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🎶 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; performing the most thrilling & thought-provoking music the orchestral world has to offer. Live broadcasts on BBC.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hermus's case for [Deryck Cooke's performing version] was completely convincing." - The Times

Search 'Mahler' on BBC Sounds to listen to Mahler's Tenth Symphony, recorded live at Glasgow City Halls!

#BBCSSO by @bbcsso

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9 days ago

✨ Isata Kanneh-Mason's breathtaking performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, conducted by @delyana.lazarova!

Now on @bbciplayer

#BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #Rachmaninov #Piano by @bbcsso

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9 months ago

Happy 90th Anniversary, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra! 🎉

Discover the pivotal moments that have shaped the BBC SSO, from morale-boosting wartime performances to collaborations with the world’s greatest classical artists.

Highlights include violinist Yehudi Menuhin’s 1948 live broadcast at the Edinburgh International Festival, violinist Nicola Benedetti’s breakthrough performance at BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004, and what The Scotsman hailed as “one of the greatest Scottish classical music events of all time” - soprano Jessye Norman’s unforgettable 1990 concert in Glasgow.

And more recently? The spine-tingling Traitors Prom at the Royal Albert Hall with Claudia Winkleman!

Explore the 90 Years Timeline on the BBC SSO website and listen to the 90th Anniversary Concert live on BBC Radio 3 (Thu 4 Dec, 7.30pm) by @bbcsso

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NYCOS's 30th anniversary gala concert rehearsal at the Usher Hall last month! 🎶

Listen to Carl Orff’s 'Carmina Burana', conducted by Christopher Bell, on BBC Radio 3 in Concert tonight at 7.30pm.

📻 The programme also features Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year and Jay Capperauld’s The World, performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

🎧 Listen live or catch up on BBC Sounds. by @bbcsso

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5 days ago

The epic end of Rachmaninov’s 2nd concerto 🤩🥰
I know it competes for the title with Rachmaninov’s 3rd concerto and the 2nd symphony – which would you say is the grandest Rachmaninov climax?

Throwback to a wonderful collaboration with the @bbcsso and ludovic_morlot.

#rachmaninov #rachmaninoff #piano #concerto by @bbcsso

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Glasgow! Our orchestral gig at @celtic_connections with the @bbcsso also goes on sale today

With arrangements by @brycedessner and @ainedelaneymusic and conductor @robertamesmusic taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @bbcsso

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10 days ago

Cheers, applause and a whole lot of Glasgow warmth for @antonyhermus, @willemjeths and the BBC SSO 👏 👏 Next stop, Perth!

#Mahler10 taken in Glasgow City of Music by @bbcsso

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11 days ago

We're ready. Are you? 🎻 Chief Conductor Designate Antony Hermus directs Mahler's Tenth Symphony, preceded by Willem Jeths' 'Mors aeterna' 🎻

Listen live from 7.30pm on BBC Radio 3, and on BBC Sounds for 30 days.

Photo: Martin Shields/BBC taken in Glasgow City of Music by @bbcsso

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Sounds like trouble... 😱 Are you ready for another nail-biting episode of The Celebrity Traitors?

Karen Ní Bhroin conducts Sam Watts' epic score with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in rehearsals for The Traitors Prom, July 2025.

#TheCelebrityTraitors #BBCProms by @bbcsso

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Music written in the shadow of heartbreak, and yet it sings of love! 💕

Rehearsing the Adagio of Mahler's Tenth Symphony with Antony Hermus

Listen live on BBC Radio 3 this Thursday

#BBCSSO #Mahler #GustavMahler by @bbcsso

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12 days ago

It's Mahler week! Over 90 musicians. Antony Hermus on the podium, with guest leader David Guerchovitch 🎶 by @bbcsso

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13 days ago

An inspiring weekend learning from the best! 🎼

RCS student conductors Ammal Bhatia, Claudia Jablonski, Joshua Franken and Bugra Yuzuguldu, alongside our Leverhulme Conducting Fellow, Stefano Boccacci, had the opportunity to work with and learn from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate, Antony Hermus.

A huge thank you to Antony for leading a fantastic weekend of workshops, sharing his expertise and insight with students from across the School of Music. ✨ by @bbcsso

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