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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Calendar

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Tue 8 Aug 2017
- 19:30
  Edinburgh International Festival: Schubert, Schumann and Strauss
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Dausgaard conducts Schubert, Schumann and Strauss.
  Dausgaard conducts Schubert, Schumann and Strauss.
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Richard Strauss
  Also sprach Zarathustra
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Sergei Babayan
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Robert Schumann
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season Edinburgh International Festival 2017
Sat 12 Aug 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 36: Schubert and Mahler
  Royal Albert Hall
  How do you solve a problem like an unfinished symphony? The BBC SSO and Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard offer answers in a programme that pairs Schubert’s Eighth Symphony with Mahler’s 10th, performed here in the performing version by Deryck Cooke.
  How do you solve a problem like an unfinished symphony? The BBC SSO and Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard offer answers in a programme that pairs Schubert’s Eighth Symphony with Mahler’s 10th, performed here in the performing version by Deryck Cooke.
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'(26 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (compl. Deryck Cooke)(74 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 2017
Sun 13 Aug 2017
- 18:00
  Prom 37: Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 3
  Royal Albert Hall
  A night dedicated to Rachmaninov opens with two of the composer’s greatest works. Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist for the impossibly demanding Third Piano Concerto, while the BBC SSO steps into the spotlight for the mercurial Second Symphony.
  A night dedicated to Rachmaninov opens with two of the composer’s greatest works. Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist for the impossibly demanding Third Piano Concerto, while the BBC SSO steps into the spotlight for the mercurial Second Symphony.
  Programme
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(41 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 2 in E minor(60 mins)
  Performers
  Alexander Gavrylyuk
  piano
  piano
  Latvian Radio Choir
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV
Sat 19 Aug 2017
- 19:45
  Edinburgh International Festival: Festival Firsts
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Sir James MacMillan conducts three masterpieces of 20th-century music.
  Sir James MacMillan conducts three masterpieces of 20th-century music.
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
  Sir James MacMillan
  Epiclesis
  William Walton
  Symphony No 2
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ole Edvard Antonsen
  trumpet
  trumpet
  James MacMillan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Sir James MacMillan
  William Walton
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season Edinburgh International Festival 2017
Sun 27 Aug 2017
- 20:00
  Edinburgh International Festival: 70th Anniversary Celebration
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Martyn Brabbins conducts a special concert celebrating the Edinburgh International Festival's 70th year.
  Martyn Brabbins conducts a special concert celebrating the Edinburgh International Festival's 70th year.
  Programme
  Arthur Bliss
  Edinburgh Overture
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk DistrictSuite
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  Gustav Mahler
  Songs
  Ned Bigham
  StaffaInstallation with Gerry Fox
  Maurice Ravel
  Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2
  Johann Strauss II
  Emperor Waltz
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Arthur Bliss
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Gustav Mahler
  Ned Bigham
  Maurice Ravel
  Johann Strauss II
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season Edinburgh International Festival 2017