Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) is Scotland's national chamber orchestra, based in Edinburgh. The SCO was formed in 1974. It performs throughout Scotland, but is based at Edinburgh's Queens Hall. Every year the orchestra provides music for the firework display during the final concert of the Edinburgh International Festival. The SCO's work in contemporary music has included collaborations with Gordon Crosse [Northcott, Bayan, "Recordings: Crosse: Elegy, Op.1 (1959-61); Symphony No.1, Op.13A (1976); Dreamsongs, Op.43 (1978)" (June 1981). "Tempo" (New Ser.), 137: 49-51.] , John McLeod [MacDonald , Calum, "The Music of John McLeod" (April 1982). "The Musical Times", 123 (1670): pp. 255-258] and with Peter Maxwell Davies, notably the series of Strathclyde Concertos [Johnson, David, "Reports: Scotland" (May 1984). "The Musical Times", 125 (1695): pp. 284-285.] [Warnaby, John, "Record Review - Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 9 / Strathclyde Concerto No. 10 / "Carolisima" (July 1997). "Tempo" (New Ser.), 201: pp. 53-55.] .
Roderick Brydon was the SCO's first principal conductor. Other principal conductors have included Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Ivor Bolton. The American violinist and conductor Joseph Swensen, principal conductor from 1996 to 2005, is now the SCO's Conductor Emeritus. Sir Charles Mackerras holds the position of Conductor Laureate. The Estonian conductor Olari Elts is scheduled to become the SCO's Principal Guest Conductor from October 2007. [cite news | url=http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1667857.0.0.php | title=A season of musical delights | publisher="The Herald" | author=Marisa Duffy | date=6 September 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-16]
Principal Conductors
* Roderick Brydon
* Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1987-1991)
* Ivor Bolton (1994-1996)
* Joseph Swensen (1996-2005)
References
External links
* [http://www.sco.org.uk Official website]
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