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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!
Digital Season: Bruckner's Skull
12 February 2026
Read the programme note for our online performance of Jay Capperauld's Bruckner's Skull.
The great Beethoven symphonies
9 February 2026
In which we bite the bullet and look at four unmissable works
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.
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 ...
A tribute to Caroline Garden
21 January 2026
We are sorry to announce the passing of Caroline Garden, a founding member of the Orchestra.
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.
The search for Beethoven's successor
19 January 2026
Beethoven died in 1827. Who would be worthy to take on his mantle?
Musical quotations
19 January 2026
Follow the thread as one composer quotes another ...
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
Quickfire Questions with Hatty Haynes
9 January 2026
Get to know the newest SCO Second Violin!
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.