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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. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Pekka Kuusisto gently strumming his violin with eyes closed, set against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Parabola

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    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.
  12. SCO Principal Double Bass Nikita Naumov playing his instrument in front of a bright green background with dark green and light pink shapes.

    Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony

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    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.