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Maxim lead the Orchestra at the proms. The organ is visible and the backs of heads.
Maxim lead the Orchestra at the proms. The organ is visible and the backs of heads.

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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  1. A historic photograph of Samuel Taylor-Coleridge sitting in a chair, wearing a suit.

    COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Novelletten

    Digital Season

    Online
    Discover Coleridge-Taylor’s elegant evocations online.
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  2. Anthony Marwood headshot. He looks to the right with a violin in hand. He wears a blue shirt and black blazer.

    Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto

    Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Anthony Marwood takes the reins in Coleridge-Taylor’s sublime Concerto.
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  3. Lawrence Power smiles with a viola. He wears a black blazer.

    Borealis

    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Discover new sounds from Nordic nations and from closer to home, as Europe’s exciting celebration of contemporary music comes to Scotland.
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  4. monochrome images. Eric Lu side profile, he wears a white shirt and black blazer. Ryan Bancorft wears a jumper and is writing notes and facing the camera.

    Grieg Piano Concerto

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Eric Lu brings power to the luscious Nordic melodies of Grieg’s Piano Concerto.
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  5. Andrew Manze, conducting with the baton raised high, against a vibrant background with bright and dark green tones.

    Mozart Flute Concerto

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    St Andrews
    Mozart’s elegant Concerto forms the centrepiece to this rich concert.
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  6. A dark background with bright green and red shapes, featuring two cartoon-like drawings of horns.

    From Scotland to Persia

    Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    SCO Wind Soloists are joined by exceptional players from RCS.
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  7. Against a dark, starry night sky with a large bright star on the left, two silhouettes of faces with mouths opened are tilted up as if singing to the star.

    Bach's Christmas Oratorio

    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.
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  8. Violinist Aylen Pritchin stands holding his instrument, looking to the left with a smile on his face, against a dark background with bright red and green shapes.

    Prokofiev & Brahms

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Violin Concerto No 2 is the ideal musical match for the exceptional violinist Aylen Pritchin and conductor Maxim.
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  9. SCO clarinettists William Stafford, holding his clarinet and smiling, and Maximiliano Martín, playing the clarinet, are set against a dark background surrounded by bright red shapes.

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    St Andrews
    Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.
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  10. A bright green background with light white stars, featuring a cartoon drawing of a church with an illuminated window and a bright star.

    Silent Night

    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.
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24/25 Season Outline

8:32

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Supporting the SCO

2:37

Andrew Manze weras a blue shirt. He is mid conversation.

Principal Guest Conductor

3:09

A trombone player in an SCO tshirt kneels down and plays to a young child.

The Great Grumpy Gaboon 2024

0:47

A head shot of Cerys (Bassoon player) rehearsing as The Gaboon, pulling a silly face next to a noise clacker.

Making of The Gaboon

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Latest news

  1. André Cebrián and Marta Gómez play the flute sitting in the SCO desks

    The flute concerto

    14 October 2024

    In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.
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  2. Three Swedish composers: Bellman (in the middle, in 18th century dress) is playing the cittern, with formal photographs of Berwald to his left and Atterberg to his right

    Not just Eurovision: an introduction to Swedish music

    7 October 2024

    Wherein we challenge you to think past 'Waterloo' and 'Mamma mia' ...
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  3. Ryan Bancroft: "a conversation with the leader of a Finnish orchestra changed how I heard Sibelius"

    30 September 2024

    We speak to conductor Ryan Bancroft about music from (his not quite native) Scotland and Scandinavia.
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  4. Max Mandel plays the viola, concentrating hard on the sheet music. He wears a black suit and tie.

    The viola concerto

    23 September 2024

    Our examination of the concerto continues with the viola, whose potential as a solo instrument was long unrecognised.
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  5. Three pictures: a man leans forward, his elbows on some sheet music; a man with a large belly, wearing a black carnival mask; a caricature sketch of a man in a wig

    Pulcinella and the dangers of (mis)attribution

    16 September 2024

    Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella is based on music by Pergolesi. Or is it?
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  6. Two Black men (the first an 18th century gentleman, the second in a formal Edwardian suit) and a black woman in profile

    The first Black composers

    9 September 2024

    To celebrate Black History Month, we look at the early history of Black composers, from Joseph Boulogne to Samuel Taylor-Coleridge.
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  7. Three women: one in a high wig and flowers in her hair, another sitting in profile, and (in a drawing) standing in a group as part of a stage production

    Mozart and the Weber sisters

    2 September 2024

    We look at Mozart's close relationship with the children of the Weber family.
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  8. A man plays the cello, his bow on the string

    The cello concerto

    26 August 2024

    In a new series for 2024/25, who better than the SCO players to guide us through the best concertos for their instrument?
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  9. Mozart and the development of the piano concerto

    1 July 2024

    How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights.
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  10. The reappraisal of Così fan tutte

    1 July 2024

    Neglected during much of the 19th century, Mozart's Cinderella of an opera is more relevant than ever today.
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