Now, the wait for new music is over. Today, we are sharing a ‘virtual’ performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria from the acclaimed Bearsden Choir. Under the directorship of Andrew Nunn, the choir strove to keep music alive during the lockdowns by rehearsing weekly on Zoom video calls. This evolved into ‘inspire’ sessions followed by a first venture into online production which produced two movements from their cancelled Mendelssohn s Elijah concert with more than 90 members of the Choir uploading videos of themselves singing alone in their homes. The resulting videos of ‘He that shall endure to the end’ and ‘He, watching over Israel’ can be found on the Choir’s YouTube Channel.
KENNY Douglas is a consultant haematologist with the NHS, based at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow. His work involves various treatments where blood is processed outside the patient s body, either to remove specific cells or harmful antibodies. Much of his work has to do with blood stem cell collection for transplantation, either from patients with various types of blood cell cancer, or from their healthy relatives. He is also a keen hill-walker and Munro-bagger.
How did you begin singing, and become involved with Bearsden Choir? “I ve enjoyed singing since my school days, and once upon a time also played French horn in the Strathclyde Schools Orchestra – I even did my Higher Music exam (albeit way back in 1983!). A lot of my family are musical, all keen amateurs. Mum was a stalwart of Kilmarnock Operatic Society, so I grew up with singing in the school choir and in shows at Marr College in Troon and then in Glasgow University Choral Society. When I wa