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  1. 2025/26 Season highlights

    20 March 2025

    Don't know where to start with the new Season? We have a few starting points for you.
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  2. 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?

    17 March 2025

    We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...
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  3. Composer Ruth Gipps leaning forward with both hands gently touching her face.

    Digital Season: Gipps Seascape

    7 March 2025

    Read the programme note for our online performance of Gipps' Seascape
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  4. The tortured tale of Schumann's Violin Concerto

    24 February 2025

    Or, how suppressing a work for 80 years can affect its long-term fortunes.
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  5. The double bass concerto

    17 February 2025

    We complete our survey of the concerto for stringed instruments with the double bass. It's not just about jazz!
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  6. Musical folk tales

    10 February 2025

    It's the 19th century and musical retellings of Greek myths are out. Enter the European folk tale ...
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  7. SCO announces Summer Tour 2025

    7 February 2025

    The Orchestra is touring Scotland this summer, with 7 programmes across 20 venues.
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  8. Once upon a time: music with a narrative

    3 February 2025

    How do composers set about telling a story in music? We look at a few examples.
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  9. Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies

    27 January 2025

    Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?
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  10. A collage of images of students working on the Great Grumpy Gaboon set including painting, carpentry, and design

    RCS Students Help Build the Magical World of The Gaboon!

    22 January 2025

    Listen very carefully, Can you hear that tune? Those are the sounds of students building The Great Grumpy Gaboon!
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  11. Visions of the afterlife: the Requiem Mass

    20 January 2025

    Depending on whom you ask, death can be comforting or inspire holy terror, including in composers writing a Mass for the Dead.
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  12. The oboe concerto

    13 January 2025

    The oboe: refined, yes, but cheeky or melancholic? Join us as we look at the concertos exploring this instrument's wide-ranging moods.
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