How lovely to be able to bask in the glory of being part of the SCO, without actually having to do the hard work. On Monday night I went along to hear my colleagues play MacMillan’s Tryst, presented by Paul Rissmann.
We'll we've just wrapped up 2 hectic weeks of Masterworks Player visits to schools all over Scotland. We've been to 38 schools, have seen 890 pupils and delivered 47 sessions - whew! SCO players Peter Franks, Adrian Bornet, Lorna McLaren, Alison Green, Alison Mitchell, Harry Johnstone and Aisling O'Dea have travelled from Doon Academy in Dalmellington right up to Fraserburgh Academy visiting the schools in pairs.
Handel would have been proud on Sunday; the SCO brought the Edinburgh International Festival to a close with a fabulously zingy performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks, Zadok the Priest, the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and the Hallelujah Chorus.
The SCO Chorus were mick-ed up like pop stars although I'm sure proper pop stars don't normally wear as many layers of clothing, even for outdoor gigs! The Orchestra had their clothes pegs to hold their sheet music in place, in case the wind whisked it all away!
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