The Origin of Colour
25/26 Digital Season
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Online Performance
This Digital Film will be available to view on Thursday, 16 October 2025 at 7.30pm.
Capperauld’s kaleidoscopic, Calvino-inspired orchestral showpiece launched the SCO’s 50th Anniversary Season in style, imagining the first colours illuminating an otherwise monochrome world in music of vibrant energy and iridescent hues. Discover (or rediscover) this dazzling, delightful music in a thrilling performance by the SCO and Maxim Emelyanychev.
Supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.
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