What's On

The SCO Wind Soloists team up with the most talented wind players of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for an afternoon of high spirits and playful charm, performing three masterpieces from the wind repertoire.

Bertrand Chamayou is one of three featured artists in the 18/19 Season. The brilliant French pianist from Toulouse, noted for his technical wizardry and remarkable musicianship, is the soloist in the most lyrical of Beethoven’s piano concertos.

Perhaps the most famous and beloved Shakespearean score of all time? Let your imagination run wild with Mendelssohn's enchanting music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Goethe’s tale of ancient Druids, featuring the SCO Chorus.

At 34, Italian conductor Daniele Rustion has already made starry debuts at opera houses and orchestras in the USA and Europe to huge acclaim. In the middle of this evening of pure entertainment, the SCO's own fine clarinettists step into the spotlight.

Karina Canellakis has rapidly become one of the most sought-after conductors in the world. She pairs Mendelssohn with his idol, the man whose music the composer described as "The greatest music in the world”: JS Bach.

Big Ears, Little Ears is a series of informal concerts for babies, toddlers and their adults.

Due to popular demand, an additional concert date has been added - Monday 22 December. Please note that tickets are no longer available for 20 December.

Welcome 2019 in sparkling style! Along with your favourite Viennese Waltzes and Polkas by the Strauss family, Leader Stephanie Gonley creates musical fireworks in Ravel’s raucous Tzigane for solo violin and orchestra.

We welcome the master of historical performance Reinhard Goebel for a concert dedicated to the genius that is Mozart, and his friends. Our own award-winning Principal Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill presents the irresistible Horn Concerto No 4 on Natural Horn.

The Orchestra performs at Celtic Connections 2019 with two of Scottish folk music's most distinctive contemporary artists.

Longtime Celtic Connections-goers might remember Karine Polwart and Kris Drever’s festival debuts, around about the millennium. Onstage together, they will première sumptuous orchestral versions of songs old and new.

Immerse yourself in the heady perfumes and scintillating colours of France, as François Leleux leads you through a rich collection of music from his native country. British soprano Carolyn Sampson is the soloist in Berlioz’s sensuous Les Nuits d’Été.