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  1. A cartoon drawing of a champagne bottle with the cork popping out alongside confetti, with a chandelier hanging above, set against a dark green and bright red background.

    New Year Gala

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    1 Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Ayr
    Dumfries
    Celebrate the New Year in style with musical glitz and glamour – from both sides of the Atlantic.
  2. Violinist Rachel Podger holds her instrument, smiling at the camera, against a light pink and dark green background.

    Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

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    Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Join British violinist Rachel Podger in a concert focusing on some of JS Bach’s most iconic orchestral music.

  3. SCO Christmas Give 2024

    Thanks to generous match funding, your donations will go even further this year!
    Donate today
  4. Geneva Lewis with her violin, smiling at the camera against a dark background with shapes in various shades of pink.

    Sibelius Violin Concerto

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.
  5. Maxim Emelyanychev looking into the camera, hand touching his jawline, against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Ad Absurdum

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    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.
  6. A bright yellow, green, and white background with a cartoon drawing of the Great Grumpy Gaboon, a brown creature with white wings, sitting in a bed of flowers.

    The Great Grumpy Gaboon

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    Matinee

    Dundee
    Aberdeen
    Inverness
    Join the Grumpy Gaboon and friends on this brand-new musical adventure as they discover the importance of friendship and forgiveness.

  7. Matinees

    Can't make it to an evening performance? No problem. We have plenty of matinee concerts this Season, so you can be home in time for dinner.
    Explore our matinees
  8. Composer Ruth Gipps leaning forward with both hands gently touching her face.

    GIPPS Seascape

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    Digital Season

    Online
    Take a dip in the watery wonders of Gipps’s passionate music - and discover her pastoral idyll 'Cringlemire Garden' played live in February.
  9. Ivan Podyomov smiling, and holding his oboe, against a dark background with bright blue, red, and green shapes.

    Mozart Oboe Concerto

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    Dumfries
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
  10. Conductor Andrew Manze with his baton raised, and baritone Roderick Williams singing, against a dark background with bright yellow, green, and pink shapes.

    Fauré Requiem

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    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.
  11. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto standing and playing his violin against a dark background with bright green, blue, and pink shapes.

    Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Outstanding Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs and plays one of the best-loved masterpieces in the Romantic violin repertoire.
  12. Pekka Kuusisto strumming his violin in front of a background with bright pink, green, and blue waves.

    An afternoon with Pekka & friends

    Matinee

    Edinburgh
    Get up close with Finnish violin superstar Pekka Kuusisto in this intimate chamber afternoon.