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  1. A dark background with bright green and red shapes, featuring two cartoon-like drawings of horns.

    From Scotland to Persia

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    Matinee

    Glasgow
    Edinburgh
    SCO Wind Soloists are joined by exceptional players from RCS.
  2. Against a dark, starry night sky with a large bright star on the left, two silhouettes of faces with mouths opened are tilted up as if singing to the star.

    Bach's Christmas Oratorio

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    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.

  3. SCO Christmas Give 2024

    Thanks to generous match funding, this year your money will go even further!
    Donate today
  4. Violinist Aylen Pritchin stands holding his instrument, looking to the left with a smile on his face, against a dark background with bright red and green shapes.

    Prokofiev & Brahms

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Violin Concerto No 2 is the ideal musical match for the exceptional violinist Aylen Pritchin and conductor Maxim.
  5. SCO clarinettists William Stafford, holding his clarinet and smiling, and Maximiliano Martín, playing the clarinet, are set against a dark background surrounded by bright red shapes.

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

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    St Andrews
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.
  6. A bright green background with light white stars, featuring a cartoon drawing of a church with an illuminated window and a bright star.

    Silent Night

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    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.

  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. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.