) gave the very first performance at the Royal Gala Opening Concert, [ 5 ] as a showpiece for Glasgow being awarded the European City of Culture . [ 4 ]
In 2015, the orchestra took up new residence at the RSNO Centre and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Oundjian concluded his tenure as RSNO music director after the close of the 2017–2018 season. In May 2017, the RSNO announced the appointment of Søndergård as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season. [ 8 ]
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow.One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (), it is the oldest full-time professional radio orchestra in Scotland.
The Chorus performs a regular series of concerts each season, including the popular Christmas Cracker concert each December in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.In recent years, these have included a string of lesser known works by very well known composers - Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem, Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces, Holst’s Choral Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Malcolm ...
5 January – The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Spano as its principal conductor, with immediate effect. [1]6 January – The National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław announces the appointment of Christoph Eschenbach as its next artistic director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.
Venue Info (Scottish Event Campus) The SEC Armadillo (originally known as the Clyde Auditorium ) is an auditorium located near the River Clyde , in Glasgow , Scotland . [ 1 ] It is one of three venues on the Scottish Event Campus, which includes the SEC Centre and the OVO Hydro .
Glasgow's first regular orchestral subscription concert series, played by an orchestra managed by the Glasgow Choral Union, was given in the grand hall from 1874 until the opening of the much larger St Andrew's Hall in 1877. Arthur Sullivan was its conductor for two seasons from 1875 to 1877. The Old Fruitmarket directly adjoins the grand hall ...
The Main Building was completed and opened in 1985, with a concert by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Hall 1. It later held the Grand International Show in Hall 4 as part of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. In 1990, the SEC Centre was one of the hubs of Glasgow's year as European City of Culture. [7]