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![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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Edinburgh
Glasgow
St Andrews
Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.![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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Edinburgh
Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.![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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Matinee
Edinburgh
Ayr
Dumfries
Celebrate the New Year in style with musical glitz and glamour – from both sides of the Atlantic.![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.![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.![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.![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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Community
Inverness
Aberdeen
Dundee
Join the Grumpy Gaboon and friends on this brand-new musical adventure as they discover the importance of friendship and forgiveness.![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.![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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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dumfries
Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.![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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Edinburgh
Glasgow
Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.![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.![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.
