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PATRON EVENTS

We are lucky enough to have a wonderful family of Patrons and are extremely grateful for the philanthropic support they provide. Last Season Patrons were able to get closer to the SCO through a variety of events ranging from a delicious afternoon tea with François Leleux and members of the Orchestra in Edinburgh’s Archers’ Hall, a special tour of the recently transformed Aberdeen Music Hall, and a private pre-concert supper in The Corinthian Club in Glasgow.

You may have noticed in some of our communications that we have been introducing a £60 minimum (or just £5 a month!) as an

A delicious afternoon tea with François Leleux

entry level to become a Patron. The SCO absolutely appreciates every size of donation but we need to ensure that our income is efficiently spent on bringing music to as many people as possible, rather than administration costs.

If you are currently a Patron and giving below £60, we would be delighted if you would consider increasing your support, thereby ensuring you remain a Patron and have access to our communications and any future events ––––––To learn more about becoming a Patron, please contact Laura Hickey on 0131 478 8344.

Our Principal Double Bass Nikita Naumov

WIN £250

250 SOCIETY Just £5 a month as a member of the 250 Society gives you the chance to scoop £250 in our monthly draw at the same time as knowing that you are contributing towards the SCO’s Creative Learning programme.

Please join us in congratulating recent winners of our 250 Society:

Jan – Alistair Montgomerie Feb – Tom Hagan March – Gordon Smith April – John Donaldson

To learn more about the 250 Society or to join now, contact Laura Hickey on 0131 478 8344.

THE QUILTER CHEVIOT BENEDETTI SERIES

A Private Dinner at Kinross House

Immediately following our sell-out Quilter Cheviot Benedetti Series of concerts in Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow, we were very honoured that Nicola Benedetti agreed to perform with members of the Orchestra at a special fundraising dinner attended by guests of some of our Business Partners in the privately-owned Kinross House on Saturday 6 April. Built in 1685 and refurbished between 2011 and 2013, this breathtaking property reflects the original owner’s vision for opulent entertaining, and we certainly enjoyed the privilege of being in such beautiful surroundings!

As one of the most soughtafter violinists in the world, Nicola’s ability to captivate audiences with her musicianship and dynamic presence, coupled with her wide appeal as a high profile advocate for music education, has made her one of the most influential artists of today. In a moving speech, she expressed her admiration and love for the SCO and said that it was like coming home to family when she performed with us. This feeling is, no doubt, further reinforced by her longstanding friendship with our leader, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, who she was at school with from the tender age of nine!

We are very grateful to Donald Fothergill for opening his home to us, to Quilter Cheviot for sponsoring the dinner, to Nicola Benedetti and our musicians for performing, and to the generosity of the guests who helped make the event such a success

“We had a fabulous evening at Kinross House, made all the better by the stunning musicianship of your folk from the SCO, playing with and without Nicola Benedetti.”

SCOTTISH SUMMER TOURING SEASON

Each summer, the SCO hits the road along with internationally-acclaimed guest soloists and conductors – to bring inspiring live music to communities across the whole of Scotland. Where will you join us? Tickets available on www.sco.org.uk

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See you in MUSSELBURGH/ STRANRAER/ ANNAN/ GALASHIELS/ CAITHNESS/ SOUTH UIST/ NORTH UIST/ HARRIS/ LEWIS/ ELGIN/ BANCHORY/ ABERFELDY/ EAST NEUK FESTIVAL/ STIRLING/ FINDHORN/ TURRIFF/ FORFAR/ OBAN/ CAMPBELTOWN/ BOWMORE/ DUNOON/ EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL/ ST ANDREWS/ LARGS/ LANARK and LAMMERMUIR FESTIVAL

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

IN MUSSELBURGH | STRANRAER | ANNAN | GALASHIELS

 1. MUSSELBURGH 5 June  2. STRANRAER 6 June  3. ANNAN 7 June  4. GALASHIELS 8 June

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture MOZART Clarinet Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No 4

GÁBOR KÁLI – Conductor MAXIMILIANO MARTÍN – Clarinet Spanish clarinettist Maximiliano Martín is a tour de force, never failing to inspire audiences in his dual career as SCO Principal Clarinet and in-demand international soloist. His effortless phrasing and mellifluous tone, demonstrated in celebrated recordings of the clarinet repertoire, are what will make this performance of Mozart’s famous Clarinet Concerto magical.

Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli – winner of the prestigious 2018 Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award – opens the concert with Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, music inspired by the 19th century composer’s spectacular journey by steamer from Fort William to Tobermory. The unyielding energy of Beethoven’s playful Symphony No 4 makes for an exhilarating conclusion to the evening

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

IN CAITHNESS

 5. SCO RESIDENCY IN CAITHNESS 15-17 June

The SCO’s Summer Touring programme includes more than just concerts! This year we are collaborating with Caithness Music and Lyth Arts Centre to bring six special events to Caithness, working with people of all ages across the community.

On 15th June, join the SCO Wind Trio for a live music experience with your little one. Big Ears, Little Ears offers a chance to relax and enjoy wonderful performances up close in a child-friendly atmosphere. The same evening, experience a delightful concert of chamber music, specially programmed and performed by seven SCO musicians at Thurso West Church.

Local brass players will spend an afternoon with Peter Franks (SCO Principal Trumpet), and orchestral musicians are invited to Come & Play with SCO musicians for a day which features a new commission by local musician Gordon. The team will also be out and about visiting local schools and care homes.

SCO WINDS SOLOISTS

ON THE OUTER HEBRIDES

 6. SOUTH UIST 24 JUNE  7. NORTH UIST 25 JUNE  8. HARRIS 26 JUNE  9. LEWIS 27 JUNE

GOUNOD Petite Symphonie MUSSORGSKY arr LINCKLEMANN Movements from Pictures at an Exhibition McCRAE Wind Trio PROKOFIEV arr TARKMANN Suite, Romeo & Juliet

With the SCO WIND SOLOISTS

Please join the world-class Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists as they make the Outer Hebrides their home for the week. Wit, ingenuity and entertainment are at the heart of their concerts! Immerse yourself in the romantic intensity of two star-crossed lovers! Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, with its dramatic scenes and heart-on-sleeve melodies, has a strong claim to being the greatest ballet score ever composed.

After ballet, make way for painting! Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is an homage to visual arts. Each of the movements evoke a painting of the composer’s late friend, artist Hartmann. Let this imaginative music take you into the world of costume sketches, architectural designs and atmospheric paintings. Join us for an inspiring evening of music!

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

SCO STRINGS

IN ELGIN | BANCHORY | ABERFELDY

 10. ELGIN 26 June  11. BANCHORY 27 June  12. ABERFELDY 28 June

JANÁČEK Suite for Strings VERESS Transylvanian Dances BORODIN Notturno BOTTESINI Concerto alla Mendelssohn DVOŘÁK Serenade

BENJAMIN MARQUISE GILMORE – Director/Violin NIKITA NAUMOV – Double Bass SCO STRINGS It’s a rare occasion for bass players to step forward into the spotlight as a concert soloist, as our superb Principal Double Bass Nikita Naumov does here! Composer Giovanni Bottesini – known as the “Paganini of the Double Bass” – was instrumental to in extending the capabilities of the double bass and Nikita’s performance will be a sure-fire demonstration of this.

Across the evening, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore dynamically leads the SCO Strings in bohemian rhapsodies of the folk-inspired Hungarian and Czech musical tradition.

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

IN STIRLING | FINDHORN | TURRIFF | FORFAR

 14. STIRLING CASTLE 18 July  15. FINDHORN 19 July  16. TURRIFF 20 July  17. FORFAR 21 July

MOZART Symphony No 31 ‘Paris’ TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No 104 ‘London’

PHILIPP VON STEINAECKER – Conductor PHILIP HIGHAM – Cello

The Orchestra’s superb Principal Cellist Philip Higham is soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations – a work that tips its hat to the eighteenth century, but is utterly Romantic at heart.

The opening of Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony is one of the grandest, most thrilling sounds, with Mozart making use of clarinets for the first time in a symphony. Conductor Philipp von Steinaecker continues the genial high spirits and passion in Haydn’s final Symphony, written when the conductor was staying in London.

ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

IN OBAN | CAMPBELTOWN | BOWMORE | DUNOON

 18. OBAN 24 July  19. CAMPBELTOWN 25 July  20. BOWMORE, ISLAY 26 July  21. DUNOON 27 July

SAINT-SAËNS Suite Op 49 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2

HOLLY MATHIESON – Conductor BENJAMIN MARQUISE GILMORE – Violin The full Orchestra will tour throughout Argyll and Bute, returning first to Oban where the SCO Strings gave an exhilarating concert last summer. The Orchestra also makes a longawaited return to Dunoon, and will perform in Campbeltown and in Bowmore, Islay for the first time in more than 20 years.

New Zealand-born Holly Mathieson takes the baton for an exquisite programme including Mendelssohn’s much-loved and technicallychallenging Violin Concerto. Soloist Benjamin Marquise Gilmore is certain to embrace this major piece of Romantic music with panache. The programme opens with a rarity: SaintSaëns’ Orchestral Suite, and to close the night, Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No 2: a superb evening of music not to be missed!

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

IN ST ANDREWS | LARGS | LANARK

 22. ST ANDREWS 12 September  23. LARGS 13 September  24. LANARK 14 September  25. LAMMERMUIR FESTIVAL 15 September

HAYDN Symphony No 44 in E minor ‘Trauer’ NIELSEN Flute Concerto DEAN Siduri Dances (Scottish Premiere) MOZART Symphony No 36 ‘Linz’

DANIEL BLENDULF – Conductor ADAM WALKER – Flute British flautist Adam Walker landed the plum job of principal flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra aged only 21. He performs Nielsen’s witty and imaginative Flute Concerto, 15 years after demonstrating his astonishing virtuosity with this signature showpiece as a finalist in the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Scandinavian conductor Daniel Blendulf directs stirring symphonies by ‘Father of the Symphony’ J Haydn and his admired friend WA Mozart, a composer whom Haydn described as “the greatest composer known to me by person and repute”.

--ALSO MEET THE SCO IN FESTIVALS!

 13. EAST NEUK FESTIVAL CLOSING CONCERT 30 June – With Conductor Joseph Swensen

26. EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 5 & 6 August – West Side Story, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner 12 August – Maxim Emelyanychev & SCO Principals 17 August – MacMillan Symphony No 5 – World Premiere 26 August – Virgin Money Fireworks concerts 1.30pm for 2000+ school pupils, 9pm general public

BBC PROMS 30 August – HANDEL Jephtha, Conducted by Richard Egarr and with the SCO Chorus

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ON TOUR SUMMER 2019 ––––––