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For the love of music

25/26 SEASON

Welcome to your 2025/26 Season

This Season, we honour our shared love of music through a series of interviews with our players. We explore their profound connection to the music and audiences, and reveal a few of their stories along the way.

For the love of music

Book for a minimum of four eligible concerts across Edinburgh, Glasgow or St Andrews to qualify for Multibuy Package discounts.

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Your 25/26 Concerts

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  1. Alina Ibragimova playsd the violin

    Haydn’s Drum Roll

    St Andrews
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Violinist Alina Ibragimova leads us from grief and fear to radiant joy in her deeply emotional concert with the SCO.
  2. Yeol Eum Son stands in front of a piano with her arms crossed

    Yeol Eum Son plays Mozart

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Aberdeen
    Yeol Eum Son returns with two of the great composer’s most compelling concertos.
  3. Colin Currie smiles as he conducts

    Steve Reich+

    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Minimalist masterpieces from maverick composer Steve Reich directed by his close friend and collaborator, Edinburgh-born Colin Currie.
  4. Andrew Marwood holds a violin and looks to his left.

    Schumann & Mozart

    2 Matinees

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Dumfries
    British violinist Anthony Marwood makes a welcome return for music to captivate you and – perhaps – surprise you.
  5. Abstract painting of a misty sun setting over a Irish beach.

    Carmina Gadelica

    Matinee

    Glasgow
    St Andrews
    Edinburgh
    The SCO’s renowned Wind Soloists join forces with some of Scotland’s most accomplished young players for a kaleidoscopic concert.
  6. Stained glass window depicting Virgin Mary, Joseph and the infant son

    L'Enfance du Christ

    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Welcome the coming festive season with one of the tenderest, most captivating Christmas pieces ever created.
  7. A blue nutcracker soldier is featured with a blue glistening backdrop.

    The Nutcracker

    Perth
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Maxim Emelyanychev invites you to immerse yourself in all the sugar, snow and sparkle of the composer’s full ballet score.
  8. John Adams smiles. He wears a chequered shirt.

    Gnarly Buttons

    New Dimensions

    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    A thrilling journey from the music of John Adams including hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes.
  9. Peter Whelan wears a black shirt and smiles.

    Mozart Matinee

    Matinee

    St Andrews
    Edinburgh
    Glasgow
    Celebrate the full breadth of Mozart’s musical glories at this sumptuous concert in the company of some passionate Mozartians.
  10. A ray of sun shines over stained glass.

    A Ceremony of Carols

    Choral

    Edinburgh
    Step into the warm glow of choral splendour as the SCO Chorus fills Greyfriars Kirk with seasonal music to captivate and inspire you.

Booking Information:

Book for a minimum of four eligible concerts across Edinburgh, Glasgow or St Andrews to qualify for Multibuy Package discounts.

Current 12+ Multibuy bookers
Mon 24 Mar – Fri 11 Apr 2025

12+ Multibuy bookers for the 2024/25 Season will receive a telephone call from us to arrange their booking for the 2025/26 Season during the booking period above.

Current 4-11 Multibuy bookers
Mon 14 Apr – Fri 2 May 2025


4-11 Multibuy bookers for the 2024/25 Season can book Multibuy packages for the 2025/26 Season via the SCO website, over the phone or by sending us a completed booking form.

New Multibuy bookers
Mon 12 May – Fri 26 Sep 2025


New bookers can purchase Multibuy packages for the 2025/26 Season via the SCO website, over the phone or by sending us a completed booking form.

Single Tickets
From Monday 19 May 2025

If you wish to book fewer than four concerts, tickets will be available from the venue box offices from Monday 19 May 2025.

For more information on booking dates - see here.

Concerts4-89-1314-1819+
Discount10%15%20%25%

5 25/26 For the Love of Music Interviews  

Max Mandel smiles. He wears a white shirt and black blazer.

Max Mandel

5:33

Cerys Ambrose-Evans

4:46

Eric de Wit

4:22

Katherine Bryer

2:59

Marta Gómez

4:10

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Latest news

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  1. Digital Season: The Origin of Colour - Programme Notes

    16 October 2025

    Read the programme note for our online performance of Jay Capperauld's The Origin of Colour.
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  2. Not quite a symphony: the sinfonietta, divertimento and serenade

    13 October 2025

    Our series on the symphony takes a slight detour to look at those works which don't quite make the grade.
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  3. A cry of protest and hope: Hartmann's Concerto funebre

    10 October 2025

    An introduction to Hartmann's deeply moving work, presented by the SCO and Alina Ibragimova this month
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  4. Gregory Batsleer Extends SCO Chorus Director Role

    7 October 2025

    The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is delighted to announce that Gregory Batsleer has extended his contract as Chorus Director until 2028.
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  5. A marimba seen sideways on from a low angle, with Colin Currie just visible behind it

    An introduction to keyboard percussion instruments

    6 October 2025

    Can you tell the difference between a vibraphone and a xylophone?
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  6. Mozart and the development of the piano concerto

    29 September 2025

    How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights
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  7. Haydn, Father of the Symphony

    22 September 2025

    In the latest in our series looking at the symphony, what makes Haydn so significant in its development?
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  8. When composers don't write a full Mass

    15 September 2025

    Some sections of the Mass are more popular than others ...
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  9. Symphonies and their nicknames

    8 September 2025

    Beethoven's Fifth has a nickname? Well, it does according to some people ...
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  10. The Honours of Scotland Concert at Balmoral Castle

    4 September 2025

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