BBC SSO

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

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 order of the Traitors, experience a Prom like never before... gothic, symphonic and deliciously deceptive! Join us on New Year’s Day at 2pm, on BBC One and iPlayer. #thetraitors #bbcproms

You’re invited… but tread carefully! 🎭 The Capulets’ ball awaits, where one glance sparks one of classical music's most powerful love stories... 💕 This Sunday, Emilia Hoving conducts music from Prokofiev's ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' Experience the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the magnificent setting of Glasgow City Halls

🎶 From the warm melodies of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto to Respighi’s glittering panoramas of Rome, each daytime concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pairs orchestral classics with breathtaking virtuosity! 5 Nov – Tchaikovsky 5 & Mussorgsky with Sophie Bevan 15 Nov - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto @shebetadragan.clarinet 21 Feb - Britten's Les Illuminations @erikabaiff 11 Mar - Elgar's Cello Concerto @raphaela.gromes 22 Apr - Brahms' Piano Concerto No.1 @deniskozhukhin 23 May - Respighi: Panoramas of Rome and Chausson with @andrewhamiltonn Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth is joined by returning favourites @sanderlingconductor and @emiliahoving , alongside Kalena Bovell @silvursmiles making her BBC SSO debut.

🌿 A moment to slow down and reset during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Music can help us reflect, reconnect and find calm. Enjoy highlights from 'The Music & Meditation Podcast: Live', blending soothing orchestral sounds with guided meditation, featuring a beautiful theme tune by Sam Rapley. 🎧 All episodes available now on BBC Sounds! And tickets are on sale today for our next live event in June 2027.

🎶 General Sales Now Open: 2026/27 Season! Tickets are now on sale for our season concerts across Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth. Plus, you can now book the following events in Glasgow and Paisley: ⭐ Afternoon Performances (3 Thursdays & 3 Sundays), pairing inspiring soloists with uplifting orchestral classics ⭐ Classic Film Double Bill – Ben Palmer conducts Psycho on Halloween weekend, plus a centenary celebration of Metropolis ⭐ Erland Cooper’s Dawn Chorus with violinist Freya Goldmark, inspired by the natural world and Sir David Attenborough’s 100th year ⭐ The Music & Meditation Podcast: LIVE returns with Izzy Judd and a special guest, recorded live for BBC Radio 3 Unwind ⭐ Friday Night is Music Night – Celebrating Scotland’s musical heritage and landscapes, recorded live for BBC Radio 3 ⭐ A rare revival of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera The Second Mrs Kong, conducted by Martyn Brabbins with an all-star cast and the BBC Singers ⭐ Eric Whitacre conducts Mozart's Requiem with the BBC Singers at Paisley Abbey & Edinburgh's Usher Hall ⭐ Jamie MacDougall hosts Christmas Classics and Christmas at the Movies across Scotland (Never too early to plan your festivities!) Discover a season packed with epic adventures and new discoveries.

World premiere incoming ✨ 'In the Hall of the Clockwork Dancer' by @rcsofficial composer Andrew Jacob is performed at our Emerging Conductors Showcase on 26 June at Glasgow City Halls. Andrew describes the work as “exploring the unsettling elegance of an automaton dancer through nuanced metres and irregular rhythms — a mechanical dance that is playful yet increasingly erratic, both mesmerising and unnervingly alive.”

They risked everything for love. Experience the passion and tragedy of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers through Prokofiev’s epic ballet score for 'Romeo and Juliet'. This Sunday afternoon, Emilia Hoving conducts one of classical music’s most powerful love stories. Also featured is Glasgow-born accordion virtuoso Ryan Corbett, performing a concerto written especially for him by fellow Scot Jay Capperauld. Galvanic Dances, inspired by Luigi Galvani’s eerie electrical experiments in the 1700s, reimagines the story of Frankenstein as a sequence of high-energy dances, a musical creation crackling with life! The concert opens with a UK premiere by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen, an 11-minute surge of hope that reflects on life’s unpredictability and the powerful currents carrying us beyond our control. Sun 17 May, 2pm, Glasgow City Halls

"Freewheeling…occasionally completely bananas…enormous fun" (The Times). That’s Tectonics Festival! Saturday night on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show. @katemolleson presents the first of two Tectonics specials, curated by Ilan Volkov with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. First up... Christopher Fox's 'Minding the Hive' with @lore.amenabar (BBC commission/World Premiere) Angélica Castelló's 'Star Washers' (UK Premiere) Laura Bowler's 'Things Are Against Us' with @gbsrduo (UK Premiere) Hannah Kendall's ...I may turn to salt Plus improv from pianist Craig Taborn and tubist Danielle Price

The Music & Meditation Podcast invites some of the most exciting young composers of today to write new, immersive classical works to soundtrack each episode's guided meditation. Our presenter Izzy Judd takes you behind the scenes.

Happy World Accordion Day! 🪗 We’re marking the occasion by rewatching last year’s electrifying performance of Galvanic Dances to a full house at Berlin’s Konzerthaus, featuring the incredible @ryan.accordion .👏 Don’t miss your chance to see Galvanic Dances this month! Ryan will be joining the @bbcsso as they bring @jaycapperauld ’s eerie concerto to life. 🧟‍♂️ 📆 14:00 Sun 17 May 2026 📍 City Halls, Glasgow 📺 You can also watch NYOS perform the European premiere of Galvanic Dances on our YouTube channel (link in bio) Be sure to check out our upcoming performances – we've got something cosmic coming your way this summer... 🪐