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24/25 SEASON
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Welcome to your 2024/25 Season
Following our special 50th anniversary celebrations, we're delighted to introduce a new Season that’s just as rich, varied and inspiring – with many familiar figures, some new faces, and most importantly a wealth of music to delight and excite every taste.
Your 24/25 Concerts
View all concertsCeltic Connections 2025
Glasgow
Celtic Connections proudly presents SCO with Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway, John Mc Intyre and Máirtín O'Connor.Ad Absurdum
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New Dimensions
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.The Great Grumpy Gaboon
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Matinee
Dundee
Aberdeen
Inverness
Join the Grumpy Gaboon and friends on this brand-new musical adventure as they discover the importance of friendship and forgiveness.GIPPS Seascape
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Digital Season
Online
Take a dip in the watery wonders of Gipps’s passionate music - and discover her pastoral idyll 'Cringlemire Garden' played live in February.Mozart Oboe Concerto
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Dumfries
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.Fauré Requiem
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Choral
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Outstanding Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs and plays one of the best-loved masterpieces in the Romantic violin repertoire.An afternoon with Pekka & friends
Matinee
Edinburgh
Get up close with Finnish violin superstar Pekka Kuusisto in this intimate chamber afternoon.Parabola
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New Dimensions
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.
Your 24/25 Guest Artists
View all artistsNew Dimensions
Explore new sound worldsExperience provocative premieres, stimulating minimalism and modern Scottish classics, and rediscover iconic works in a laid-back, informal concert format.
6 Concerts
2 Cities
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24/25 Digital Season
Experience the SCO from your homeExperience the thrill of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in performance – wherever you are in the world with three specially commissioned films.
3 Films
Online
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Your 24/25 Brochure
Latest news
View all newsThe Great Grumpy Gaboon: a chat with Jay Capperauld and Corrina Campbell
30 December 2024
What is a Gaboon, and why is it grumpy? We chatted to the creators of our new Family Festival to find out ...Read MoreRead and Draw The Great Grumpy Gaboon
30 December 2024
Read the story and watch as Corrina Campbell shows you how to draw The Great Grumpy GaboonRead MoreThe trumpet concerto
23 December 2024
Our series on the concerto finally turns its attention to the brass family, and there are many more for trumpet than you might expect.Read MoreThe violin concerto
16 December 2024
We've reached the violin in our series on the concerto, and there's no end of them! (You might want to pour yourself a cup of tea for this.)Read MoreRachel Podger: "I'm especially fond of the Polonaise in the First Brandenburg Concerto"
9 December 2024
Read MoreSCO players in the spotlight: solo recordings
2 December 2024
Some Christmas present ideas for the music-lover.Read MoreFarewell to Nikita!
26 November 2024
It is with sadness that we bid a fond farewell to Principal Double Bass, Nikita Naumov.Read MoreThe waltz goes international
25 November 2024
We look at what happened when composers outside Austria turned their hands to the waltz ...Read MoreThe story behind Silent Night and other carols
18 November 2024
The history of Christmas carols is long and surprisingly varied - we look at a few of them.Read MoreThe clarinet concerto
11 November 2024
It's the clarinet's turn to step centre-stage for a look at their concerto repertoire. It's possible Mozart is mentioned!Read More