Edinburgh 2013/14

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It’s a huge pleasure to welcome so many guest

artists who have a long and deep relationship with the

Orchestra’s history.

Join us for our 40th Anniversary Season

As Byron writes in his Stanzas for Music,

There be none of Beauty’s daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me.

‘Thee’ here is our beloved Music and it is through a wonderful array of programmes that I invite you to join us for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Season. Thanks to your support the SCO is able to fight strongly through the financial situation we find ourselves in, to bring you thrilling concerts, education events and a chance to meet members of the Orchestra. It’s a huge pleasure to welcome so many guest artists who have a long and deep relationship with the Orchestra’s history: Oliver Knussen premieres a work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; Jaime Laredo celebrates Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony; and Joseph Swensen brings us Mozart and Sally Beamish. This autumn the SCO and I embark on our first symphonic cycle together. As we look ever closer into the world of the Romantic Age, join us for a journey through Robert Schumann’s symphonies. From ‘Spring’ through to ‘Rhenish’, Schumann is in quest of an idealised relationship between symphonic form and his own soul – febrile energy and romantic fragments combine for two weeks of high drama.

The unlikely and unassuming figure of Antonin Dvořák makes his mark with the SCO as we take a closer look into his world. The intimate miniatures, the ebullient dances and the soaring cello concerto weave their way through the Season. Two titans of British music – Steven Isserlis and Tasmin Little – come to play Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Ligeti’s Violin Concerto respectively. Is there a birthday wish from the SCO as it reaches the grand age of 40? There is! To exceed the remarkable achievements of our first 40 years and continue to celebrate, with you our audience, the gift of music – one of Byron’s daughters of Beauty. For our special birthday concert in February it is a delight that Maria João Pires, an artist with whom the Orchestra has such a history, will join us to play Chopin. Our exciting new relationship with Scottish-born composer Martin Suckling continues to grow with another commissioned work to open the festivities. Our Season begins with Hector Berlioz’s sparkling Beatrice and Benedict. Filled with his love for Shakespeare, Berlioz weaves sharp classical wit with romantic melancholy to clothe his own very particular take on the famous play, Much Ado About Nothing. I look forward to welcoming you all! ROBIN TICCIATI PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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While there are many good ways for the SCO to celebrate its 40th year, doing it through new music could hardly be more apt, given its distinguished tradition of supporting composers and bringing their work to the public.

Above all we can salute a special relationship which goes back over a quarter of a century with a new work, especially written for the 40th birthday by SCO Composer Laureate, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, premiered under another outstanding composer, Oliver Knussen. There will be new works by other good friends. Sally Beamish, a previous Composer in Residence, commemorates the Battle of Flodden and the exciting young Scottish talent Martin Suckling will write his second work for the SCO, to be performed at the 40th Birthday Concert on 6 February 2014. We will also return to Kevin Volans’ symphony, written for the Orchestra to premiere at the 2010 Edinburgh

International Festival and supported with characteristic generosity by Donald and Louise MacDonald.

Finally, another great figure in the history of the Orchestra is James MacMillan and we will return to one of our most popular commissions, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, with the sensational percussionist Colin Currie. There will also be a performance of Tuireadh, MacMillan’s lament dedicated to the victims of the Piper Alpha disaster.

The SCO is a great Mozart and Beethoven orchestra, but the music of our own time is also at its heart.

Celebrating Through New Music

Sally Beamish

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Kevin Volans

James MacMillan

Martin Suckling

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Formed in 1974, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is internationally recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world.

With a core of 37 players, the repertoire spans the centuries with music from the Baroque to the present day – from Bach to Beamish, Mozart to MacMillan. The SCO performs throughout Scotland – in the towns and villages of the Highlands and South of Scotland as well as concert seasons in the main cities.

The Orchestra is regularly invited to appear at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals including the Edinburgh, East Neuk, St Magnus and Aldeburgh Festivals and the BBC Proms and has toured extensively internationally.

In February 2014, as part of the 40th Anniversary celebrations, the Orchestra

undertakes a major tour to the Far East with Robin Ticciati and Maria João Pires. This includes performances at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and concerts in Japan and China.

The Orchestra’s international profile is further boosted by regular broadcasts and a discography that now exceeds 150 recordings.

This is a team at the top of its game.The Herald

The real heart of the performance lay in the sublime playing from the orchestra under conductor Robin Ticciati. The Telegraph

The night belonged to the SCO Chorus for its shattering and profoundly moving performance.The Herald

The SCO Chorus was on outstanding form. The Financial Times The SCO Chorus has built a reputation as one of Scotland’s finest and most versatile choirs under the direction of Chorusmaster Gregory Batsleer. This Season, the chorus can be heard at the opening concert of Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict, Bach’s exultant Mass in B minor and the symphonic powerhouse that is Beethoven’s Ninth.

2013/14 will be Robin Ticciati’s fifth season as Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. During this time, alongside main season concerts, Ticciati and the Orchestra have appeared together at the Edinburgh International Festival, toured throughout Europe on several occasions to great critical acclaim and recorded two albums of Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique (Linn CKD 400) and Les nuits d’été & La mort de Cléopâtre (Linn CKD 421).

Alongside further tours with the SCO to Austria and the Far East, 2014 also sees Robin Ticciati begin his tenure as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Robin Ticciati and Scottish Chamber Orchestra: ‘One of the great partnerships in British music.’ The Telegraph

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Vienna to PragueQueen’s HallThursday 10 October 7.30pm

Romantic LandscapesQueen’s HallThursday 17 October 7.30pm

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DVOŘÁK Notturno (7’)

MOZART Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (26’)

JANÁČEK Concertino (18’)

MOZART Symphony No 38 ‘Prague’ (30’)

ALEXANDER JANICZEK Director/ViolinLLŶR WILLIAMS Piano

In 1786, when Mozart was writing Symphony No 38, he was neglected, even scorned in Vienna. Yet he found a more appreciative and understanding audience in Prague, a mere 200 miles away – so much so that he dedicated the symphony to “the good people of Prague”.

Llŷr Williams eloquently draws the two cities together with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 23, written in Vienna shortly before Mozart left for Prague and Janáček’s Concertino, written in Prague shortly after his opera, The Cunning Little Vixen.

DVOŘÁK Romance (12’)

SAINT-SAËNS The Muse and the Poet (16’)

DVOŘÁK Silent Woods (7’)

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’ (40’) JAIME LAREDO Conductor/ViolinSHARON ROBINSON Cello

Old friends return to the SCO in this atmospheric programme that paints Romantic landscapes from Bohemia to Scotland. Husband and wife, Laredo and Robinson have been performing with the SCO for decades; the first half puts each of them in the solo spotlight and also brings them together for Saint-Saëns’ rapturous The Muse and the Poet. It’s a sweeping, ecstatic duet – the perfect showpiece!

Beatrice and Benedict Usher HallThursday 3 October 7.30pm

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BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict (83’)

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ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorKAREN CARGILL BeatriceSALLY MATTHEWS HeroKATHLEEN WILKINSON UrsulaJOHN TESSIER BenedictBRINDLEY SHERRATT Don PedroLIONEL LHOTE SomaroneASHLEY RICHES ClaudioSCO CHORUS

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) Berlioz biographer David Cairns talks about Beatrice and Benedict.

Opening the Season with an operatic extravaganza has become something of a Ticciati tradition. Following on from Don Giovanni in 2010 and Così fan tutte in 2012, he offers a feast for anyone who loves that perfect marriage of drama to exquisite singing and playing. A world-class cast (featuring Karen Cargill, fresh from her triumph in Berlioz’s Les Troyens at The Met) assembles for Berlioz’s affectionate take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. A labour of love for the composer, this was also his last opera. It has plenty of ‘hits’ including the witty overture and the ravishing duet ‘Vous soupirez, madame!’.

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BRITTEN Suite on English Folk Tunes (A time there was...) (15’)

BEAMISHFlodden (c20’)SCO commission

BRIDGESummer (12’)

STRAUSSMetamorphosen (26’)

JOSEPH SWENSEN ConductorSHUNA SCOTT SENDALL Soprano

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) Dr Elaine Kelly (University of Edinburgh) talks about how war is portrayed in music.

The Pity of WarQueen’s HallThursday 24 October 7.30pm

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Programme to include:

BRAHMS Sextet No 2 in G major (39’)

JOSEPH SWENSEN Violin SCO Soloists

Brahms’ Sextets contain especially rich, achingly affecting music: there is a vein of melancholy that runs through them, lifted by stretches of magically folk-like inspiration.

This work echoes his emotional turmoil with themes for both his one-time fiancée Agathe von Siebold and the object of his eternal devotion, Clara Schumann.

MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik (16’)

MOZART Violin Concerto No 3 (24’)

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 ‘Classical’ (15’)

ALEXANDER JANICZEK Director/Violin

Classical and ‘Classical’ in an hour of the most tuneful and beguiling music ever written. Mozart was a teenager when he wrote his third violin concerto, but it contains a heartstoppingly lovely slow movement followed by a dazzling finale. Prokofiev was also young when he wrote his symphony, but this piece shows what a master he was even at that age. Every movement’s a winner and his sly tribute to the 18th century masters is a gem of true wit they would have admired. To open? Surely one of the top ten most loved works in the world.

ChamberConcertQueen’s HallSunday 27 October 3pm

CL@SIx – A Little Night MusicAssembly Rooms Tuesday 5 November 6pmMusic of special power and intensity casts

a shadow of war and calamity over all but the first piece. Strauss’ lament is one of the very greatest tragic outpourings in all music, and one that is close to Swensen’s heart. Bridge’s Summer is an utter contrast: an idyllic moment of sunlit serenity on the eve of the catastrophe of World War I preserved forever in rapturous music. 2013 also sees the 500th Anniversary of a dark hour in Scottish history: the Battle of Flodden. Beamish’s new work has been commissioned especially to commemorate the occasion.

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MAxWELL DAVIESNew Work (15’) world premiere

BARTÓKPiano Concerto No 3 (23’)

STRAVINSKY Symphony in C (28’)

OLIVER KNUSSEN ConductorPETER SERKIN Piano

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks about his new work and relationship with the SCO.

Serkin plays BartókQueen’s HallSaturday 9 November 7.30pm

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MENDELSSOHNSinfonia No 8 (31’)

BACHCantata 82: Ich habe genug (24’)

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 5 ‘Reformation’ (27’)

MASAAKI SUZUKI ConductorPETER HARVEY BaritoneROBIN WILLIAMS Oboe

Mr Suzuki’s BachQueen’s HallThursday 14 November 7.30pm

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An unmissable concert! It has been a while since the SCO last premiered a work from its old friend, the Master of the Queen’s Music. With Knussen directing (he is a passionate devotee) this will be special. No less remarkable is the opportunity to hear Serkin play the Bartók. A wonderful concerto with Hungarian folk influences vying with Wagner’s Tristan, hints of jazz and an evocation of night music in what amounts to a passionate and joy-filled love song to his wife. Stravinsky closes the evening powerfully and grandly with his symphony.

One of the greatest living Bach interpreters makes his SCO debut with music by the great man and his greatest admirer, Felix Mendelssohn. Placing Bach’s searching, poignant cantata at its heart, Suzuki’s programme contrasts early and mature Mendelssohn. The Sinfonia was one of twelve written before he was fourteen, and you can just hear him striding into Haydn’s, Mozart’s and Schubert’s territory with all the confidence of youth. The ‘Reformation’ is simply one of the greatest symphonies of the age.

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Music – so different from painting – is the art which we enjoy most in company with others.

Robin Ticciati has often spoken about how important poetry, colour and story are to his music-making – and this makes Schumann one of his perfect composers. “I’m going to spend a lot more time with him next year…” Ticciati hinted last year. Now we can reveal exactly what he meant: he will direct a full cycle of Schumann’s symphonies over two weeks, and then record these pieces with the Orchestra.

Symphonies preoccupied Schumann throughout his 30s; the first took just four days to be born, others cost him years of effort. Together they stand as a grand, profound and very pleasurable legacy. Concertos by two of Schumann’s best-loved composers complete the concerts. Brahms, played by the electrifying and refined Russian violinist Alina Pogostkina and Mozart from the brilliant Paul Lewis.

Schumann once wrote: “Music – so different from painting – is the art which we enjoy most in company with others.” Come and share in what promises to be one of the highlights of the Season.

SCHUMANN Symphony No 2 (38’)

BRAHMS Violin Concerto (38’)

SCHUMANN Symphony No 3 ‘Rhenish’ (32’)

ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorALINA POGOSTKINA Violin

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SCHUMANN Symphony No 1 ‘Spring’ (30’)

MOZART Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 (30’)

SCHUMANN Symphony No 4 (28’)

ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorPAUL LEWIS Piano

Schumann Symphony Cycle: IUsher HallThursday 21 November 7.30pm

Schumann Symphony Cycle: IIUsher HallThursday 28 November 7.30pm

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) Dr Laura Tunbridge (University of Manchester) provides insight into

Schumann’s symphonies.

ExPLORE SCHUMANN SYMPHONIES See page 33 for details.

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Please note: There will be two intervals in this concert.

BACH Mass in B minor (108’)

RICHARD EGARR ConductorLORNA ANDERSON SopranoKITTY WHATELY Mezzo SopranoANDREW TORTISE TenorANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMS BassSCO CHORUS

Simply one of the great, thrilling choral experiences of all time: Bach’s Mass is so many things all at once. Grand and intimate, awe-inspiring and consoling, moving and uplifting, divine and deeply human. An outpouring of utterly inspired music, it is also a summation and culmination of his life’s work in sacred music.


BACH Suite No 6 for solo cello (30’)

TELEMANNHorn Concerto in D (14’)

TELEMANN Concerto in F for violin, horn and cello (11’)

DAVID WATKIN Cello ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL HornSIJIE CHEN ViolinSARAH BEVAN-BAKER ViolinBRIAN SCHIELE ViolaERIC DE WIT CelloPETER WHELAN Harpsichord

This is the fortnight to enjoy four giants of the Baroque in chamber, orchestra and grand choral mode, as the versatility of the SCO’s superb musicians turns from one to the other with aplomb. Famously, Bach was a grudging second choice for a plum job in Leipzig and only got it when Telemann turned it down. History has rather reversed their roles, but that’s not to say that both aren’t marvellous masters. This concert sees the SCO players turn from modern to period instruments – fascinating to hear how different the music sounds.

Chamber Concert Queen’s HallSunday 8 December 3pm

B Minor Mass Queen’s HallThursday 12 December 7.30pm

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The string tone was distinctive from the start: supple, simple and tender…The Guardian


HAYDN Symphony No 85 in B-flat ‘La Reine’ (20’) MOZART Piano Concerto No 9 in E-flat K271 ‘Jeunehomme’ (28’)

RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte (6’)

POULENC Sinfonietta (29’)

CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS Conductor/Piano

In 2000, when Zacharias performed the complete Mozart Piano Concertos with the SCO, their first appearances together, one reviewer noted: “…the SCO obviously relish their special relationship with Zacharias…”. As true today as ever, they still bring a zesty freshness and spontaneity to every encounter. Here, with Haydn, Mozart, Ravel and Poulenc, Zacharias is among friends. Closer, perhaps – he calls them “family”. Composers with whom he feels the very strongest affinity – and it shows in every note.

BACH Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio (5’)

HANDEL Concerto a Due Cori No 1 (15’)

CORELLI Christmas Concerto (13’)

BACH Orchestral Suite No 3 (20’)

JOHN BUTT Director/Harpsichord

A seasonal close to this Baroque mini-fest with classic Christmas favourites by Corelli and Bach, followed by Handel’s Concerto with its sly nod in the direction of Messiah. Closing with the grandest of Bach’s orchestral suites, this makes for a thunderingly good start to the festive season.

Zacharias plays Mozart Queen’s HallSaturday 21 December 7.30pm

CL@SIx – Christmas Concerto Assembly RoomsTuesday 17 December 6pm

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LEHÁR You Are My Heart’s Delight The Land of Smiles

LOEWE On The Street Where You Live My Fair Lady

COWARD I’ll See You Again Bittersweet

STRAUSS Blue Danube Waltz

NICHOLAS McGEGAN ConductorJOHN MARK AINSLEY Tenor

New Year in Vienna Usher HallWednesday 1 January 7pm

Welcome 2014 in sparkling, classic style with the SCO! This year’s New Year concert will have all the waltzes, polkas and marches you could hope for alongside favourite songs made famous by Richard Tauber. And of course all the irresistible Strauss waltzes, polkas and overtures will set you up for the New Year with a spring in your step. McGegan and Ainsley are keeping their cards pretty close to their chest but some delightful songs from the shows are under discussion!

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SIBELIUS Pelléas et Mélisande (29’)

VOLANS Symphony: Daar Kom die Alibama (22’)

MACMILLAN Tuireadh (22’)

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta (15’) GARRY WALKER ConductorMAXIMILIANO MARTíN Clarinet

To Scots, living on so many islands and dependent on it for so much, the sea is a constant presence to be loved and admired, but also feared and respected. This complicated relationship with the sea is reflected here in pieces by two of the most important and widely performed living composers.

MacMillan’s Tuireadh laments the dead of the Piper Alpha disaster in great tidal movements of sound and grief. South African composer Volans’ Symphony offers a beautiful and oblique reflection “…on the sea and the role of ships and their cargoes in our history…”.

RESPIGHI Trittico botticelliano (18’)

RESPIGHI Il Tramonto (16’)

ROSSINI Overture, Tancredi (6’)

ROSSINI Di tanti palpita (Tancredi) (3’)

MENOTTI Suite from Sebastian (24’) ENRIQUE MAZZOLA ConductorRENATA POKUPIĆ Mezzo Soprano

A grand night out for lovers of opera, great singing and Italian music. Renata Pokupić has graced the stage of the Royal Opera House and many other great houses around the world; she comes to Scotland with Respighi’s luscious and Romantic evocation of sunset – then follows it with Rossini’s show-stopping bravura aria. Quite a contrast! We end with Scotland’s adopted Italian composer: Gian Carlo Menotti. Sebastian is a brilliantly colourful score – if you don’t know it, think Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with a distinct exotic edge.

A Night in Italy Queen’s HallSaturday 18 January 7.30pm

Meditations on the Sea Queen’s HallThursday 23 January 7.30pm

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MOZART Symphony No 32 (9’)

MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp K299 (30’)

DEBUSSY Danses Sacrée et Profane (9’)

BIZET Symphony in C (30’) JOSEPH SWENSEN ConductorALISON MITCHELL FluteSIVAN MAGEN Harp

Paris Masterworks Queen’s HallThursday 9 January 7.30pm

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SCO Conductor Emeritus, Joseph Swensen returns to Scotland with a programme with Paris at its heart. Mozart wrote this symphony immediately after leaving Paris – a terrible time for him, though you would never know it from the music. His delightful concerto pairs the world-class SCO Principal Flute Alison Mitchell with harpist Sivan Magen – a musician who dazzles audiences wherever he goes. Debussy’s virtuoso showpiece should give him plenty of opportunity to shine. Swensen closes with the miraculous symphony Bizet wrote at the age of just 17 – and to this day it is one of the most popular works in the world. Radiant playing from flautist

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SUCKLING New WorkSCO 40th birthday commission (10’)

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2 (32’)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 5 (31’)

ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorMARIA JOãO PIRES Piano

40th Birthday Concert Usher HallThursday 6 February 7.30pm

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As they toured Europe in 2012 Pires, Ticciati and the SCO thrilled audiences across the continent including Vienna, Brussels and Lucerne before bringing a magnificent programme of Mozart and Beethoven home to Scotland. How better to celebrate the Orchestra’s 40th birthday than by reuniting them in what promises to be an unforgettable night.

Pires’ Chopin is legendary; and as we have heard, Ticciati’s Beethoven is superb. A new commission, which is by a composer whose last work for the SCO got a thoroughly rousing reception, opens the show: Martin Suckling unveils his special birthday piece!

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Pires was an ideal match for the [Scottish Chamber] Orchestra … adding shapely phrasing, understated virtuosity and a warm, singing touch.The Herald

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Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Queen’s HallThursday 6 March 7.30pm

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These concerts bring together the music of three composers who occupied neighbouring territories in Eastern Europe at different times over the past three centuries – a fascinating time-travelling blend of much-loved masterworks with the perhaps less familiar, but no less brilliant music of Ligeti.

But there is a further hidden theme here: the Horn. Instrument of postmen and hunters, beloved of misty-eyed Romantics, full-blooded dramatists and sharp-witted avant-gardistes… both concerts bring the SCO’s horn section to the fore.

A distinguished pair of British soloists take the concerto spotlight in these concerts: Steven Isserlis utterly on home ground in Dvořák‘s Cello Concerto, and Tasmin Little venturing into the wilds and fantasies of Ligeti’s masterpiece. It’s a rollercoaster ride of a piece, his violin concerto, but worth every minute you spend getting to know it.

LIGETI Melodien (11’)

HAYDN Symphony No 73 in D ‘La Chasse’ (25’)

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto (40’) ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorSTEVEN ISSERLIS Cello

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) Robin Ticciati in conversation with James Naughtie.

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances from Op 72 (20’)

LIGETI Violin Concerto (28’)

HAYDN Symphony No 31 ‘Horn Signal’ (25’)

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances from Op 46 (20’)

ROBIN TICCIATI ConductorTASMIN LITTLE Violin

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SCHUBERTSymphony No 2 (29’)

HAYDN Piano Concerto in D (20’)

MOZART Symphony No 41 ‘Jupiter’ (30’)

RICHARD EGARR Conductor/Piano

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) SCO brass players provide insight into performing with natural horns and trumpets.

Egarr’s musical homeland is Bach and Handel – the very composers who so deeply inspired Mozart in his later years. The magnificent power of the ‘Jupiter’ owes so much to them and the magic of Egarr’s interpretation lies in his ability to bring all his understanding of their work to Mozart’s masterpiece. Schubert’s teenage symphony is a delight of a very different colour. It’s a staggering testament to his brilliance at such an early age.

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Slavonic Dances Queen’s HallThursday 20 March

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JANÁČEK Mladi (20’)

BARTÓK Contrasts (16’)

FIBICH Quintet Op 42 (40’)

ALISON MITCHELL FluteROBIN WILLIAMS OboeMAXIMILANO MARTíN ClarinetWILLIAM STAFFORD ClarinetPETER WHELAN BassoonDAVID WATKIN Cello

A cracker of a showcase, mostly for the SCO’s winds, but one or two string principals too. Janáček, in one of his later works, looks back seven decades to celebrate youth and memories of school days. Bartók swings into jazz for a piece for Benny Goodman – but pulls Goodman into the world of Hungarian folk music too. Fibich may be less familiar. He was a contemporary and countryman of Dvořák’s – and his quintet for mixed winds and strings is a sunny delight.

Chamber Concert Queen’s HallSunday 23 March 3pm

SILVESTROV The Messenger (8’)

MOZART Symphony No 40 in G minor (35’)

MOZART Mass in C minor [ed. Landon] (60’)

OLARI ELTS ConductorELIZABETH WATTS SopranoLISA MILNE SopranoANDREW STAPLES TenorSTEPHAN LOGES Bass-BaritoneSCO CHORUS

A tale of two wives lies behind this grand programme. Mozart’s future wife Constanze Weber was the intended soloist for the ravishing soprano writing in the Et Incarnatus Est of his mass – an utterly sublime and arresting moment of pure love in music. Silvestrov’s The Messenger harks back to Mozart in a touching memorial for his own wife who died suddenly in her 40s.

The symphony between them needs no introduction: one of Mozart’s most famous and dramatic statements.

Mozart’s future wife Constanze Weber was the intended soloist for the ravishing soprano writing in the Et Incarnatus Est of his mass – an utterly sublime and arresting moment of pure love in music.

Mass in C Minor Queen’s HallThursday 3 April 7.30pm

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis (14’)

MACMILLAN Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (26’)

SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela (9’)

SIBELIUS Symphony No 6 (28’) JOHN STORGåRDS ConductorCOLIN CURRIE PercussionROSIE STANIFORTH Cor Anglais

ExPLORE MACMILLAN VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL See page 33 for details.

Currie plays Veni, Veni, Emmanuel Usher HallThursday 10 April 7.30pm

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Vaughan Williams’ timeless Fantasia and Sibelius’ uplifting sixth symphony frame one of the SCO’s signature works. In 1992, the SCO premiered MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel at the BBC Proms, and it has since been played more than 400 times! Scottish percussionist Colin Currie has made the piece his own and hearing him is a thrilling experience. This will be a night of drama and riches.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders)

SCO Chief Executive Roy McEwan discusses how to programme an SCO Season, and commissioning new works.


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BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont (9’)

MOZART Violin Concerto No 5 in A ‘Turkish’ (31’)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 4 (34’)

JéRéMIE RHORER ConductorNICOLA BENEDETTI Violin

Benedetti plays Mozart Usher HallThursday 24 April 7.30pm

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Brilliant, tuneful, rhythmic, exotic – that’s what ‘Turkish’ meant to Mozart, and his violin concerto is a joyous showstopper for Scotland’s favourite violinist. Jérémie Rohrer is a formidable conductor who has been building a terrific career in Europe, especially in the opera house. Egmont’s fiery blast will be special – a perfect complement to the softer loveliness of the fourth symphony.

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Mozart’s violin concerto is a joyous showstopper for Scotland’s favourite violinist.


Mozart and Strauss Queen’s HallSaturday 3 May 7.30pm

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MOZART Symphony in D KV203 (21’)

STRAUSS Duet-Concertino (18’)

STRAUSS Horn Concerto No 1 (16’)

MOZART Symphony No 36 ‘Linz’ (26’)

CLEMENS SCHULDT ConductorMAXIMILIANO MARTíN ClarinetPETER WHELAN BassoonALEC FRANK-GEMMILL Horn

Clemens Schuldt’s Strauss and Mozart is a deeply enjoyable pairing. Strauss’ lyrical outpouring in these two concertos flows with all the natural ease that he admired so much in Mozart. No composer mattered more to him. A home team of three SCO wind principals take the solos – superb chamber music on a grand scale.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders)

SCO Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan talks about Strauss’ Duet-Concertino.

Photograph by Chris C

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MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia No 12 in G minor (20’)

MOZART Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (25’)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Son & Stranger (7’)

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto (31’)

PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI Director/PianoALEXANDER JANICZEK Director/Violin

Schumann’s quintessentially Romantic concerto is a big piece for a musician to direct and play – but Anderszewski and the SCO have a deep rapport. Their musical partnership spans more than a decade and they have toured the great concert halls of the world together. Mozart has been a constant in that relationship – and so it is here: K414 (one of Mozart’s earliest masterpieces) will make an excellent contrast to the Schumann. SCO Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek takes over in the orchestral works: Mendelssohn in serious symphonic and buoyantly theatrical modes.

SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo & Finale (17’)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 ‘Choral’ (65’)

EMMANUEL KRIVINE ConductorRUTH ZIESAK SopranoCAROLIN MASUR Mezzo SopranoDOMINIK WORTIG TenorKONSTANTIN WOLFF BassSCO CHORUS

With its message of universal brotherhood, joy and fellowship, Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony is an ideal work to close our 40th Anniversary Season at the Usher Hall as it never fails to leave you uplifted and moved. Krivine brings a particular brilliance and élan to his interpretation – buoyant and rhythmic, it is one of the most exhilarating approaches to Beethoven’s masterpiece.

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Beethoven’s Ninth Usher Hall Thursday 8 May 7.30pm

Anderszewski plays Mozart Queen’s Hall Thursday 15 May 7.30pm

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SCO Connect is the education and outreach department of the SCO. With extensive Schools, Community and Lifelong Learning programmes, it offers plenty of ways to get involved.

ExPLORING MUSIC ISeptember – December 2013A general introduction

ExPLORING MUSIC II January – March 2014A more in-depth course that will explore the distinctive features of Classical, Romantic and Contemporary music

SCO Connect and the University of Edinburgh Open Studies have teamed up to provide two evening courses, led by Dr Michael Downes, Bede Williams and Tom Wilkinson from the University of St Andrews Music Centre. Each 10-week course guides you through music performed in the SCO Season, and introduces you to the world of the Orchestra through interviews with key artists.

It opened my eyes and ears to music from a different and better perspective.Participant 2011

I now listen to music in a different way and get more out of it.Participant 2012

For photos, blogs and films about SCO Connect’s programme follow us on:

Cost £75/£50 concessionTo book, call Open Studies on 0131 650 4400 (from August) or visit www.ed.ac.uk/openstudies

EXPLORESchumann Symphonies

Tickets £25 (including refreshments and lunch)

Saturday 23 November 201310.30am – 4.30pm

THE WALLACE DUNLOP HALL STEWART’S MELVILLE COLLEGE, QUEENSFERRY ROAD EDINBURGH EH4 3EZ

To book, call SCO Connect on 0131 478 8353 or email [email protected]

To celebrate the Schumann Symphony Cycle we welcome Dr Laura Tunbridge to lead a study day about the composer. The day will investigate Schumann’s four symphonies and explore the way in which they relate to, and reflect, the composer’s biography, particularly the people and places he knew.

Your chance for an in-depth look at one of the SCO’s most celebrated commissions. Since its world premiere by the SCO in 1992, James MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel has become the most performed percussion concerto in the world. With the SCO performing the piece again this Season, we’re thrilled to welcome renowned animateur Paul Rissmann to lead an exploration into the heart of this rich and rhythmically exciting music.

Tickets £25 (including refreshments and lunch)

Saturday 12 April 2014 10.30am – 4.30pm

STUDIO 2, CITY HALLS CANDLERIGGS, GLASGOW G1 1NQ

To book, call SCO Connect on 0131 478 8342 or email [email protected]

EXPLOREMacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

EXPLORING MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH OPEN STUDIES, PATERSON’S LAND, 38 HOLYROOD ROAD, EDINBURGH EH8 8AQ

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All single tickets, including discounts, are on sale from 13 May 2013. Subscription bookings are taken from 15 March 2013.

CL@SIX CONCERTS

Assembly Rooms, George Street

Tickets: £10 in advance / £12 on the doorU16s, U26s, students and unemployed people £5(No senior citizen discounts available)

CHAMBER CONCERTS

Tickets: £12 / Senior Citizens £10U16s, U26s, students and unemployed people £5

TICKET DISCOUNTS*

Senior Citizens – £2 off standard prices.

Under 26s, students and unemployed people –£5 for any ticket.

Under 16s – Free if accompanied by a paying adult. Maximum of 2 free children’s tickets per adult ticket. Additional children £5 each.

People with a disability – 50% off single standard ticket prices for people with a disability and a carer.

Group discounts – Groups of 6 or more save 20% off standard ticket prices.

School groups – Teachers and/or accompanying adults go free when bringing a school group. For more information, contact SCO Connect on 0131 478 8353 or [email protected]

Please note: All discounts are subject to availability. We regret that tickets are non-refundable. Every effort is made to ensure that all information is correct at time of going to press. The SCO does, however, reserve the right to change dates, artists or programmes if necessary.

* Excludes New Year in Vienna (in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care). Discounts for this concert only available for people with a disability (see above) and U16s at £5 each.

Queen’s Hall Box Office Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG

0131 668 2019www.thequeenshall.net

10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. (Open until the end of the interval on performance days).

All major credit cards, except American Express, are accepted.

Postage charge of 75p where applicable.

The Queen’s Hall Box Office sells tickets for all SCO concerts in Edinburgh, including those at the Usher Hall and Assembly Rooms.

TICKETS FOR USHER HALL CONCERTS ONLY ALSO AVAILABLE AT:

Usher Hall Box Office Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EA

0131 228 1155www.usherhall.co.uk

10am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday. (and on concert evenings).

All major credit cards accepted.

Telephone and online bookings carry a £1 transaction fee. Tickets for collection are available from the box office from one hour before the performance.

Please note: an allocation of tickets for SCO concerts at the Usher Hall is available from the Usher Hall Box Office in person, by phone and online from 13 May 2013. Tickets are also available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office.

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Guide dogs are welcome.

An induction loop is fitted for people with hearing difficulties.

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Wheelchair accommodation is available. Parking spaces for blue badge holders are located across from the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Grindlay Street and in Cambridge Street across from the Traverse Theatre.

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Save money Save up to 40% (45% for seniors) on single ticket prices – the more you book, the more you save. (See page 38 for discount details.)

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Send your completed Booking Form (on the right) to SCO Subscription, Queen’s Hall Box Office, FREEPOST EH3185, Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG (No stamp required).

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The SCO gratefully acknowledges the support of the Scottish Government, local authorities, corporate sponsors, Patrons, 250 Society members and the many trusts and foundations that help to fund its extensive education and touring programmes.

PrinCiPal SPOnSOrVirgin Money

BenefaCTOr Dunard Fund

SPOnSOrS & COrPOraTe SuPPOrTerSAberdeen Asset Management

Balmoral Hotel

Capital Solutions

City of Edinburgh Council

Dawsons Music

John Lewis Partnership

Linn Records

The Miller Group Ltd.

Notion Music

Pulsant

Radio Forth

Roland

Scottish Council for Development and Industry

There are many ways in which you can support the work of the SCO and help us bring live classical music to people of all ages throughout Scotland. We invite individuals to become SCO Patrons, join the SCO 250 Society, or to consider making a gift to the Orchestra in their will. We offer companies a range of sponsorship and in-kind support opportunities and a flexible Corporate Membership scheme with regular hospitality and dedicated account management.

For further information on how you can support the SCO, visit www.sco.org.uk or contact the Sponsorship & Fundraising Department on 0131 478 8344 or [email protected]

4 Royal Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5AB

Tel: 0131 557 6800Fax: 0131 557 6933Email: [email protected] www.sco.org.uk

A charity registered in Scotland No. SC015039. Company registration No. SC75079.

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HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of RothesayPATRON

Robin TicciatiPRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

Joseph SwensenCONDUCTOR EMERITUS

Sir Peter Maxwell DaviesCOMPOSER LAUREATE

Richard EgarrASSOCIATE ARTIST

Alexander JaniczekASSOCIATE ARTIST

Donald MacDonald CBE CHAIRMAN

Roy McEwan OBE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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