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| Maxim Emelyanychev & Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Christopher Bowen) |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra's 2026/27 season continues their profitable relationship with principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and his concerts with them feature Berlioz, Bach, Schnittke, Bartok, Poulenc, Faure, Brahms and more. Another focus of the season is Beethoven as part of the Scotland-wide Beethoven 200 celebrations, and the orchestra continue its association with composer Jay Capperauld.
Maxim Emelyanychev’s contract has been extended till at least 203, continuing what has proved to be a very dynamic partnership. Emelyanychev opens the 2026/27 season with an all-Berlioz programme, Harald in Italy with viola player Timothy Ridout and Symphonie Fantastique. Other Emelyanychev programmes in the season include Bach's St Matthew Passion with Nick Pritchard, Matthew Brook, Hilary Cronin, Tim Mead, Robert Murray and Roderick Williams, and a Mendelssohn celebration with the Lobesgesang and Piano Concerto No. 1 with Stephen Hough. Emelyanychev directs from the piano in a fascinating programme featuring Schnittke's Concerto for piano and strings, Bartok's Music for strings, percussion and celeste and Dvorak's Serenade for winds. Carolyn Sampson is the soloist in Poulenc's La voix humaine which Emelyanychev conducts in a programme with Ravel and Stravinsky, and a second programme with her features Faure's La bonne chanson and Poulenc's La courte paille. Baroque inspirations are featured in Emelyanychev’s programme with Ravel and Ades inspired by Coupering plus Rebel and Telemann. The season finale features Emelyanychev, violinist Nicola Benedetti and SCO's principal cellist Philip Higham in Brahms's Double Concerto plus music by Weber and Schumann.
The Beethoven 200 celebration features the SCO, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Opera in a historic, Scotland-wide Beethoven 200 celebration, marking the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. All nine of the composer’s symphonies are to be performed, as well as a number of his concertos and choral works. Andrew Manze conducts the SCO in Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' and Missa Solemnis, Rachel Podger directs Symphony No. 1 from the violin, Lorenza Borrani directs Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 from the violin, Sunwook Kim directs Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 from the piano, Håkan Hardenberger directs excerpts from The Creatures of Prometheus and Brett Dean's arrangement, Adagio molto e mesto, and Pekka Kuusisto directs the Violin Concerto from the violin.
SCO continues its association with Scottish composer Jay Capperauld [see my interview with him] with the premiere of his Sinfonietta written for the combined forces of the SCO and the young musicians of SCO Academy. His The Great Grumpy Gaboon returns to Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow in 2027 for more fun-packed, family-friendly and BSL-interpreted performances. His new work Silent Teachers was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Medical School’s anniversary programme, and the work will also form part of two short films including an online performance of Silent Teachers and interviews with Jay Capperauld and Edinburgh Medical School staff. And Immerse, SCO's orchestral experience for secondary pupils blending music and visual art, will feature Jay Capperauld’s The Origin of Colour.
Brooklyn Rider will join the Orchestra for the premiere of Nico Muhly’s new work for string quartet and orchestra. The SCO will give the UK premiere of two new orchestrations of works by Fanny Mendelssohn, arranged by composer Detlev Glanert. SCO will collaborate with the iconic Icelandic band Sigur Rós for two major cross-genre concerts at the Edinburgh Playhouse and at Glasgow’s SEC Armadillo.
Other contemporary composers whose works feature in the season include Max Richter, Philip Glass, John Adams, Missy Mazzoli, HK Gruber and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.
Full details from the SCO website.
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