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46-489: The Herald described it as one of Scotland's leading choirs. The choir was founded in 1968 by Harry MacGill, at the time organist of New Kilpatrick Church, with the initial objective giving a Christmas performance of Handel's Messiah . This was so successful that it was decided to keep the choir going on a permanent basis. Over the years, it expanded its programming and has become known for its "imaginative repertoire" and "high standards of performance". It has twice reached

92-514: A library, and St Peter's College. The original parish church was built in 1649 from local stone. This can be confirmed by the passing of an Act of the Scottish Parliament (in July 1649) in favour of the parishioners of New Kilpatrick and against one of the parish heritors, Sir Umphra Colquhoun of Balvie (now Mains). It seems that Colquhoun had agreed to the quarrying of stone from his land to build

138-462: A list of the poor and shared them out amongst themselves. The care shown to the poor included the provision of accommodation and maintenance, and any failure of the better-off to provide these could have led to legal proceedings against them. In 1845, the relief of poverty was transferred to the Parochial Board, although the kirk continued to provide assistance on a case-by-case basis. Until 1872,

184-644: A weekly publication called the Glasgow Advertiser . Mennons' first edition had a global scoop: news of the treaties of Versailles reached Mennons via the Lord Provost of Glasgow just as he was putting the paper together. War had ended with the American colonies, he revealed. The Herald , therefore, is as old as the United States of America, give or take an hour or two. The story was, however, only carried on

230-454: Is Andrew Nunn, under whom the choir has expanded its size, repertoire and reputation. Christopher Nickol (Nickol is also Director of Music at New Kilpatrick Church , Bearsden) Jamie MacDougall (Scottish tenor and TV personality) The pandemic affected the choir as it did so many others so rehearsals moved to a virtual platform and throughout 2020 continued to meet every week for practice, chats and presentations. The latter included

276-614: Is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from The Glasgow Herald in 1992. Following the closure of the Sunday Herald , the Herald on Sunday was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018. The newspaper was founded by an Edinburgh-born printer called John Mennons in January 1783 as

322-572: Is an ecclesiastical Parish and former Civil Parish in Dunbartonshire . It was formed in 1649 from the eastern half of the parish of Kilpatrick (also known as Kirkpatrick), the western half forming Old Kilpatrick . New Kilpatrick is also a disused name for the town of Bearsden . Originally spanning a large area from Strathblane in the North to Baldernock and Summerston (on the River Kelvin ) in

368-455: Is considered part of Clydebank . For many years, the civil and ecclesiastical functions of the parish overlapped. For example, the kirk session dealt with minor misdemeanors, such as a man from Kirkton (New Kirk) fined for "swearing wickedly and doing actual violence to his mother" in 1701. Other offences included the hanging out of laundry on the Lord's Day and many instances of infidelity. One of

414-435: Is now administered by East Dunbartonshire , Glasgow and Stirlingshire councils. The name New Kilpatrick was dropped from general civil use in 1958 when Bearsden Burgh was formed. The previous extent of New Kilpatrick can be seen quite clearly on old maps, but current maps no longer show the former parish. As the population of the area grew, the ecclesiastical parish reduced in area as smaller parishes were separated off and

460-635: Is occasionally used in old texts. It is therefore reasonable to assume that a church dedicated to St Patrick gave the area its name before the transfer to Paisley Abbey. The parish remained under the supervision of the Abbey until the Reformation in 1560. At the Dissolution, the Church property fell into the possession of Lord Sempill. Eventually the lands were conferred on Lord Claud Hamilton (a boy of ten), ancestor of

506-655: Is protected by a paywall. It is part of the Newsquest Scotland stable of sites, which have 41m page views a month. The Herald declares in every edition that it does not endorse any political party. However, the newspaper backed a 'No' vote in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence . The accompanying headline stated, " The Herald ' s view: we back staying within UK, but only if there's more far-reaching further devolution." New Kilpatrick New Kilpatrick , (also known as East Kilpatrick or Easter Kilpatrick )

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552-1125: The Evening Times and Sunday Herald (now defunct), were owned by the Newsquest media group, part of Gannett . Graeme Smith assumed editorship of The Herald in January 2017, replacing Magnus Llewellin, who had held the post since 2012. Notable past editors include: John Mennons, 1782; Samuel Hunter , 1803; George Outram , 1836; James Pagan , 1856; William Jack FRSE (1870–1876); James Holburn 1955–1965; George MacDonald Fraser , 1964; Alan Jenkins, 1978; Arnold Kemp 1981; Mark Douglas-Home , 2000; and Charles McGhee, 2006. Prominent columnists include Alison Rowat, who covers everything from television to international statecraft; novelist Rosemary Goring; Catriona Stewart; former Scottish justice secretary and SNP politician Kenny MacAskill Kevin McKenna and David Pratt and business editor Ian McConnell, both multi-award-winning journalists, provide analysis of their fields every Friday. Currently edited by Lorne Jackson,

598-540: The Te Deum by Berlioz , Bruckner and Dvořák . The choir has done several Songs of Praise recordings, including the live broadcast at Glamis for the service of remembrance of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother . The choir has also recently made two sets of recordings for the BBC (see below) As part of its Silver jubilee celebrations, the late Lord Menuhin conducted the choir in the first performance of Handel's Messiah in

644-486: The Dukes of Abercorn . His son James Hamilton was created Lord Abercorn on 5 April 1603, then on 10 July 1606 he was made Earl of Abercorn and Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was split into two parishes - Old (Wester or West) and New (Easter or East) by an Act of Parliament on 16 February 1649. This division is of note because this was a split of both the ecclesiastical and civil parishes and

690-783: The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall . In April 2000 the choir gave an unabridged account of St Matthew Passion in Glasgow Cathedral to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. In 2003 the Choir presented a number of major concerts in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in aid of the Kelvingrove Refurbishment Appeal. It also played a leading role in the Gallery's opening concert in 2006. Earlier that year

736-682: The Wellington Church , opposite Glasgow University. The choir is preparing for its summer concert, to be held on Sunday May 19th 2024 at 4pm at the City Halls Glasgow. Works will be Arvo Pärt 'Salve Regina', George Swann 'Love Lies Beyond the Tomb' and Puccini 'Messe di Gloria', accompanied by the McOpera orchestra. 'Glasgow's amateur Bearsden Choir rose magnificently to the challenge of his angular lines'. The Herald (Glasgow) The Herald

782-673: The union of churches in Scotland brought together the growing congregations of Beardsen North (Free Church) and South (United Presbyterian) churches into the Church of Scotland in Bearsden. It was therefore deemed appropriate to divide the remaining parish area, leaving the original New Kilpatrick church with oversight of an area with boundaries at Canniesburn, Burnbrae and the Baljaffray-Stockiemuir crossroads. William Roy 's Military Survey of

828-571: The Bach B minor Mass in May 2019. The choir has commissioned a variety of new choral works from contemporary composers. These have included The Lamb by Edward Harper, Harmony of Angels by Jennifer Margaret Barker , Ballade Pour Prier Nostre Dame by Martin Dalby and There was a lad by Glyn Bragg. In 2008, its 40th anniversary year, the choir commissioned a new work by Oliver Iredale Searle. The piece, 23.VII.32 ,

874-635: The Berlioz Te Deum , performed by the Bearsden and Paisley Abbey choirs, provided a test of the restored acoustics in the Glasgow City Halls with the venue's first choral concert since its renovation. On 16 December 2018, the Bearsden Choir celebrated its 50th anniversary with a performance of Handel's Messiah at the Glasgow City Halls, Scotland and this was followed by a performance of

920-554: The East, down to Anniesland in the South and Yoker and Duntocher in the West, a quarter of the parish was once in the county of Stirlingshire . The geography of the area has supported mining, iron-working and quarrying in the past, but these are no longer economically viable, and much of the area functions as suburbs of Glasgow. Local government of the area was once the responsibility of the kirk, but

966-512: The Old Red Sandstone extends from the Clyde at intervals to Netherton and Garscube. This stone easily chiselled, but hardens on exposure, making it a useful building material. Local industry has historically included some coal-mining and lime manufacture, and an iron works at Garscube. Coal was mined at Baljaffray until 1910 and used for burning limestone (also found there) to make lime . However,

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1012-540: The Scottish Lowlands 1747–1755 does not show the parish boundary, but does depict "New Kirk of Killpatrick" at the site of the church. John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland (1832) shows the parish boundary. Milngavie, Summerston and Kessington are shown in the county of Stirlingshire, with the remainder of the parish in Dunbartonshire. The Ordnance Survey One Inch Second Edition Sheet 30 (revised 1895) also shows

1058-554: The Tomb' which was performed in May 2023 at the Glasgow City Halls. This earned a four star review in the Glasgow Herald [1] Mr Swann is a member of the choir and to perform his piece and receive such an accolade was a great privilege. The Bearsden Choir has been a registered charity since 1980 and receives grants from the East Dunbartonshire Arts Council. Its principal staff have included: The musical director

1104-621: The Trades' Hall , Glasgow with the choir singing individually and recording from home. The performance was released at the end of May 2021. [4] For the 2021-22 season the choir had a change of rehearsal venue, meeting at the Kingsborough Sanctuary Hyndland (formerly Hyndland Parish Church). This was large enough to let the whole choir rehearse together although masking and distancing was carefully maintained. This enabled us to produce five carols for Christmas 2021 which were recorded by

1150-533: The area runs east–west through the parish from Dunbarton to Maryhill and has supported various industries. Devonian Old Red Sandstone (415–360 million years old) is overlaid by the Carboniferous Limestone series (360–300 million years old); in particular, the Hurlet Limestone and Hurlet Coal of the lower limestone group are prominently developed. A yellow sandstone of quite different character from

1196-564: The back page. Mennons, using the larger of two fonts available to him, put it in the space reserved for late news. In 1802, Mennons sold the newspaper to Benjamin Mathie and James McNayr, former owner of the Glasgow Courier , which along with the Mercury , was one of two papers Mennons had come to Glasgow to challenge. Mennons' son Thomas retained an interest in the company. The new owners changed

1242-476: The battle as "big business at its worst". The newspaper changed its name to The Herald on 3 February 1992, dropping Glasgow from its title, but not its masthead. That same year the title was bought by Caledonia Newspaper Publishing & Glasgow. In 1996, it was purchased by Scottish Television (later called the Scottish Media Group). As of 2003, the newspaper along with its related publications,

1288-534: The choir and published on YouTube, one a day with the last being on Christmas Day. [5] 2022 and the subsequent easing of pandemic precautions meant that at last the choir could return to giving live performances. The first concert was in May 2022. Subsequent concerts have been at the Glasgow City Halls and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall New Auditorium. Since September 2022 the choir has been rehearsing every Wednesday night at 7:30pm in

1334-491: The choir restarted limited rehearsals under full covid precautions at Maryhill Burgh Hall. Space was limited, so in order to ensure proper social distancing only half the choir could rehearse at any one time. The pandemic continued to be challenging, and so in May 2021 the choir produced a longer 'virtual' work, Vivaldi's 'Gloria'. This was accompanied by the McOpera Orchestra who performed the accompaniment, with soloists, at

1380-436: The church, but at some point during the building process (at least halfway), he had confiscated the workmen's tools and prevented the work from continuing by charging the workers with lawburrows . For this to be the case, Colquhoun must have argued that the work in some way caused him to fear for his safety, and the workers would have had to place a deposit with the court, which would be forfeited if they continued. Colquhoun lost

1426-570: The column has been spun off in to a popular series of books since the 1980s. The Herald Diary used to be edited by writer Tom Shields. Sean Connery once said: "First thing each morning I turn to The Herald on my computer – first for its witty Diary, which helps keep my Scots sense of humour in tune." It is currently printed at Carmyle , just south east of Glasgow. The paper is published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow and as of 2017 it had an audited circulation of 28,900. The Herald ' s website

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1472-496: The composer John Rutter, the conductor Christopher Bell and many others. The choir also produced 'virtual' performances of two movements from Mendelssohn's Elijah, 'He That Shall Endure to the End' [2] and 'He Watching Over Israel', [3] in December 2020. This was mainly because the choir had been due to perform the entire work in May 2020, but the performance was of course cancelled. In 2021

1518-674: The finals of BBC2's Sainsbury's Choir of the year competition, won the four top awards for mixed choirs at the 1983 Blackpool Music Festival and in 2001 won the Glasgow Orpheus Choir Trophy at the Glasgow Music Festival. The choir now performs two or three concerts each year with a professional accompaniment and soloists. It has been featured on television and radio, notably with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing three contrasting versions of

1564-495: The name to The Herald and Advertiser and Commercial Chronicle in 1803. In 1805 the name changed again, this time to The Glasgow Herald when Thomas Mennons severed his ties to the paper. From 1836 to 1964, The Glasgow Herald was owned by George Outram & Co. becoming one of the first daily newspapers in Scotland in 1858. The company took its name from the paper's editor of 19 years, George Outram, an Edinburgh advocate best known in Glasgow for composing light verse. Outram

1610-526: The original parish area is now administered by East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow and Stirlingshire Councils. In 1672, the Scottish Parliament heard a petition from John Douglas of Mains to hold markets in the parish on 1 May and 21 October each year. The purpose of this was to encourage the local economy, and the bill was passed. John Douglas was a heritor of the parish and was the 11th Laird of Mains, registering his coat of arms in 1672. The geology of

1656-565: The parish now covers only a fraction of the town of Bearsden. The parish church was built in 1649 from local stone, and was replaced in 1807 with a larger building. The parish system was introduced to Scotland in the 13th century. In about 1227, the church and lands of Kilpatrick were given to Paisley Abbey by Maldowen , Earl of Lennox . The name Kilpatrick is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Cille Phàdraig - literally "Patrick's Churchyard". The alternative anglicised form "Kirkpatrick"

1702-475: The penalties that could be applied was the Stool of Repentance where individuals could be publicly shamed. This was originally situated in a corner of the church building but in 1694, it was moved to below the pulpit to increase its prominence. The church session was also assigned the duty of care for the poor, and in 1672, part of this duty was transferred to the heritors of the parish. These wealthy landowners made

1748-509: The petition, and the church was completed. The current New Kilpatrick Church was built in 1807, and subsequently enlarged in 1873–85 and in 1908. Electric lights were installed in 1923. The church for many years placed assistant ministers within the parish at Netherton and Temple, Blairdardie, Drumchapel and Westerton. The church is also one of the principal performing venues of the Bearsden Choir . In 1929, further housing developments and

1794-676: The presence of significant pyrite deposits in the coal made it poor quality and unsuitable for further exploitation. By 1911, the Encyclopædia Britannica described New Kilpatrick as a town in Dumbartonshire, 5.5 miles (9 km) N.W. of Glasgow, with a railway station on the Milngavie branch line. Key public buildings are listed as the Schaw Convalescent Home, Buchanan Retreat (now Boclair House), house of refuge for girls,

1840-473: The provision of education had been the responsibility of the kirk session, but this was transferred to a School Board (from 1873 to 1919) for building and running schools in the area. The former Temple Primary School (1901–2007) now in Glasgow, is an example (see photo) . In 1895, the Parochial Board became the Parish Council, which had responsibility for town planning and housing, lighting, drainage. In 1930,

1886-598: The publication moved to a building in Mitchell Street designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh , which now houses the architecture centre, The Lighthouse . In 1988, the publication moved to offices in Albion Street in Glasgow into the former Scottish Daily Express building. It is now based in a purpose-built building in Renfield Street, Glasgow. One of the most traumatic episodes in the history of The Glasgow Herald

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1932-569: The wealth and stipend of the original parish was shared between the two new parishes. It was more common for new parishes to have "daughter" status, with wealth retained by the central, or cathedral church. Since 1649 a succession of parishes have been separated from the original, with Drumchapel , Knightswood and Temple now within the City of Glasgow , while Milngavie and Baldernock lie in Dunbartonshire and Strathblane in Stirlingshire, and Drumry

1978-639: The word "parish" was dropped, and New Kilpatrick became a District Council. The boundaries of the civil parish were modified by the formation of Milngavie Burgh in 1875, the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 . The district council was dissolved in 1958 on creation of Bearsden Burgh, which was itself dissolved in 1975. Control then passed to Bearsden and Milngavie district within Strathclyde Regional Council until 1996. The local government of

2024-728: Was an early Scottish nationalist, a member of the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights . The Glasgow Herald , under Outram, argued that the promised privileges of the Treaty of Union had failed to materialise and demanded that, for example, that the heir to the British throne be called "Prince Royal of Scotland". "Any man calling himself a Scotsman should enrol in the National Association," said The Herald . In 1895,

2070-409: Was performed in both its forms, once with full orchestra and once with the reduced setting of piano, organ and percussion. The choir has also performed David Fanshawe 's African Sanctus , Herbert Howells 's Hymnus Paradisi , and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius , the only performance of the work in Scotland in 2012. The choir commissioned and performed a new work by George Swann, 'Love Lies Beyond

2116-454: Was the battle for control and ownership of the paper in 1964. Two millionaires, Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander and Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , whose newspaper empire included The Glasgow Herald ' s archrival, The Scotsman , fought for control of the title for 52 days. Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander won. The paper's then editor James Holburn was a "disapproving onlooker". The Labour Party condemned

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