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  1. The 2026 SCO Summer Tour is on sale!

    13 February 2026

    Looking for an excuse to explore Scotland this summer? See if you can catch the Orchestra on the road!
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  2. Digital Season: Bruckner's Skull

    12 February 2026

    Read the programme note for our online performance of Jay Capperauld's Bruckner's Skull.
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  3. The great Beethoven symphonies

    9 February 2026

    In which we bite the bullet and look at four unmissable works
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  4. Wrongfully marginalised: a history of women composers

    2 February 2026

    To celebrate International Women's Day, we look at the changing fortunes of women composers over the centuries.
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  5. Concert and insertion arias: a primer

    26 January 2026

    In which we look at the practice of exchanging one aria for another in operas - and not always for the best of reasons ...
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  6. A tribute to Caroline Garden

    21 January 2026

    We are sorry to announce the passing of Caroline Garden, a founding member of the Orchestra.
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  7. 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

    19 January 2026

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
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  8. The search for Beethoven's successor

    19 January 2026

    Beethoven died in 1827. Who would be worthy to take on his mantle?
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  9. Musical quotations

    19 January 2026

    Follow the thread as one composer quotes another ...
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  10. Composers' miracle years

    12 January 2026

    In which we look at times when a composer barely paused for breath between one work and the next
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  11. Quickfire Questions with Hatty Haynes

    9 January 2026

    Get to know the newest SCO Second Violin!
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  12. Making a splash: water music beyond Handel

    5 January 2026

    We take a look at musical depictions of water, from trickling burns to the wide expanse of the ocean, to see what lurks below the surface.
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