Scottish Chamber Orchestra Tour Around Argyll & Bute this July!

This July, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) will tour throughout Argyll and Bute, returning first to Oban where the SCO Strings gave an exhilarating concert last summer. The Orchestra also makes a long-awaited return to Dunoon, and will perform in Campbeltown and Bowmore, Islay for the first time in more than 20 years.

Joining them on the road is New Zealand-born conductor Holly Mathieson. Mathieson takes the baton for an exquisite programme including Mendelssohn’s much-loved and technically challenging Violin Concerto. Soloist Benjamin Marquise Gilmore is certain to embrace this major piece of Romantic music with panache. The programme opens with a rarity: SaintSaëns’ Orchestral Suite, and to close the night, Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No 2: a superb evening of music not to be missed!

Talking about the Orchestra’s summer tours, SCO Sub-Principal Bass, Adrian Bornet commented: “this is one of the happiest moments of music making in our yearly calendar as we explore a beautiful country and revisit familiar places and audiences. As a national company the SCO takes pleasure and pride in visiting the length, breadth and width of Scotland, not only performing but receiving the friendship and enthusiasm of our audiences in places small and large.”

The SCO is passionate about sharing the experience of exceptional live orchestral music-making and inspiring new generations of classical music lovers. The summer tour supports this mission by making concerts as accessible as possible to younger audiences by offering free tickets to Under 18s and £6 tickets for Under 26s, students and the unemployed.

Tickets for all summer tour dates are on sale now. Visit sco.org.uk for further information.