BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Events
Sun 1 Mar 2026
- 15:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sir Donald Runnicles joins forces with Edinburgh Festival Chorus for Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony at the Usher Hall. A monumental musical event!
Sir Donald Runnicles joins forces with Edinburgh Festival Chorus for Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony at the Usher Hall. A monumental musical event!
Programme
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’(80 mins)
Performers
- Jennifer Davissoprano
- Karen Cargillmezzo-soprano
- James Grossmithchorus director
- Donald RunniclesConductor
Composers
Thu 12 Mar 2026
- 14:00City Halls
Britten's playful 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra' is paired with the composer's Cello Symphony. Plus, there's music inspired by the enchanting imagination of William Shakespeare.
Britten's playful 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra' is paired with the composer's Cello Symphony. Plus, there's music inspired by the enchanting imagination of William Shakespeare.
Programme
- Aurora(10 mins)
- Cello Symphony(34 mins)
- interval
- Falstaff(30 mins)
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(17 mins)
Performers
- Alban Gerhardtcello
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Thu 19 Mar 2026
- 19:30City Halls
Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy’s firecracker piano concerto
Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy’s firecracker piano concerto
Programme
- Little Suite(11 mins)
- Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-Flat Major(43 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(42 mins)
Performers
- Duo Játékokpianos
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Fri 20 Mar 2026
- 19:30Music Hall, Aberdeen
Tchaikovsky's pulse-raising passion and Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky's pulse-raising passion and Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto
Programme
- Little Suite(11 mins)
- Violin Concerto No 5 in A major, K 219 'Turkish'(30 mins)Cadenza by Raymond Yiu
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(42 mins)
Performers
- Esther Yooviolin
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Thu 26 Mar 2026
- 19:30City Halls
A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
Programme
- Pelléas et Mélisande(155 mins)Concert performance; sung in French with English surtitles. UK Premiere of the Pelleas et Melisande (critical edition)
Performers
- Huw Montague RendallPelléas - baritone
- Sophie BevanMélisande - soprano
- David StoutGolaud - baritone
- Karen CargillGeneviève – mezzo-soprano
- Alastair MilesArkel – bass
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
- RCS Chamber Choir
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