Tag: RSNO
RSNO at Usher Hall – Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
On Friday night at the Usher Hall, Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in three pieces.
The first half consisted of Joseph Haydn’s Symphony Number 82 (The Bear) and Chevalier de...
Temporary home for Brunton classical music programme
The Brunton’s programme of classical music has a temporary home in the beautiful and atmospheric Northesk Parish Church in Musselburgh.
The concerts are programmed by James Waters, also artistic director of Lammermuir Festival and the...
Young people from Big Noise Wester Hailes perform on stage with RSNO
Young people from a community music and social change programme took part in a unique concert alongside the world-renowned Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO).
A total of 35 young musicians from Big Noise Wester Hailes,...
RSNO to perform tribute to Zoe Kitson
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will pay tribute to the late Zoe Kitson, performing the world premiere of a new work by Sir James MacMillan, written in her honour.
The new composition will be...
RSNO announce their first full season in two years
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will perform 19 concerts in the new 2022-23 season just announced.
Audiences will be welcomed back to concert halls in performances including new works and emerging artists, along...
RSNO refreshes its Astar app for babies and parents
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has relaunched Astar, a free interactive app for parents to enjoy with their young ones
The new and improved app features music recorded by the RSNO and RSNO Junior...
RSNO marks World Book Day 2022 with new commission
The RSNO will bring the story of Yoyo and The Little Auk to life with animated film and original music.
The orchestra commissioned Scottish composer Euan Stevenson, Scottish writer Stewart Ennis and Scottish BAFTA winning...
RSNO wish John Williams a happy birthday with a concert of his music
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will mark John Williams’ 90th birthday next weekend, performing music from some of his most memorable scores. Conductor Anthony Weeden will bring Williams’ much loved film music to life,...
RSNO Summer Camp begins in July
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) is to launch a digital Summer Camp for children and families during the summer holidays.
For six weeks during July and August the programme includes musical activities, challenges...
Review: RSNO Digital Season – full orchestra season so far…
From April to June the Royal Scottish National Orchestra returns for their Spring/Summer 2021 digital season. Following the success of their 2020 season, which made the very best of the tricky situation Covid-19 has...
Review – RSNO Beethoven 5 / Britten / Walker
Last Friday, those who tuned in were treated to a wonderfully diverse programme in the final performance of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's inaugural ‘Digital Season’, a series of concerts broadcast online from the...
Review – RSNO Beethoven 6 / Penderecki / Christopher Gough
For the latest offering as part of their ‘Digital Season’ the RSNO presented Beethoven’s 6th ‘Pastoral’ Symphony along with two more recent shorter pieces – Penderecki’s Adagio for Strings and a world premiere performance...
RSNO Children’s Classic Concerts Show on Saturday – FREE
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) and Children’s Classic Concerts (CCC) have announced their 2020 Christmas show will be broadcast for free online to families all over Scotland, and for the first time the...
Review – RSNO Beethoven 1 and Violin Concerto
The RSNO performed Beethoven’s First Symphony and Violin Concerto as part of their streamed ‘Digital Season’, with solo violinist Midori, conducted by Thomas Søndergård.
The performance was shown on Friday 23 October 2020 as...
RSNO Digital Season begins on Friday
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) is launching a major new season online - and it all begins on Friday.
On a subscription basis you can watch the season of ten concerts filmed live...
The RSNO bring you the world premiere of a lost Vaughan Williams piece
This coming weekend a large-scale visionary masterpiece, The Future by Ralph Vaughan Williams will be performed - a work that was lost till now.
The RSNO with conductor Martin Yates will play the...
Alistair Mackie appointed CEO of the RSNO
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has appointed Alistair Mackie as its new Chief Executive. He will take up the role in April 2019.
A former student at St Mary's Music School, Mr Mackie joins...
At the Usher Hall – cinema with a live orchestra
The Senbla Concert Orchestra will provide the orchestral backdrop to British Christmas cinematic classic, Love Actually at the Usher Hall in early December. The RSNO is also performing there on two evenings with music...
Did you know this is in the baby box?
There are many good reasons why a baby box is a good idea, and now the Scottish Government has been handing them out to newborns and their parents for a year.
But we wonder if...
RSNO to play Scottish premiere of music from Solo – A Star Wars Story...
The film Solo - A Star Wars Story is still very new and the music from it will be performed live for the first time outside the US this week. The Royal Scottish National...
RSNO announce details of new season
Thomas Søndergård takes up his position as Music Director at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from October this year. The orchestra announced their programme which the 36th music director is making his own with the...
RSNO cancel Usher Hall concert tomorrow
The RSNO concert planned for tomorrow evening at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh will no longer go ahead due to the bad weather.
Stravinsky's Firebird which will also be performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall...
RSNO – The Music of Star Wars
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will be one of the first orchestras to perform the music of the latest Star Wars film The Last Jedi live next month, when it celebrates the canon...
RSNO Remembrance concert at The Usher Hall
Scotland's national orchestra the RSNO are putting the finishing touches to a programme of music for their fundraising concert at the Usher Hall on 10 November 2017. The Remembrance Day concert will help raise...
Nicola Benedetti and the RSNO invite you to tweet along on Wednesday
Nicola Benedetti and Scotland’s national orchestra welcome guests to their rehearsal to mark the start of a new Season
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) and violinist Nicola Benedetti invite their supporters to join them...
RSNO features China connection
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) presents two concerts celebrating the works of arguably China’s greatest living composer in the Western classical tradition when it performs the music of Xiaogang Ye to audiences in...
The RSNO announce wonderfully diverse 2017:18 season
This season the RSNO will pay tribute to Gene Kelly, Leonard Bernstein, Gershwin and they will perform at the RSNO at the Movies series at the Edinburgh International Festival. All of this American influence will...
EIFF – Raiders of the Lost Ark with the RSNO – tickets go on...
This summer's Edinburgh International Festival will feature a special screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark accompanied by a live performance of the iconic John Williams score by the RSNO.
Tickets go on sale this Thursday...
RSNO bring the Snowman to the Usher Hall for Christmas
Georgie Glen, most recently known for portraying history teacher Audrey McFall in BBC One show Waterloo Road, will make her Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) début this month, narrating the classic story of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, as part...
Dame Sue Bruce appointed Chair of RSNO
Following her retiral from local authority roles earlier this year Dame Sue Bruce DBE has just been appointed Chair of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO).
Dame Sue was previously Chief Executive of Aberdeen Council...
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