Songs of Govan Old

In this new series of concerts the Glasgow Barons, conductor Paul MacAlindin and the orchestra fill Govan Old’s wonderful acoustic with a range of classical works accompanied by three new song sets about Govan’s heroines and heroes created in collaboration with the Govan Reminiscence Group.

Concerts in Series

Transfigured Night

25th July, 7:30 pm, Govan Old Parish Church
866 Govan Road, G51 3UU

Mozart - Divertimento K136

Norrie MacIver - Songs of Govan Old part 5 

Schönberg - Varklärte Nacht 

Special Guests 

Norrie MacIver - Singer/Songwriter

Songs of Govan Old

31st May, 7.30 pm, 2019, Govan Old Parish Church

866 Govan Road, G51 3UU

Holst - St Paul’s Suite

Mendelssohn - String Symphony no.4 

Norrie MacIver - Songs of Govan Old part 4

Suk - Serenade for Strings

Special Guests 

Norrie MacIver - Singer/Songwriter

Heaven and Earth

26th July, 7:30 pm, 2018, Govan Old Parish Church

866 Govan Road, G51 3UU

Sweeney - An Og Mhadainn

Barber - Adagio for Strings

Sweeney - Seann Orain

MacIver - Songs of Govan Old part 3

Dvořák - Serenade for Strings

Special Guests 

Norrie MacIver - Singer/Songwriter

Bill Sweeney -  Basset Clarinet and Composer

STRAMASH!

22nd June, 7:30 pm, 2018, Govan Old Parish Church

866 Govan Road, G51 3UU

Britten - Simple Symphony

Nicolson - Stramash

Hamill - Songs of Govan Old part Two  (arr. Teplitzky)

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

Special Guests 

Ainsley Hamill - Singer/Songwriter

Four Seasons In One Day 

3rd May,  7:30 pm, Govan Old Parish Church

866 Govan Road, G51 3UU

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Hamill - Songs of Govan Old Part One (arr. Lindsay)

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Audience Feedback

Very proud…because I’m a Govanite.

No, I think Govan’s coming alive now.

You know, for a long time, it was very down,

but I think it’s starting to come back.

Audience Feedback

And the music, the words from the songs that the lady sang, 

are absolutely amazing.

It brings all the history back,

and it’s good to pass things like this onto the younger ones.  

So I think that it’s been brilliant, yea.

Audience Member

Love it. 

It’s why we came back, and I mean, 

at the interval of the first one, last month, 

we were just blown away.

Audience Member