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Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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East meets West »

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In a daring project—even for accomplished SCO—tonight’s programme sees Mozart and Beethoven grounding a diverse audience against Samaagam: a concerto for sarod, concertante group and string orchestra. Mozart’s overture to Idome...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Alexander's Feast »

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Alexander’s Feast follows a tale of Alexander the Great, who torched the city of Persepolis whilst drunk following the defeat of his great rival Darius. The emotions of the ordeal are portrayed and blended together in Handel’s setting of D...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra »

Classical music is both an underrated and misjudged concept. For a vast majority of people, the mere mention of the genre evokes connotations of cold concert halls, seemingly endless renditions of some violin concerto and—horror of horrors—...

Sat 22 Nov 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra »

The SCO: a repuation for innovation and quality.

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After an extensive summer tour, it is a delight to welcome the SCO back to Edinburgh for what promises to be an exciting new season. Tonight, under conductor John Storgårds, they present one of Beethoven’s signature works alongside one of ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Scottish Chamber Orchestra shine once more »

Jan Alison Mitchell

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A performance which involves a programme of music by composers stretching over the past 200 years is bound to be an uneven one. What a 200 years it’s been after all! Surely the subtle dissonances of Poulenc will be lost in Mozart, whose emphasis...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

Messiaen on a Sunday afternoon »

Pianist Peter Hill

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“Emotionally, it’s right off the top of the thermometer,” is how Peter Hill, this afternoon’s pianist, describes the music of Olivier Messiaen in his pre-concert talk. Even to the untrained ear, it is obvious that emotion is so...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Sarah Mitchell | Read more »

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