ѿý SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26 Events
Sun 16 Nov 2025
- 14:00City Halls
Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
Programme
- Short Symphony(15 mins)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
Performers
- Rory Kinnearnarrator
- Sterling Elliottcello
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Thu 20 Nov 2025
- 19:30City Halls
The ultimate romantic symphony follows MacMillan’s searing “Isobel Gowdie”
The ultimate romantic symphony follows MacMillan’s searing “Isobel Gowdie”
Programme
- The Confession of Isobel Gowdie(26 mins)
- Violin Concerto(25 mins)(World Premiere)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor(60 mins)
Performers
- Stephanie Gonleyviolin
- Martyn BrabbinsConductor
Also part ofѿý SSO 2025-26 Season
Thu 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30City Halls
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
Programme
- Strum(8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
- interval
- Medea's Dance of Vengeance(14 mins)
- La mer(24 mins)
Performers
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Thu 4 Dec 2025
- 19:30City Halls
Grieg’s beloved concerto and a deeply moving wartime masterpiece with NYCOS
Grieg’s beloved concerto and a deeply moving wartime masterpiece with NYCOS
Programme
- Bacchanale(12 mins)World Premiere, ѿý Commission
- Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
- interval
- A Child of Our Time(65 mins)
Performers
- Pumeza Matshikizasoprano
- Beth Tayloralto
- John Findontenor
- Ashley Richesbass
- Stephen Houghpiano
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Also part ofѿý SSO 2025-26 Season
Thu 11 Dec 2025
- 19:30City Halls
Shimmering soundscapes of impressionist magic and hidden treasures
Shimmering soundscapes of impressionist magic and hidden treasures
Programme
- Symphony No.2(19 mins)
- Piano Concerto(26 mins)
- interval
- Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)(16 mins)
- Nocturnes, for women’s chorus and orchestra(26 mins)
Performers
- Ilan VolkovConductor
- Nicolas Hodgespiano
- Upper Voices of the RCS Chamber Choir
Also part ofѿý SSO 2025-26 Season
Thu 30 Oct 2025
- 14:00City Halls
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
Programme
- Green(5 mins)
- éé(16 mins)
- O Hototogisu! - fragment of a Japonisme(8 mins)
- interval
- On Opened Ground(25 mins)
- La valse(12 mins)
Performers
- Lawrence Powerviola
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Matthew Highamflute
Thu 23 Oct 2025
- 19:30City Halls
From ocean mists to towering summits, plus Mozart with the legendary Elisabeth Leonskaja.
From ocean mists to towering summits, plus Mozart with the legendary Elisabeth Leonskaja.
Programme
- Thamos, King of Egypt, K 345(16 mins)
- Piano Concerto No.24 K491(30 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major(44 mins)
Performers
- Elisabeth Leonskajapiano
- Ludovic MorlotConductor
Composers
Thu 25 Sep 2025
- 19:30City Halls
The "stunning" (Bachtrack) 24-year-old violin virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich performs a soulful masterpiece before Romantic Rachmaninov. Plus, there's a special tribute to a much-missed member of the ѿý SSO family, former Leader Laura Samuel.
The "stunning" (Bachtrack) 24-year-old violin virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich performs a soulful masterpiece before Romantic Rachmaninov. Plus, there's a special tribute to a much-missed member of the ѿý SSO family, former Leader Laura Samuel.
Programme
- for Laura, after Bach(12 mins)ѿý commission
- Violin Concerto in D minor(33 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No.3(40 mins)
Performers
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
- Daniel Lozakovichviolin









