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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

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Programme

  • TCHAIKOVSKY

    Violin Concerto

  • WALEY-COHEN

    Pocket Cosmos

  • BEETHOVEN

    Symphony No 4

Pekka Kuusisto Director / Violin

One of the SCO’s closest musical friends, outstanding Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is famed for his pioneering performances and melding of styles. For his first concert with the Orchestra this Season, he directs and plays one of the best-loved masterpieces in the Romantic violin repertoire.

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is a musical love letter, one of the tenderest, most lyrical creations for the instrument ever conceived, with heartbreaking melodies and a furiously fiery finale. Kuusisto contrasts Tchaikovsky’s poignant creation with young British composer Freya Waley-Cohen’s contemplation of nothing less than the workings of the universe, and Beethoven’s most compact and cheerful Symphony.

Pekka Kuusisto Visiting Artist Chair kindly supported by The Honorary Consulate of Finland, Edinburgh and Glasgow

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An afternoon with Pekka & friends

The Queen's Hall
Get up close with Finnish violin superstar Pekka Kuusisto in this intimate chamber afternoon.

Parabola

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The Queen's Hall, City Halls
Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.

Borealis

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The Queen's Hall, City Halls
New sounds from Nordic nations and from closer to home as northern Europe’s exciting celebration of contemporary music comes to Scotland.

Sibelius Violin Concerto

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The Queen's Hall, City Halls
SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.

Fauré Requiem

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Usher Hall, City Halls
Fauré’s hushed prayer for the departed, from outstanding British baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Andrew Manze and the SCO Chorus.

Schumann & Schubert

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Holy Trinity Church St Andrews, The Queen's Hall, City Halls
Isabelle van Keulen takes the reins of the SCO for the lyrical Violin Concerto by Robert Schumann, alongside Schubert’s Third Symphony.

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.

Benedetti plays Brahms

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Perth Concert Hall, Usher Hall, City Halls
Nicola Benedetti joins charismatic Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev for an end-of-Season celebration full of romance and adventure.

Beethoven's Pastoral' Symphony

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The Queen's Hall, City Halls
Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.

Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven

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Usher Hall, City Halls
Yeol Eum Son makes a welcome return with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, in a concert that reaches its climax with Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass.

Silent Night

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Greyfriars Kirk
Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.

Mozart Gala

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Usher Hall, City Halls
Symphonic high spirits and choral splendours on a sumptuous scale as Maxim Emelyanychev directs Mozart’s ‘Prague’ Symphony and C minor Mass.