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GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC We hope to give young people the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of our kind legacy givers and to develop a lifelong love for classical music.
It is always very touching when we discover that someone has been kind enough to leave a gift to the SCO in their Will. In doing so they help us to fulfil our mission to transform and enhance lives and communities throughout Scotland and beyond through the power of inspirational musicmaking. Former Conductor Laureate Sir Charles Mackerras had the vision to see how he could help the SCO by instructing that after his death the Orchestra should receive his future royalties from his recordings. The money invested from these royalties recently helped towards the funding of Robin Ticciati’s recording of the Brahms Symphonies which was released in March. We feel sure that Sir Charles would have
Sir Charles Mackerras
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