City Halls
Venue Details
Phone: 0141 353 8000
Address:
Website: glasgowlife.org.uk/arts-music-and-culture/venues/city-halls
Extra details about City Halls
100 Candleriggs
G1 1NQ
Glasgow
The City Halls is situated in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, nestled amongst restaurants and bars. The traditional shoebox-style auditorium of the City Halls’ Grand Hall is renowned throughout the world for its fine acoustics. It has raked seating and a balcony.
Access Details
Wheelchair accommodation is available in the centre and side stalls. Ramps are fitted at the front and rear of the hall, and there is a toilet at stalls level.
Assistance dogs are welcome.
A Sennheiser infrared assisted hearing system is available for hearing aid users and those with impaired hearing. It relays the performance sound, via transmitters, to customers using this equipment. The system works together with a receiver, available from the cloakroom for a £5 deposit.
Only small handbags, small backpacks and briefcases will be permitted and must be kept with you at all times. Random bag searches may be carried out, so please assist venue staff by complying as requested.
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Seating Plans
Coming up at City Halls:
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Ravel Piano Concerto
April 2024
Steven Osborne is the soloist in Ravel’s exquisite Concerto, blending raucous jazz and heartbreaking tenderness.![]()
The Lark Ascending
May 2024
Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending is one of the country’s most cherished works, and Andrew Manze is an authority on the composer’s music.![]()
Mendelssohn's Elijah
May 2024
Maxim Emelyanychev brings the SCO’s 50th Anniversary Season to a spectacular, choral conclusion with Mendelssohn’s mighty oratorio.![]()
A Celebration of Dvořák
September 2024
From earthy folk melodies to richly Romantic passions, join the fun as Maxim launches a new Season of discoveries with an evening of Dvořák.![]()
Mozart Gala
October 2024
Symphonic high spirits and choral splendours on a sumptuous scale as Maxim Emelyanychev directs Mozart’s ‘Prague’ Symphony and C minor Mass.![]()
Baroque Inspirations
October 2024
Join Maxim to rediscover sumptuous Baroque splendours from Vivaldi and Rameau, in the company of composers who have been inspired by it.![]()
Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
October 2024
Respected British violinist Anthony Marwood takes the reins as both violin soloist and director in Coleridge-Taylor’s sublime Concerto.![]()
Borealis
October 2024
New sounds from Nordic nations and from closer to home as northern Europe’s exciting celebration of contemporary music comes to Scotland.![]()
Grieg Piano Concerto
November 2024
Winner of the 2018 Leeds Piano Competition, Eric Lu brings his power and poetry to the luscious Nordic melodies of Grieg’s Piano Concerto.![]()
Mozart Flute Concerto
November 2024
Mozart’s elegant, witty Concerto forms the centrepiece to a bold and richly flavoured concert conducted by the inspirational Andrew Manze.![]()
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
November 2024
Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.![]()
Prokofiev & Brahms
December 2024
Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Violin Concerto No 2 is the ideal musical match for the exceptional violinist Aylen Pritchin and conductor Maxim.![]()
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
December 2024
Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.![]()
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
January 2025
Join British violinist Rachel Podger in a concert focusing on some of JS Bach’s most iconic orchestral music.![]()
Sibelius Violin Concerto
January 2025
SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.![]()
Ad Absurdum
January 2025
Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.![]()
Mozart Oboe Concerto
February 2025
Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.![]()
Fauré Requiem
February 2025
Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.![]()
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
March 2025
Outstanding Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs and plays one of the best-loved masterpieces in the Romantic violin repertoire.![]()
Parabola
March 2025
Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.![]()
Beethoven's Pastoral' Symphony
March 2025
Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.![]()
Schumann & Schubert
March 2025
Isabelle van Keulen takes the reins of the SCO for the lyrical Violin Concerto by Robert Schumann, alongside Schubert’s Third Symphony.![]()
Mozart & Strauss
April 2025
Deeply charismatic oboist and conductor François Leleux directs Mozart’s cheeky Bassoon Concerto, and music by the teenage Richard Strauss.![]()
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
April 2025
Lorenza Borrani teams up with SCO Principal Violist Max Mandel in what many consider Mozart’s finest creation: the Sinfonia concertante.![]()
Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven
May 2025
Yeol Eum Son makes a welcome return with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, in a concert that reaches its climax with Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass.![]()
Benedetti plays Brahms
May 2025
Nicola Benedetti joins charismatic Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev for an end-of-Season celebration full of romance and adventure.
