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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking back at June's lovely Yoyo & The Little Auk concert as we're delighted to be bringing Yoyo to primary school pupils across the country for the next two weeks!

📸 Erika Stevenson for the RSNO's Big Music Weekend at The Pyramid

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Sep 7

Listen in to BBC Radio Scotland this evening from 7pm to hear our performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Major with Ethan Loch! 🎹

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j5g9

BBC Radio Scotland - Classical Now, RSNO with Ethan Loch / Mhairi Hall's Underwater Cairngorms

Jamie MacDougall celebrates the best in classical music from Scotland and beyond.

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Sep 4

Usher Hall, our home in Edinburgh! 😍

©Richard Findlay - FotoFling Scotland

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Sep 1

Applications are open now for Film Composers Lab 2025:26! Calling all early-career, UK-based composers, this is your chance to compose for film whilst working with a professional orchestra and industry mentors.

Find out more & apply here: https://bit.ly/3XaIJaS

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join the RSNO! We're currently recruiting for the following positions:

Orchestra and Projects Officer - closes Fri 19 Sep
Associate Principal (No. 2) Bassoon - closes Sun 12 Oct

Find out more and apply here: https://bit.ly/2YO6FFC

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Aug 20

Rehearsals are underway for Sunday's Closing Concert of the Edinburgh International Festival 🎶

We'll be performing Mendelssohn's Elijah alongside some exceptional soloists and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus at the Usher Hall.

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theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · May 27

★★★★ #AnnaDennis @rsno.bsky.social @dunedinconsort.bsky.social #ThomasSøndergård #UsherHall - A potted #Ring and a deep dive into history: ancient Scottish musical traditions explored & a short teaser for some #Wagner greatest moments - review by Miranda Heggie www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

Dennis, RSNO, Dunedin Consort, Søndergård, Usher Hall, Edinburgh review - potted Ring and deep dive into history

"How long is Wagner’s Ring Cycle?" That’s not the opening to a joke, it’s a genuine question asked by a friend who I’d met up with before heading to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall to hear the Royal Scottish N...

www.theartsdesk.com

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Continuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · Apr 30

On 16 and 17 May, soprano Anna Dennis joins the sublime
@dunedinconsort.bsky.social and the mighty @rsno.bsky.social for the world premiere of Hidden Polyphony by @ntsmith.bsky.social!

Neil tells us about how he's illuminating Scotland's lost music 👉 go.continuoconnect.com/neil-t-smith...

portrait picture of neil tomas smith with blue background

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@StMungosCreate @stmungoscreate.bsky.social · May 14

@stfrancisxaviers.bsky.social
P4. music illustrated Flight of the Bumble Bee today with @rsno.bsky.social ... loved their creativity and imagination.

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 29

Behind the scenes of this morning’s Sounds of the Deep livestream! Let us know if your school joined us and what you enjoyed 💬

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Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · Apr 27

Three meditations on death and mourning with the @rsno.bsky.social in Edinburgh @rsnochorus.bsky.social
✍️ Simon Thompson
bachtrack.com/review-hahn-...

Three meditations on death and mourning with the RSNO in Edinburgh

Mozart's Requiem packs in the crowd, but it's Berg's Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann that really finds the spiritual depth.

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RSNO Chorus @rsnochorus.bsky.social · Apr 27

Grateful thanks to audience members for these captures from this weekend’s performances of the Mozart Requiem in Edinburgh and Glasgow with @rsno.bsky.social. What a memorable experience it has been 🎶🙌🏼

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you for your kind words! His name is Paul Whittaker.

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Paul Belmonte @handle.invalid · Apr 25

@rsno.bsky.social Wonderful, heartrenching performance of Mozart’s Requiem tonight. Did not expect a BSL performance but (as a non Latin speaker but fluent in BSL) it gave so much meaning and emotion to the performance. Genuinely brilliant. Thank you

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 23

📣 Calling all primary schools! Sign up to join our free livestream concert experience for primary 4-7 pupils that's happening on Tuesday at 11am: bit.ly/3GlVKc4

Presented by our engaging host, learn about the deep-sea world through interactive games, film and music streamed live to your classroom.

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 7

We've been able to release final tickets for The Music of John Williams (3 May) at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall which was previously sold out!

tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk/32641/33006

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Richard Foggo @richardfoggo.bsky.social · Apr 5

Friday night was one of my favourite @rsno.bsky.social concerts in a while. The first half was a virtuoso performance from Jess Gillam playing the Scottish premiere of Anna Clyne's Glasslands. And then, BOOM! Shostakovich 8 - one of the most incredible, powerful pieces, so apt for today #bravo

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 1

Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth concerts will be announced soon!

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Apr 1

Welcome to our 2025:26 Season in Edinburgh & Glasgow! Join us for spectacular performances of the music you love, from some of the world's finest musicians.

rsno.org.uk/whats-on/sea...

Booking for Classical Concerts is only open to returning multibuy bookers - general tickets on sale from 12 May.

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Mar 31

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from The Scotsman for Uprising on Saturday night!

“Dove’s music was as viscerally powerful as it was clever… played with vigour and masses of character by a top-form RSNO under Ellie Slorach’s crisp, precise direction.”

www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

RSNO & Ellie Storach: Uprising, Edinburgh review: 'spine-tingling'

Climate change opera Uprising offers a message of hope in darkening times, writes David Kettle

www.scotsman.com

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Fiona Tweedie @fjtweedie.bsky.social · Mar 28

We’ve been season ticket holders with RSNO for years. THIS WAS THE BEST CONCERT EXPERIENCE we’ve ever had, and we’ve heard some FABULOUS concerts. Standing ovations in the Usher Hall never happen. But they did tonight.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tonight is the first performance of Uprising! Featuring the RSNO Chorus, Youth Chorus, Chorus Academy and Changed Voices 👏

RSNO Chorus @rsnochorus.bsky.social · Mar 28

Another wonderful rehearsal last night. Jonathan Dove’s Uprising gives glorious and moving voice to the anxiety so many of us feel about climate change and diminishing biodiversity. Profound and moving. 🙌🏼🎶 @rsno.bsky.social

www.rsno.org.uk/liveevent/up...

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · Mar 28

Scottish premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Uprising - a community opera on the theme of climate crisis and sustainability with the @rsno.bsky.social orchestra and chorus. Some exquisite passages of music and so impressed by the youth chorus.

RNSO and performers taking a bow at the Usher Hall

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our brand-new brochure is settling in at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall...

Our 2025:26 Season is coming on Tuesday 1 April! 🎉

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tonight is the first performance of Uprising! Featuring the RSNO Chorus, Youth Chorus, Chorus Academy and Changed Voices 👏

RSNO Chorus @rsnochorus.bsky.social · Mar 28

Another wonderful rehearsal last night. Jonathan Dove’s Uprising gives glorious and moving voice to the anxiety so many of us feel about climate change and diminishing biodiversity. Profound and moving. 🙌🏼🎶 @rsno.bsky.social

www.rsno.org.uk/liveevent/up...

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra @rsno.bsky.social · Mar 25

Cellist Senja Rummukainen signing the RSNO's cello podium after her final performance of Anna Clyne's DANCE!

'Thank you for the very warm time and great music' 22.3.2025 🎶

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