Behind the music
List of News Articles
Quickfire Questions with Francesca Gilbert
9 March 2026
Get to know the Orchestra's newest violist!
Roderick Williams: "The Language of Eden is a lyrical piece full of beautiful textures"
23 February 2026
Ahead of his return to the SCO in March, we spoke to Roderick Williams about his wide-ranging career.
Dreamers' Circus: "we've never really worried too much about genre"
16 February 2026
Classical and folk meet in our concerts with Dreamers' Circus, so who better to talk us through how it happens?
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.Beethoven's 'lesser' symphonies
26 January 2026
Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?
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 ...
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!