The snow is melting, the roads have cleared, and the postman’s back! Now, with the office tree sparkling with baubles, we can look forward to our Christmas in Paris concerts in which cellist Jian Wang joins us for a for one of his signature pieces, Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No 1.
The last couple of weeks have been exciting, exhausting, and extremely cold. Kudos to my colleagues for digging themselves out of the snow and battling their way to the office or rehearsals despite sleet, hail, ice and jack-knifing lorries.
Jess Turner from Kingussie enjoyed a week's work experience in the SCO office and spent time with all the departments, from Connect to Concerts and Marketing.
Since day one at the SCO office I decided that this was a great career to be involved in. The SCO office staff work extremely hard to get everything running and in proper order and they do it with smiles on their faces!
This weekend (19/20 November) SCO gives the UK premiere of The Enchanter by Albert Schnelzer. Commissioned by the SCO and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the piece was influenced in part by Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence.
The concerto was written especially for guest soloist, François Leleux, internationally recognised as the finest oboist of his generation. Schnelzer believes that the work’s title reflects Leleux’s playing: “He enchants his audience and it is a near magical experience to hear him play”.
As I rummage deep in my gig bag, searching for some make-up to hide the shadows under my jet-lagged eyes, I throw out on to the floor a weighty bundle of black material - one floor-length satin-edged evening dress.
Did I mention we were here in the US to do some concerts? Those of us on the train to New York yesterday, were pretty pleased to be arriving in the city on the same day as being in the paper.
As I stepped out of the lift onto the marble-floored lobby of the Philadelphia Radisson, a blonde lady walked past me with a white poodle on a lead, dressed as a pumpkin. I mean the dog, not the lady. Her poodle was dressed in a Halloween pumpkin coat, and hat. Yes, hat. I can only apologise that I don’t have a photo for you.
SCO Violinist Rosenna East blogs from the Orchestra's US tour
I write from the road. Unfortunately we not in Cadillacs, nor on Harley Davidsons. Where would we put the cellos? With an eye to the practicalities, we are on a bus.
SCO Violinist Rosenna East blogs from across the Pond, as the Orchestra tours America
The SCO has arrived in Boston, and we haven’t lost anyone en route! Previous followers of our overseas tours will know that this is no mean feat. Well done Tour Manager Tammo!
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