Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- From
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Since
- 1935–present
- Releases
- 229
- classical
- orchestral
About
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), it is the oldest full-time professional radio orchestra in Scotland. The orchestra is based at City Halls in Glasgow.
Members
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Simon Johnson trombone
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Andrew Berridge viola
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Matthew Higham flute
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David Flack horn
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Gillian de Groote cello
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Esther Harling viola
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Bronte Hudnott flute
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Gyunam Kim double bass, principal
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Mark O'Keeffe trumpet
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Elita Poulter violin
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Alice Rickards violin
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Morag Robertson viola
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Michael Thompson horn
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葉紹羲 violin
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Elizabeth Layton violin
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Scott Dickinson principal, viola
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Laura Samuel principal, violin
Discography
Albums
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The Four Horn Concertos and the Fragment in E
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 1: Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 17 / Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major, op. 59
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The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 2: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor / Piano Concerto no. 3 in E minor
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 3: The Concertos for 2 Pianos
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 6: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B minor
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 4: Arensky: Piano Concerto in F minor, op. 2 / Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, op. 48 / Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 16
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 7: Henselt: Piano Concerto, op. 16 / Variations de concert, op. 11 / Alkan: Concerto da camera, op. 10/1 / Concerto da camera, op. 10/2
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BBC Music, Volume 2, Number 5: Symphony No. 9 in C major "Great"
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Peer Gynt Suites / Lyric Pieces / Sigurd Jorsalfar / Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 9: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in E major
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BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 3: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Walton: Symphony no. 2
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The Cricket on the Hearth Overture / Music for Coriolanus / Benedictus / Twelfth Night / Scottish Rhapsody no. 2
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Symphony no. 13
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphonic Movement
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Land of the Mountain and the Flood / The Ship o' the Fiend / The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow / Jeanie Deans / The Lay of the Last Minstrel
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 12: Parry: Piano Concerto in F-sharp major / Stanford: Piano Concerto no. 1 in G major
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War Requiem
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Symphonies 2, 3 & 5
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“Froissart” – Concert Overture / Scenes From the Bavarian Highlands / Caractacus – Triumphal March / Sospiri / Sursum Corda
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The Passing of Beatrice / Sir William Wallace / Villon / Sister Helen
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 13: Glazunov: Piano Concerto no. 1 in F minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B major / Goedicke: Concertstück, op. 11
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 15: Hahn: Piano Concerto in E major / Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-flat major
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 16: Huss: Piano Concerto in B major, op. 10 / Schelling: Suite fantastique, op. 7
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Creation Symphony / Pelléas and Mélisande / Prelude to The Eumenides
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Symphony no. 3 / Symphony no. 4
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 19: Mackenzie: Scottish Concerto, op. 55 / Tovey: Piano Concerto in A major, op. 15
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 18: Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-sharp for the Left Hand, op. 17 / Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert
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Symphony in B minor (Polonia)
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Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Fantasy Overture: Cortèges
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BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 9: Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony / Beethoven: Symphony no. 1
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Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2
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Symphony 'Vigil'
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Preludio a un altro giorno / La Pisanella / Rondò veneziano / L'Edipo Re di Sofocle
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 20: Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 10 / Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 24 / Andante and Allegro, op. 88
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Piano Concerto / Ritual Dances
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Violin Concerto / Cello Symphony
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The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 1: Saint-Saëns: The Three Violin Concertos
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BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 8: Elgar: Froissart / Bliss: Checkmate / Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 4
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The World's Ransoming / Cello Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 21: Kullak: Piano Concerto in C minor, op. 55 / Dreyschock: Piano Concerto in D minor, op. 137
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 23: Holbrooke: Piano Concerto no. 1 "The Song of Gwin ap Nudd" / Wood: Piano Concerto in D minor
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Symphony no. 3
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The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 2: Violin Concerto in D, op. 74 / Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 32
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 26: Concerto Symphonique no. 3 in E-flat major / Concerto Symphonique no. 5 in C minor
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 25: Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor / Second Modern Suite, op. 14
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The Confession Of Isobel Gowdie / Tuireadh / The Exorcism Of Rio Sumpúl
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 28: Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 3 / Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 32
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Symphonies 1 & 6
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Symphonies 3 & 4
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Symphonies no. 1 in D & no. 2 in E-flat
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 30: Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 4 / Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 38 / Rhapsody on Ukranian Themes, op. 28
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 34: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 31: Fuchs: Piano Concerto in B-flat, op. 27 / Kiel: Piano Concerto in B-flat, op. 30
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Symphonies 2 (The Four Temperaments) & 5
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Shchedrin: Piano Concerto no. 2
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The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 3: Violin Concerto no. 3, op. 99 / Violin Concerto no. 4 "All' antica", op. 101 / Variations sur un theme hongrois, op. 72
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BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 5: Ilan Volkov Conducts Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusine Overture / Schubert: Symphony no. 3 / Haydn: Symphony no. 46
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BBC Music, Volume 13, Number 3: Symphonic Works
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The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 4: Moszkowski: Violin Concerto in C, op. 30 / Ballade in G minor, op. 16 no. 1 / Karłowicz: Violin Concerto in A, op. 8
Live
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BBC Music Volume 35, Number 1: Dvořák: Symphony no. 4 / Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
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BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 13: Symphony no. 5
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BBC Proms 2024, Prom 35: Ellington, Braxton and Mary Lou Williams
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Symphony, Op. 39 / Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M.C.B
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BBC Music, Volume 27, Number 13: Martinů: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Dvořák: Legends
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BBC Music, Volume 27, Number 7: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
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BBC Music, Volume 25 Number 8: Symphony no. 4
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BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 12: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
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BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 4: Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody / MacCunn: Land of the Mountain and the Flood
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BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 8: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)
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BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 7: Symphony no. 8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’
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BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 9: Stravinsky: The Firebird / Balakirev: Tamara (symphonic poem)
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 7: Great American Classics: Gershwin: Second Rhapsody / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 2: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 1: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Academic Festival Overture
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BBC Music, Volume 15, Number 13: En Saga / Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
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BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 9: Debussy: Images / Printemps / Petite Suite
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BBC Music, Volume 9, Number 12: Live From the Proms: Elgar: Falstaff / Dvořák: Symphonic Variations
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BBC Music, Volume 8, Number 3: Symphonies nos. 6 (Pastoral) & 8
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BBC Music, Volume 5, Number 11: Live at the Proms: Symphony no. 5 from the 1996 Proms / Symphony no. 7
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BBC Music, Volume 1, Number 7: Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead / Stravinsky: Petrushka
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2008-08-04: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK
Compilations
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BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 9: Symphony no. 4, ‘Italian’ / Symphony no. 1
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Symphonies
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The Symphonies
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BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 2: Trumpet Concertos
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Nordische Impressionen / Nordic Festival
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BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 3: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Czerny: Grand Symphony
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BBC Music, Volume 13, Number 12: Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade / Lyadov: Baba-Yaga / The Enchanted Lake / Kikimora
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Peer Gynt / Holberg Suite / Sigurd Jorsalfar / Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
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BBC Music, Volume 9, Number 8: Mahler: Symphony no. 4
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Symphonies 1 & 4 / Night Music / Overture to a Drama
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Piano Concertos
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Piano Concertos no. 1 and 2, Sonata for Piano in B minor
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Conductor position
- Guy Warrack
- Ian Whyte
- Norman Del Mar
- James Loughran
- Christopher Seaman
- Sir Andrew Davis
- Christopher Seaman
- Karl Anton Rickenbacher
- Sir Charles Groves
- Vernon Handley
- Jerzy Maksymiuk
- George Hurst
- 湯浅卓雄
- Osmo Vänskä
- Martyn Brabbins
- Ilan Volkov
- Stefan Solyom
- Donald Runnicles
- Ilan Volkov
- John Wilson
- Thomas Dausgaard
Subgroup
Tags
- british orchestra
- orchestra
- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7edb9f26-0068-4319-8fee-ab70ec2ee37b
- ISNI
- 0000000109443412
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