How does the west's fascination with the wider Arab world come across in music? We look at a few examples ...

Read the programme note for our online performance of Coleridge-Taylor's Novelletten Nos 1 & 3.

In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.

Wherein we challenge you to think past 'Waterloo' and 'Mamma mia' ...

We speak to conductor Ryan Bancroft about music from (his not quite native) Scotland and Scandinavia.

Our examination of the concerto continues with the viola, whose potential as a solo instrument was long unrecognised.

Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella is based on music by Pergolesi. Or is it?

To celebrate Black History Month, we look at the early history of Black composers, from Joseph Boulogne to Samuel Taylor-Coleridge.

We look at Mozart's close relationship with the children of the Weber family.

In a new series for 2024/25, who better than the SCO players to guide us through the best concertos for their instrument?

How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights.

Neglected during much of the 19th century, Mozart's Cinderella of an opera is more relevant than ever today.