Press Room

All the latest press releases about the Orchestra’s activities are available here. If you have a specific press enquiry, or require images of artists, please contact the press office directly:

Zoë Westwood
Marketing and Communications Manager
zoe.westwood@sco.org.uk
0131 478 8338

Sheena Macrae
Marketing and Communications Officer
sheena.macrae@sco.org.uk
0131 478 8340

StAnza

Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the University of St Andrews launch  a composition competition celebrating the work of acclaimed Scottish Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean.

Summer 2010

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is back on the road with a busy touring schedule across Scotland and beyond between the end of May and September.

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10/11 Season and New Corporate Identity announced

 

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra announces its new 10/11 Season including Don Giovanni, Stravinsky: The Chamber Ballets, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem, and much more. The Orchestra also introduces its new corporate identity, reflecting the Orchestra’s ethos ‘to bring you closer to the music’ and SCO Education rebrands as SCO Connect.

SCO April Highlights

Thierry Fischer conducts Spring Serenades, a concert of Brahms, Mozart and Haydn; Christian Zacharias gives a solo performance and conducts a celebration of Schubert; and Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati’s final concerts of the 2009/10 Season include Beethoven's 'Pastoral' symphony.

SCO receives second BAFTA nomination

Online animated whodunit, The Lost Book, with graphics by Binary Fable and accompanying soundtrack commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and performed by SCO musicians, has received a nomination in the Interactive category for the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2010.  This is the second BAFTA Scotland nomination for both the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Binary Fable, after narrowly missing out on a prize in 2009. 

March Highlights

Richard Egarr directs CL@SIX: Baroque Masters and a concert of Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, Scottish pianist Steven Osborne plays Mozart, Karen Cargill sings Wagner’s love songs and the release of the SCO’s latest Mozart Symphonies disc with Sir Charles Mackerras.

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February Highlights

Pianist Polina Leschnko reunites with Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen for Chopin, Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati directs Eastern European masterworks from Mozart to Bartók, and opportunity to hear Scottish mezzo soprano Karen Cargill sing in an intimate chamber concert.

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L'Enfance du Christ

SCO Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati directs world-class soloists and the SCO Chorus in Berlioz's masterpiece, L'Enfance du Christ.

SCO announces appointment of new Chorusmaster

The SCO has appointed Gregory Batsleer as its new Chorusmaster, following his work with the SCO Chorus during November's Homecoming concerts.

Arts Philanthropy award for SCO Chairman Donald MacDonald and wife Louise

On 24 November 2009, Donald and Louise MacDonald received one of five Medals for Arts Philanthropy presented by HRH The Prince of Wales at Clarence House, London.  Created by Arts and Business, this medal celebrates individuals who support the arts and recognises the contribution of the most inspiring cultural philanthropists in the UK.