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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.What is a sinfonia concertante?
17 March 2025
We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...Digital Season: Gipps Seascape
7 March 2025
Read the programme note for our online performance of Gipps' SeascapeThe tortured tale of Schumann's Violin Concerto
24 February 2025
Or, how suppressing a work for 80 years can affect its long-term fortunes.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!Musical folk tales
10 February 2025
It's the 19th century and musical retellings of Greek myths are out. Enter the European folk tale ...SCO announces Summer Tour 2025
7 February 2025
The Orchestra is touring Scotland this summer, with 7 programmes across 20 venues.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.Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies
27 January 2025
Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?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!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.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.