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List of News Articles

  1. Shot from behind a violinist playing to the audience at a dementia-friendly concert.

    Tea Dance Concert programme

    17 April 2025

    Read the programme for our Re:Connect Tea Dance Concert.
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  2. 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

    7 April 2025

    Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.
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  3. Haydn's lost joke

    1 April 2025

    Could there be more to the Farewell Symphony than meets the eye?
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  4. Beethoven and C minor

    31 March 2025

    What was it about C minor that brought out Beethoven's defiant side? We take a look at a few examples.
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  5. 2025/26 Season highlights

    20 March 2025

    Don't know where to start with the new Season? We have a few starting points for you.
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  6. 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?

    17 March 2025

    We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...
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  7. The SCO Chorus on music for Lent

    10 March 2025

    With Easter just around the corner, we delve into perhaps the richest (and often darkest) choral repertoire of all ...
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  8. Composer Ruth Gipps leaning forward with both hands gently touching her face.

    Digital Season: Gipps Seascape

    7 March 2025

    Read the programme note for our online performance of Gipps' Seascape
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  9. The bassoon concerto

    3 March 2025

    For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.
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  10. The tortured tale of Schumann's Violin Concerto

    24 February 2025

    Or, how suppressing a work for 80 years can affect its long-term fortunes.
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  11. The double bass concerto

    17 February 2025

    We complete our survey of the concerto for stringed instruments with the double bass. It's not just about jazz!
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  12. Musical folk tales

    10 February 2025

    It's the 19th century and musical retellings of Greek myths are out. Enter the European folk tale ...
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