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Beethoven with a twist from Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By David Smythe, 13 December 2023

Nicola Benedetti plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in an ensemble partnership with SCO led by Benjamin Marquise Gilmore.

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Perth

13 Dec 2023

Beethoven with a twist from Benedetti and the SCO

By David Smythe

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Perth

Viennese contrasts from Nicola Benedetti and the SCO in Perth

By David Smythe, 15 December 2021

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform an evening of luminous early Mozart, lively Johann Strauss II and vivid Schoenberg.

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Perth

15 Dec 2021

Viennese contrasts from Nicola Benedetti and the SCO in Perth

By David Smythe

London

Goodbye, Esa-Pekka: the Philharmonia celebrates the end of its Chief Conductor's tenure in style

By David Karlin, 10 June 2021

A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post.

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London

10 Jun 2021

Goodbye, Esa-Pekka: the Philharmonia celebrates in style

By David Karlin

Edinburgh

Exciting departure from the mainstream by Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By Mark Thomas, 28 January 2021

Maxim Emelyanychev gave individual string players from the SCO more airtime and more of a “chamber” feel to an intriguing programme of Baroque, Classical and Romantic works.

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Edinburgh

28 Jan 2021

Exciting departure from the mainstream by Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By Mark Thomas

Edinburgh

Playful, creative and joyous: Pekka Kuusisto directs the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

By David Smythe, 21 March 2019

Pekka Kuusisto’s direction of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is playful, creative and joyous in a mixed programme from Biber to Bartók, Haydn to Messiaen wrapped round with Ravel.

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Edinburgh

21 Mar 2019

Playful, creative and joyous: Pekka Kuusisto directs the SCO

By David Smythe

Edinburgh

McFall’s Chamber: Warsaw’s Tango and Afterwards

By David Smythe, 15 November 2018

McFall’s Chamber’s bittersweet programme of Polish music referenced Tango in Warsaw, exploring the avant-garde of Grażyna Bacewicz and early and late Penderecki

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Edinburgh

15 Nov 2018

McFall’s Chamber: Warsaw’s Tango and Afterwards

By David Smythe