The Ensemble recently had the opportunity to join Charles Hazlewood for his presentation at the prestigious TED conference, which this year took place in Edinburgh. Charles’ talk ‘Trusting the ensemble’ explores the power of music to bring people together and to break down social barriers. The Scottish Ensemble musicians provide the on-stage representation of this ethos. You can watch the talk… Read more »
Listen and play – a concert in two parts On Sunday 10 April we are joined by Director, Anthony Marwood in an exciting concert experience for young musicians. During the first half of the concert, there is a choice – to stay in the concert hall to hear Mendelssohn’s youthful Sinfonia No. 13 in C minor… Read more »
Our performance with Alison Balsom and the Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists at Wigmore Hall last month is featured tomorrow on Radio 3 at 7.00pm. The concert includes the premiere of James MacMillan’s stunning new commission, Seraph. You can read more about this performance in our Archive section of the website. If you cannot catch the… Read more »
Our new CD, Eight Seasons, recorded at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh was released on February 1, on Signum Records. Get your copy at a shop near you or you can buy the CD direct at our forthcoming February concerts.
Fantastic news! Our CD with Alison Balsom – Italian Concertos – is WQXR’s #1 Most Popular Album for 2010. Click the linkhttp://www.wqxr.org/articles/wqxr-features/2010/dec/28/most-popular-classical-albums-2010/
Highlights include: • Pieter Wispelwey and Natalie Clein make their debut with the Ensemble in Scotland and London; • Side by Side with senior students from the RSAMD in Scotland and Royal Academy Soloists in London; • Four world premieres and one UK premiere, including works by Aulis Sallinen, Joe Cutler and James MacMillan; Full… Read more »
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