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A historic photograph of Samuel Taylor-Coleridge sitting in a chair, wearing a suit.

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Novelletten (Nos 1 & 3)

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    Novelletten (Nos 1 & 3)

This Digital Film will be live at 7.30pm on 10 October 2024. It will be available to view free of charge for one year.

Exquisite miniatures from a rediscovered voice in English music. Born in London to an English mother and a father from Sierra Leone, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was famed in his lifetime and much admired by figures including Edward Elgar. He wrote his lyrical Novelletten when he was just 27, partly to showcase his own prowess as a concert violinist: the result is a collection of richly imagined gems that blend captivating virtuosity and hearty richness from an orchestra of strings. Discover Coleridge-Taylor’s elegant evocations online, to complement the live performances of his Violin Concerto in October.

Part of our 24|25 Digital Season

Experience the thrill of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in performance – wherever you are in the world. In three specially commissioned films, SCO musicians send music from Scotland across the globe in intimate concerts captured in Edinburgh’s historic Leith Theatre, bringing you up close to the players and the intensity of the music.

Watch live throughout the Season as each film is premiered online, or catch up for a full year after the first broadcast date.

Two Black men (the first an 18th century gentleman, the second in a formal Edwardian suit) and a black woman in profile

The first Black composers

Available to read from 9 September

To celebrate Black History Month, we look at the early history of Black composers, from Joseph Boulogne to Samuel Taylor-Coleridge.

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Anthony Marwood standing with his violin, in front of a dark background featuring blue and pink geometrical shapes.

Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto

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The Queen's Hall, City Halls
Respected British violinist Anthony Marwood takes the reins as both violin soloist and director in Coleridge-Taylor’s sublime Concerto.