Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Søndergård, plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Walton's 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue and Lutosławski's Cello Concerto with Sistema Scotland.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra are at Perth Concert Hall on Thursday 18 February 2027, with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as the main event. It's part of the Perth Concert Series, a joint promotion between the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the RSNO, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with the venue.
The programme opens with Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, a piece of film music that's become a classic in its own right. Then comes Lutosławski's Cello Concerto, played by Pablo Ferrández. Le Figaro called him a 'new cello genius', and he's a prize-winner from the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition; his 2021 album Reflections took home the Opus Klassik Award. The night closes with Beethoven's Fifth, described as 'a revolution in four notes' that puts the composer front and centre and leaves no emotion off limits.
Conducting is Thomas Søndergård, Music Director of both the RSNO and the Minnesota Orchestra, who was awarded the Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. There's also a side-by-side performance with the young musicians of Sistema Scotland, so you'll see the professional orchestra sharing the stage with the next generation. The whole thing runs about an hour and a half, including a 20-minute interval.
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Tickets are £36, £31, £27, £22, and £15, with booking fees that might apply. There are discounts for under 18s, under 26s, mature students, unemployed patrons, patrons with disabilities, and groups. The concert starts at 7.00pm in the Gannochy Trust Auditorium at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ, with a pre-concert talk at 6.45pm if you want to get a bit of background before the music starts.
