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24/25 SEASON
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
![Maxim conducting with his hands raised in front of his face, and cellist Steven Isserlis looking to the right, on a dark background with bright red and blue circular shapes.]()
A Celebration of Dvořák
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Perth
Maxim launches a new Season of discoveries with an evening of Dvořák.![A cartoon-like drawing of composer Mozart, set against a dark background with a large green circle behind his head.]()
Mozart Gala
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Symphonic high spirits and choral splendours on a sumptuous scale.![A cartoon-like close-up of two hands playing the harpsichord.]()
Baroque Inspirations
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Ayr
Join Maxim to rediscover sumptuous Baroque splendours.![A historic photograph of Samuel Taylor-Coleridge sitting in a chair, wearing a suit.]()
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Novelletten
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Digital Season
Online
Discover Coleridge-Taylor’s elegant evocations online.![Anthony Marwood standing with his violin, in front of a dark background featuring blue and pink geometrical shapes.]()
Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
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Matinee
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Anthony Marwood takes the reins in Coleridge-Taylor’s sublime Concerto.![Lawrence Power smiles with a viola. He wears a black blazer.]()
Borealis
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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.![Ryan Bancroft, leaning on a table and looking straight into the camera, with Eric Lu standing behind him and looking to the right, set against a bright blue and green background.]()
Grieg Piano Concerto
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Eric Lu brings power to the luscious Nordic melodies of Grieg’s Piano Concerto.![Andrew Manze, conducting with the baton raised high, against a vibrant background with bright and dark green tones.]()
Mozart Flute Concerto
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
St Andrews
Mozart’s elegant Concerto forms the centrepiece to this rich concert.![A dark background with bright green and red shapes, featuring two cartoon-like drawings of horns.]()
From Scotland to Persia
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Community
Edinburgh
Glasgow
SCO Wind Soloists are joined by exceptional players from RCS.![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
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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.
Your 24/25 Brochure
Latest news
![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.![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?![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.![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.![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?![Three men, the first two in 18th century formal dress (one in black and white, one in a red coat), the last in an old photo, smoking]()
What is a sinfonia concertante?
15 July 2024
We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...![]()
Mozart and the development of the piano concerto
1 July 2024
How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights.![]()
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.![]()
Spanish music by French composers
1 July 2024
From Bizet to Ravel, we look at the long-standing fascination of French composers for the music of Spain.![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
17 June 2024
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
