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  1. A dark background with bright green and red shapes, featuring two cartoon-like drawings of horns.

    From Scotland to Persia

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    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The Queen's Hall
    When SCO Wind Soloists are joined by exceptional players from RCS, the result is a grand wind ensemble of richness and expertise.
  2. Against a dark, starry night sky with a large bright star on the left, two silhouettes of faces with mouths opened are tilted up as if singing to the star.

    Bach's Christmas Oratorio

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    The Queen's Hall, City Halls
    Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.
  3. Violinist Aylen Pritchin stands holding his instrument, looking to the left with a smile on his face, against a dark background with bright red and green shapes.

    Prokofiev & Brahms

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    Usher Hall, City Halls, Aberdeen Music Hall
    Prokofiev’s darkly lyrical Violin Concerto No 2 is the ideal musical match for the exceptional violinist Aylen Pritchin and conductor Maxim.
  4. SCO clarinettists William Stafford, holding his clarinet and smiling, and Maximiliano Martín, playing the clarinet, are set against a dark background surrounded by bright red shapes.

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

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    Holy Trinity Church St Andrews, The Queen's Hall, City Halls
    Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.
  5. A bright green background with light white stars, featuring a cartoon drawing of a church with an illuminated window and a bright star.

    Silent Night

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    Greyfriars Kirk
    Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.
  6. A cartoon drawing of a champagne bottle with the cork popping out alongside confetti, with a chandelier hanging above, set against a dark green and bright red background.

    New Year Gala

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    Usher Hall, Ayr Town Hall, Easterbrook Hall
    Celebrate the New Year in style with musical glitz and glamour – from both sides of the Atlantic.
    Collection in aid of
  7. Violinist Rachel Podger holds her instrument, smiling at the camera, against a light pink and dark green background.

    Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

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    The Queen's Hall, City Halls, Aberdeen Music Hall
    Join British violinist Rachel Podger in a concert focusing on some of JS Bach’s most iconic orchestral music.
  8. Geneva Lewis with her violin, smiling at the camera against a dark background with shapes in various shades of pink.

    Sibelius Violin Concerto

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    The Queen's Hall, City Halls
    SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.
  9. Maxim Emelyanychev looking into the camera, hand touching his jawline, against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Ad Absurdum

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    The Queen's Hall, City Halls
    Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.
    Sponsored by
    In association with
  10. A bright yellow, green, and white background with a cartoon drawing of the Great Grumpy Gaboon, a brown creature with white wings, sitting in a bed of flowers.

    The Great Grumpy Gaboon

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    Caird Hall Dundee, Aberdeen Music Hall, Eden Court
    Join the Grumpy Gaboon and friends on this brand-new musical adventure as they discover the importance of friendship and forgiveness.
  11. Composer Ruth Gipps leaning forward with both hands gently touching her face.

    GIPPS Seascape

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    Online Performance
    Take a dip in the watery wonders of Gipps’s passionate music - and discover her pastoral idyll 'Cringlemire Garden' played live in February.
    In association with
  12. Ivan Podyomov smiling, and holding his oboe, against a dark background with bright blue, red, and green shapes.

    Mozart Oboe Concerto

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    Easterbrook Hall, The Queen's Hall, City Halls
    Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.