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Single tickets go on sale Wednesday 8 May for the 2013/14 Aberdeen Concert Series, a continuing partnership between the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra which sees the two orchestras presenting a versatile programme, from 17th century masterworks to modern concertos, with some of the best-loved soloists and conductors performing at Aberdeen’s Music Hall.
SCO takes the high road and the low road, far and wide, for a summer of significant touring and recording. Following the final concert of the 2012/13 season on Friday 10 May, the SCO embarks on a busy summer timetable encompassing six tours around Scotland, six festival appearances at home and abroad and three recording sessions, before the beginning of its 40th Anniversary Season in October 2013.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is calling all amateur singers and instrumentalists to take part in Operantics, its amateur music-making weekend in Fife on 2 – 3 March. Operantics will feature the great choruses from Verdi’s Aida, Wagner’s Lohengrin, Haydn’s The Creation, and Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is joined on the stage of the Edinburgh Usher Hall by a choir of pupils from primary schools across the city for A Little Book of Monsters - a family concert full of songs about the kind of creatures that live under your bed.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra welcomes in 2013 with a sparkling traditional Viennese New Year concert, in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care, at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 1 January at 7pm.
November marks the Orchestra’s first pan-European tour with SCO Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati. World-renowned pianist Maria João Pires joins them for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17 on a two-week, 12-concert tour (31 October to 17 November) taking them to Rotterdam, Toulouse, Brussels, Luxembourg, Vienna, Luzern and Frankfurt.
Violinist Veronika Eberle will make her SCO Season debut performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at concerts in St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow from 10 – 12 October. Due to an exceptionally heavy workload over the summer, Veronika Eberle will not be able to present the Schumann Violin Concerto as planned.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is soon to complete its first year as resident orchestra for Preston Street Primary School. The Orchestra has been working in the school for an academic year, providing an opportunity for the two organisations to explore the creative opportunities of working and making music together.
iCompose winners will have their compositions performed by an ensemble from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, amongst the works of art that inspired their pieces, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Over the summer months, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra presents seven tours throughout Scotland, its 34th year performing live orchestral music in towns and communities across the length and breadth of the country. The Orchestra is also in demand at summer festivals – with appearances at the Aldeburgh, East Neuk, Lammermuir and Edinburgh International Festivals.
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