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Celebrating 90 years of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

By David Smythe, 20 November 2025

Martyn Brabbins conducts MacMillan’s Confession of Isobel Gowdie, BBCSSO founder Ian Whyte’s forgotten Violin Concerto with Stephanie Gonley, and a memorable Rachmaninov 2.

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Glasgow

20 Nov 2025

Celebrating 90 years of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

By David Smythe

Andrew Manze in rehearsal with the SCO academy © Christopher Bowen

Edinburgh

Andrew Manze conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in all Vaughan Williams

By Simon Thompson, 02 May 2024

The amateurs of the SCO Academy play Vaughan Williams' Concerto Grosso alongside the orchestra's professionals, and there is glorious warmth in the Fifth Symphony. Just don't ask me to love The Lark Ascending.

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Edinburgh

02 May 2024

Andrew Manze conducts the SCO in all Vaughan Williams

By Simon Thompson

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus © Christopher Bowen

Edinburgh

A neglected Schubert masterpiece from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By David Smythe, 30 November 2023

Two short choral works and a Bach double violin concerto introduce Schubert’s neglected masterpiece, his Mass in A flat major.

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Edinburgh

30 Nov 2023

A neglected Schubert masterpiece from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By David Smythe

London

A double act: Roderick Williams delivers Mahler two ways at Wigmore Hall

By Alexander Hall, 19 November 2022

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.

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London

19 Nov 2022

A double act: Roderick Williams delivers Mahler two ways

By Alexander Hall

London

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

By Nick Boston, 08 February 2021

The Nash Ensemble performs Dvořák's Piano Quartet no. 2 at Wigmore Hall, followed by a joyful rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

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London

08 Feb 2021

Defiantly alive Dvořák and joyful Schubert from the Nash Ensemble

By Nick Boston

Edinburgh

Ambitious student works performed with style by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By David Smythe, 22 October 2020

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra explores student works from Bernstein’s punchy Clarinet Sonata, Barber’s String Quartet, featuring his greatest hit, and Coleridge-Taylor’s sunny Nonet.

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Edinburgh

22 Oct 2020

Ambitious student works performed with style by the SCO

By David Smythe

London

Quality performances by the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

By Chris Garlick, 03 October 2020

Two contrasting works from the Nash Ensemble made for a fine evening of the very best quality chamber music at Wigmore Hall, gratefully received in the hall and by many online.

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London

03 Oct 2020

Quality performances by the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

By Chris Garlick