Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Welcome to the SCO. We have been inspiring audiences and connecting with communities since 1974, delivering diverse programmes that are open to all. Embrace the classics, discover exciting new music, and create beautiful musical memories with us!
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Summer Classics
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Summer Tour
Hamilton
Castle Douglas
Ayr
Join us for an electrifying evening of musical contrasts that span centuries, emotions and styles.![Alexandre Kantorow]()
Beethoven’s Fifth
London
The SCO return to the BBC Proms with Maxim Emelyanychev and Alexandre Kantorow.![Maxim conducts wildly]()
Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito
EIF 2025
Edinburgh
Step into ancient Rome with Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito - the SCO's performance at the Edinburgh International Festival.![]()
Orpheus and Eurydice
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EIF 2025
Edinburgh
Journey to the underworld and back with Opera Australia, and the SCO presenting Opera Queensland’s production of Orpheus and Eurydice.![]()
Dementia Friendly Concert
EIF 2025
Edinburgh
New to the International Festival this year, a concert designed especially for people living with dementia by the SCO.![]()
Rossini & Schubert
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Summer Tour
Airdrie
Blair Atholl
Inverness
Experience an evening of energy and elegance as Jakob Lehmann conducts the SCO in a concert that sparkles with wit and youthful charm.![]()
Immerse 2025
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Matinee
Ayr
Dumfries
Cumbernauld
Immerse is a unique experience for upper secondary music and art pupils that enables them to experience the excitement of a live orchestra.![Colin Currie plays.]()
2025 European Tour September
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Bucharest
Sibiu
Brussels
...and more!
Join us for the second half of our 2025 European tour where we are joined by Maxim and Colin Currie.![]()
Brno International Music Festival
Brno
Join the SCO, Maxim and Robert Jordan in Brno for a programme of Mozart, Maxwell Davies and Beethoven.![Maxim conducts the Orchestra]()
From Darkness to Light
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Perth
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Join the SCO players and our electrifying Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev on an unforgettable journey from darkness to light.
12 Latest videos
25/26 Trailer
1:59
Max Mandel
5:33
Cerys Ambrose-Evans
4:18
Marta Gómez
4:10
Katherine Bryer
2:59
Eric de Wit
4:22
Summer Tour 2025 Trailer
0:42
Supporting the SCO
2:37
Seascape
7:35
Serenade in Seven Colours
10:00
Novelletten
13:58
Principal Guest Conductor
3:09
Latest news
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The clarinet concerto
16 June 2025
It's the clarinet's turn to step centre-stage for a look at their concerto repertoire. It's possible Mozart is mentioned!![]()
Opera seria: a beginner's guide
9 June 2025
Ahead of the SCO's performances of two key opera seria in this year's Edinburgh International Festival, we look at the history of the genre.![Three men, dressed formally: one Victorian, with a short grey beard, one young and clean-shaven, in sepia, the last (in a painting) with a long grey beard and glasses]()
The lure of the exotic: northern Africa in classical music
2 June 2025
How does the west's fascination with the wider Arab world come across in music? We look at a few examples ...![]()
Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies
26 May 2025
Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?![]()
The bassoon concerto
19 May 2025
For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.![]()
In Memory of David Watkin
15 May 2025
The SCO’s Su-a Lee pays tribute to a brilliant musician, colleague and friend whose life has touched so many.![André Cebrián and Marta Gómez play the flute sitting in the SCO desks]()
The flute concerto
12 May 2025
In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.![]()
Tea Dance concert: an interview with Kenny Moffat
28 April 2025
We speak to a member of the Scottish Dementia Working Group about what to expect from an SCO Tea Dance concert.![A violinist shown at three different ages: as a young man in a drawing, middle-aged in a painting and elderly in an old photo]()
Joseph Joachim and the great German violin concertos
7 April 2025
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.![]()
Beethoven and C minor
31 March 2025
What was it about C minor that brought out Beethoven's defiant side? We take a look at a few examples.
