Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Welcome to the SCO. We have been inspiring audiences and connecting with communities since 1974, delivering diverse programmes that are open to all. Embrace the classics, discover exciting new music, and create beautiful musical memories with us!
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SCO at East Neuk Festival: Opening Concert
Summer Tour
St Monans
The SCO have appeared at every ENF, so who better to open this 20th Festival?![]()
Schubert & Mozart
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Summer Tour
Stirling
Dunoon
Hawick
Join SCO Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO for a delightful evening of sparkling rhythms and timeless melodies.![Vibe in the borders. A young musucian plays the trumpet.]()
VIBE in the Borders
Workshop
Hawick
This is an informal, fun and friendly workshop, aimed at young people, aged over 11 years-old who are interested in music.![]()
Summer Classics
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Summer Tour
Hamilton
Castle Douglas
Ayr
Join us for an electrifying evening of musical contrasts that span centuries, emotions and styles.![Alexandre Kantorow]()
Beethoven’s Fifth
London
The SCO return to the BBC Proms with Maxim Emelyanychev and Alexandre Kantorow.![Maxim conducts wildly]()
Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito
EIF 2025
Edinburgh
Step into ancient Rome with Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito - the SCO's performance at the Edinburgh International Festival.![]()
Orpheus and Eurydice
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EIF 2025
Edinburgh
Journey to the underworld and back with Opera Australia, and the SCO presenting Opera Queensland’s production of Orpheus and Eurydice.![]()
Dementia Friendly Concert
EIF 2025
Edinburgh
New to the International Festival this year, a concert designed especially for people living with dementia by the SCO.![]()
Rossini & Schubert
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Summer Tour
Airdrie
Blair Atholl
Inverness
Experience an evening of energy and elegance as Jakob Lehmann conducts the SCO in a concert that sparkles with wit and youthful charm.![]()
Immerse 2025
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Matinee
Ayr
Dumfries
Cumbernauld
Immerse is a unique experience for upper secondary music and art pupils that enables them to experience the excitement of a live orchestra.
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Marta Gómez
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Katherine Bryer
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Eric de Wit
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Summer Tour 2025 Trailer
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Supporting the SCO
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Seascape
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Serenade in Seven Colours
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Novelletten
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Principal Guest Conductor
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Latest news
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The clarinet concerto
16 June 2025
It's the clarinet's turn to step centre-stage for a look at their concerto repertoire. It's possible Mozart is mentioned!![]()
Opera seria: a beginner's guide
9 June 2025
Ahead of the SCO's performances of two key opera seria in this year's Edinburgh International Festival, we look at the history of the genre.![Three men, dressed formally: one Victorian, with a short grey beard, one young and clean-shaven, in sepia, the last (in a painting) with a long grey beard and glasses]()
The lure of the exotic: northern Africa in classical music
2 June 2025
How does the west's fascination with the wider Arab world come across in music? We look at a few examples ...![]()
Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies
26 May 2025
Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?![]()
The bassoon concerto
19 May 2025
For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.![]()
In Memory of David Watkin
15 May 2025
The SCO’s Su-a Lee pays tribute to a brilliant musician, colleague and friend whose life has touched so many.![André Cebrián and Marta Gómez play the flute sitting in the SCO desks]()
The flute concerto
12 May 2025
In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.![]()
Not quite a symphony: the sinfonietta, divertimento and serenade
5 May 2025
Are you looking for a lighter alternative to the symphony? There are plenty to choose from ...![]()
Tea Dance concert: an interview with Kenny Moffat
28 April 2025
We speak to a member of the Scottish Dementia Working Group about what to expect from an SCO Tea Dance concert.![A violinist shown at three different ages: as a young man in a drawing, middle-aged in a painting and elderly in an old photo]()
Joseph Joachim and the great German violin concertos
7 April 2025
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
