Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
The Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow is located in the Kelvingrove neighbourhood in the city's West End. The building, a former Congregational church, is a distinctive feature on the landscape with its Gothic Victorian spire. Originally designed by John Honeyman and completed in 1864,[1] the hall was the main base, rehearsal and recording studio for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scotland's national symphony orchestra, for over thirty years until their 2015 move[2] to the RSNO centre within the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, where most of their performances in the city now take place.
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The orchestra originally played in the city's St. Andrew's Hall, until the hall was destroyed by fire in 1962, then the SNO played in a series of venues of varying suitability. Finally in 1979, the redesign of the Trinity Church in Claremont Street[3] gave the SNO a permanent home of its own: the SNO Centre and Sir Henry Wood Hall.[4]
The RSNO moved to a purpose-built extension at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in November 2015,[5][6] although Henry Wood Hall had been put up for sale in mid-2012.[7] Soon after, the congregation of the Tron Church at Bath Street (previously based at St George's Tron Church in Buchanan Street before a schism over attitudes towards same-sex marriages among members of the clergy in 2012) purchased the building and put it back into use as a place of worship, now called The Tron at Kelvingrove.[8]
References
- Glasgow, 71-73 Claremont Street, Trinity Congregational Church, Canmore
- "RSNO History page". Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
- Mystery of stained glass window solved, Evening Times, 28 March 2015
- "Scottish National Orchestra – Biography, Albums, Streaming Links – AllMusic".
- World class music venue opens in Glasgow, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, 16 November 2015
- RSNO launch new purpose-built home in Glasgow, The Scotsman, 16 November 2015
- Final curtain as orchestra bows out of historic city church base, Evening Times, 29 May 2012
- The Tron at Kelvingrove, The Tron Church