The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, plays Brahms' Double Concerto with Nicola Benedetti on violin and Philip Higham on cello, closing the 2026/27 Perth Concert Series.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra are at the Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 12 May 2027, with Maxim Emelyanychev conducting. It's the final night of the 2026/27 Perth Concert Series, a joint promotion between the SCO, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, run alongside Perth Theatre and Concert Hall.
The evening is built around Brahms' Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, a work for violin and cello that sits right in the Romantic repertoire. It's a piece of sweeping grandeur, but it's also an intimate dialogue between the two soloists. Nicola Benedetti, a long-time collaborator of the SCO, takes the violin, and she's joined by the orchestra's own Principal Cello, Philip Higham. The two of them lead the concerto, with the rest of the SCO filling out the sound around them.
That's the centrepiece, but there's more to the programme. The night opens with Weber's Oberon Overture, and it closes with Schumann's Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish', Op. 97, a radiant work known for its warmth and vitality. So you've got a light, enchanting overture to start, the double concerto as the main event, and a full symphony to bring it home.
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It's in the Gannochy Trust Auditorium at the Perth Concert Hall on Mill Street, and the music starts at 19:00. Tickets run from £6 to £38.50, with disabled tickets between £8 and £20.50, and £6 for those who are unwaged or students. Under 26s get in for free.
