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  1. Ryan Bancroft: "a conversation with the leader of a Finnish orchestra changed how I heard Sibelius"

    30 September 2024

    We speak to conductor Ryan Bancroft about music from (his not quite native) Scotland and Scandinavia.
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  2. Max Mandel plays the viola, concentrating hard on the sheet music. He wears a black suit and tie.

    The viola concerto

    23 September 2024

    Our examination of the concerto continues with the viola, whose potential as a solo instrument was long unrecognised.
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  3. Three pictures: a man leans forward, his elbows on some sheet music; a man with a large belly, wearing a black carnival mask; a caricature sketch of a man in a wig

    Pulcinella and the dangers of (mis)attribution

    16 September 2024

    Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella is based on music by Pergolesi. Or is it?
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  4. 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

    9 September 2024

    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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  5. Three women: one in a high wig and flowers in her hair, another sitting in profile, and (in a drawing) standing in a group as part of a stage production

    Mozart and the Weber sisters

    2 September 2024

    We look at Mozart's close relationship with the children of the Weber family.
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  6. A man plays the cello, his bow on the string

    The cello concerto

    26 August 2024

    In a new series for 2024/25, who better than the SCO players to guide us through the best concertos for their instrument?
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  7. Three men, the first two in 18th century formal dress (one in black and white, one in a red coat), the last in an old photo, smoking

    What is a sinfonia concertante?

    15 July 2024

    We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...
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  8. Mozart and the development of the piano concerto

    1 July 2024

    How one composer almost single-handedly raised the piano concerto to unprecedented heights.
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  9. The reappraisal of Così fan tutte

    1 July 2024

    Neglected during much of the 19th century, Mozart's Cinderella of an opera is more relevant than ever today.
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  10. Spanish music by French composers

    1 July 2024

    From Bizet to Ravel, we look at the long-standing fascination of French composers for the music of Spain.
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  11. 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

    17 June 2024

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
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  12. UN:TITLED programme

    13 June 2024

    Read the programme for our UN:TITLED concerts on 15-16 June.
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