BBC SSO Celebrates 75th Anniversary

First up was a documentary on BBC Two Scotland marking the 75th Anniversary of the orchestra, featuring exclusive archive footage and interviews with many musicians and conductors who have featured in the orchestra's past and present. The programme is available to view BBC iPlayer. The page includes an interview with former BBC SSO Associate Principal Conductor Martyn Brabbins on his memories conducting the orchestra.

For the BBC SSO's Birthday on Thursday 3 December the orchestra performed a special concert at its home in City Halls featuring world famous Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti and conductor Martyn Brabbins. In a first for the orchestra, the concert was broadcast live on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Radio 3 and online simultaneously.

Commemorative PDF downloads are available in the form of a special 75th Birthday brochure and the concert programme notes.

BBC Radio 3's Afternoon on Three programme dedicated a week of broadcasts to the orchestra in celebration of its 75 year. Wednesday's programme featured new BBC SSO Associate Guest Conductor Andrew Manze's debut with the orchestra with Brahms' Fourth Symphony. The page includes an interview with Andrew Maze and a clip of the performance.

It was a hectic but rewarding week for the orchestra and they are ready go again next week with the return of conductor Ilan Volkov for the last concert of the Sceptred Isle series. Here's to another 75 years!