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	BBC Symphony Orchestra
		The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.
		The orchestra frequently commissions works by contemporary composers, and is a particular champion of new British works.
		The other BBC orchestras are the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra[?], the BBC National Orchestra of Wales[?], the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra[?] and the BBC Concert Orchestra[?].
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bb/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra.html (241 words)

	Classical Net Review - MacMillan - Triduum
		Symphony "Vigil," the final section of Triduum, is less concertante in style than the two previous works, but it does feature a prominent role for brass quintet, whose members are initially offstage, but later deploy themselves around the performance space.
		The symphony concludes with quiet, "eternal" music that expresses joy at the resurrection, a sense of mystery, and perhaps a suggestion that the story of Christ and mankind is not yet finished.
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Vänskä play Triduum with heroic commitment, and special praise must be given to soloists Pendrill and Wallfisch for the strong melodic core they give to their individual works.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/b/bis00989a.html (966 words)

	The Perfomers - Music Prize
		Jennifer Martin is the Learning manager of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a new position that she has held for the last 18 months.
		She devises and manages a large programme of educational initiatives which allow the orchestra to be a real resource to the communities of Scotland and beyond.
		Before joining the BBC, Jennifer worked for 10 years as a composer and lecturer, teaching at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh College of Art, Queen Margaret College, the City of Edinburgh Music School and at Stewart’s Melville College and the Mary Erskine School where she was Composer in Residence.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /aberdeenmusicprize/performers.shtml (922 words)

	ABO Full Members
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra was the first full time professional orchestra in Scotland, founded by Ian Whyte in 1935.
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is one of Britain’s busiest orchestras, with a huge repertoire ranging from the most complex modern scores to the great classics, from music for film and TV to new music by Scottish composers.
		The orchestra’s performances are broadcast on BBC Radio and Television; it has made many acclaimed CDs and is the recipient of numerous awards, including two Gramophone Awards and a Grammy nomination.
	www.abo.org.uk /dir_mem_page.php?id=80 (236 words)

	Society \| Leader, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Glasgow
		Our orchestra (the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra) was nominated for a Grammy Award, and earlier this month we were at the announcement in Los Angeles with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony - huge organisations with lots of sponsorship.
		Before I joined the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 1999, I was a self-employed musician in London, so my main orientation is very much the music.
		I had been mainly playing chamber music in London so wasn't at all interested in symphony orchestras but I enjoyed it so much when I came up here that I decided to apply for the job and am resigning from the other groups of which I was a member.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4155426-108025,00.html (766 words)

	classical music - andante - nielsen: symphonies no. 1 and no. 6, "sinfonia semplice"
		Here the first movement is a notch faster than usual, which immediately puts the orchestra on their mettle -- as if the score were not demanding enough already.
		There again, failure to sustain the symphony's opening simplistic premise is precisely what this movement is about, and the painful climaxes lack neither musical nor dramatic motivation.
		The orchestra's Conductor Laureate leads a performance that, for all the skill on display, is often frustrating.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=16662 (482 words)

	BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
		Originally formed in 1935, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is now one of the pillars of Scottish musical life.
		It began as a small studio orchestra, one of many ensembles that were employed by the BBC in cities across Britain.
		Volkov is one of the most outstanding young conductors of his generation and is the youngest conductor ever to be appointed to lead a BBC orchestra.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra?view=Standard (284 words)

	Music Prize
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is one of the UK's finest orchestras, with a world-wide reputation for bringing both contemporary music and the established repertoire vividly to life - winning enthusiastic new audiences and critical acclaim.
		BBC Radio 3 will broadcast the best of the University of Aberdeen Music Prize, featuring the winning composers with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
		As well as broadcasting performances from the event, there will be features, interviews and promotions, on Radio 4 and Radio Scotland, as well as online at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra website, bringing the excitement of this new prize to listeners in the UK and throughout the world.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /aberdeenmusicprize/bbc.htm (228 words)

	Martin Dalby - Impulse
		Commissioned by the BBC Promenade Concerts, and first performed by Frederick Riddle with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Norman del Mar, in the Royal Albert Hall on 6 September 1974.
		Commissioned by the BBC for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, who first performed it at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, on 17 August 1991, conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson.
		The first complete performance was given by Penelope Walmisley-Clarke with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive Glasgow on 17 September 1993.
	www.impulse-music.co.uk /dalby/dalbcat1.htm (1267 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤
		Praised for his intense, dynamic performances, his compelling, innovative interpretations of the standard, contemporary and Nordic repertoires, and the close rapport he establishes with the orchestra musicians he leads, Osmo Vänskä is the Minnesota Orchestra's tenth Music Director as well as Music Director of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in Finland.
		With the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Vänskä has garnered international attention through its collection of ground-breaking Sibelius recordings on the BIS label, its worldwide touring programme including London, Birmingham, Tokyo and New York and its new 1,250-seat state-of-the-art, all-wood concert hall in Lahti, which opened in March 2000 as the world's only Sibelius Hall.
		His recordings with the BBC Scottish Symphony include discs of music by Bruckner and Pizzetti on the Hyperion label and contemporary Scottish composer James MacMillan on the BIS label.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=5165&source_type=A (780 words)

	St Magnus Festival: Performers
		He is Composer Laureate of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and has held the posts of Associate Composer/Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Composer/Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic.
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is the recipient of many awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society's orchestral award, two Gramophone awards and a Grammy nomination.
		Ilan Volkov succeeded Osmo Vänskä as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in January 2003.
	www.stmagnusfestival.com /programme/2004/performers.htm (1487 words)

	Philharmonic playbill
		He was until July 2002 Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow.
		In Europe he leads orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; and invitations with the Sydney Symphony, Tokyo’s Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic also feature in his cross-continental schedule.
		With the Lahti Symphony Orchestra Vanska has continued to garner international attention through a worldwide touring programme including London, Birmingham, Tokyo and New York; the opening of Lahti’s 1,250-seat state-of-the-art, all-wood concert hall – the world’s only Sibelius Hall; and an ongoing recording programme for BIS including the ground-breaking Sibelius Edition.
	www.philharmonia.spb.ru /persa/vanskaOsmo.htm (1006 words)

	Heather Corbett - Impulse
		Heather freelanced with the BBC Symphony Orchestra where she played Percussion and Cimbalom under the direction of Pierre Boulez, as well as with other notable orchestras and ensembles in London before moving to Scotland as Section Principal Percussion with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
		She is percussionist and cimbalom player with the Marianne Olyver Orchestra and is also one of their principal soloists, appearing regularly as a soloist on BBC Radio 2.
		Her orchestral CDs are numerous and include Nielsen's Symphony 5 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vanska, Jerry Goldsmith Film Music on which Heather plays cimbalom and the Rachmaninov Series with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Owain Arwel Hughes.
	www.impulse-music.co.uk /heathercorbett (663 words)

	MAGIC TOUCH
		The Lahti Symphony Orchestra was largely unknown before Osmo Vänskä transformed it into one of Finland's flagship orchestras.
		Likewise, the conductor is credited with bringing new life to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
		Vänskä takes helm of BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; he also directs Lahti in the first modern performance of a newly- rediscovered tone poem by Sibelius, The Wood Nymph.
	www.minnesotaorchestra.org /osmo/magic.cfm (228 words)

	Stuart MacRae
		As part of the 1997 BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Composers’ Forum, Landscape and the Mind: Distance, Refuge was given its first performance, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
		The piece, initially performed by violinist Tasmin Little and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins, was later taken up by Christian Tetzlaff who was the soloist at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival performance with the Orchestre de Lyon conducted by David Robertson.
		Between 1999 and 2003, MacRae was Composer-in-Association with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a happy period of collaboration which culminated in a Composer Portrait concert at the Tramway, Glasgow, conducted by Ilan Volkov.
	www.chesternovello.com /Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=974 (651 words)

	SoundStage! Lamond: Symphony in A major; d’Albert: Overture to "Esther", Opus 8
		The Symphony in A Major was composed in the mid-1880s, when Lamond was in his early twenties.
		The overture From the Scottish Highlands was conceived as a sort of tone poem on Sir Walter Scott’s Quentin Durward, and the Sword Dance is a straightforward Scottish reel from Lamond’s only opera, A Love in the Scottish Highlands.
		The entire program is performed with what we might regard as proprietary fervor by the BBC Scottish SO under Martyn Brabbins, and Hyperion has brought it to us with its characteristic care for both sound quality and comprehensive background material.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev587.htm (567 words)

	St Magnus Festival - The Orkney Conducting Course Personnel
		Since then he has conducted most of the major symphony orchestras in Britain, and is much in demand abroad and as a recording artist.
		Lynda is the principal pianist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and contemporary ensemble Paragon and at times guests as principal with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the Ulster Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
		The BBC Philharmonic is universally recognized as one of Britain 's finest orchestras and has a formidable reputation for outstanding quality and committed performances.
	www.stmagnusfestival.com /occ/personnel.htm (754 words)

	Edinburgh International Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		His ninth symphony is often considered his farewell, opening with the famous motif said to represent his own faltering heart beat.
		Mahler's third symphony was written during a period when the composer was also composing and re-working his famous song cycle based on folk melodies, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, some of which are sung by Matthias Goerne in the concert with the GMJO on 26 August.
		Mahler's grand fifth symphony is the perfect vehicle to show off the orchestra, alternating between ecstatic joy and stormy, powerful funeral music.
	www.eif.co.uk /festival2005/music.htm (2170 words)

	Southend Symphony Orchestra - The Orchestra
		The Orchestra has vacancies and is particularly keen to have more players of ALL ages, especially in the string sections.
		With a repertoire exceeding 1,400 orchestral works, he currently holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor to a number of orchestras and is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra.
		Christopher Adey conducted the Southend Symphony Orchestra 1971 - 1974 and was awarded presidentship of the orcheastra at the AGM in 1976.
	www.southendsymphony.org.uk /memberlist.html (491 words)

	PROM 15, Richard Strauss, Elektra, Soloists, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, RAH, 29th July 2003 (MB) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Runnicles built up the tension magnificently with the orchestra playing furtively at first, to suggest the nightmarish terrors of Klytemnestra, and then broadening its sound base to devastating effect to evoke her triumph over despair into murderous despot.
		In the middle register she is indeed firm – but her best singing was reserved for the Recognition Scene which was spellbinding in its beauty, a mesmerising example of a soprano confident enough to allow the inner voices to preternaturally take control of events.
		Yet, the overriding impression is that of conductor and orchestra – such beautifully intoned Wagner horns, lush strings and savage percussion – all held together with an iron grip by the mercurial Donald Runnicles.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /SandH/2003/July03/prom15.htm (1057 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Edinburgh International Festival - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But, more significantly, it is a symphony that utterly drains the senses; music of such universal spirituality and gnarling extremes that no emotion is spared.
		Thursday's performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Ladies Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus and Swedish mezzo-soprano Birgitta Svenden, all under the punchy direction of Donald Runnicles, was both exhaustive and exhilarating.
		In the sequence of shorter character pieces that form the remainder of the symphony, every facet of Mahler's creative palette was explored - roasting horn calls, shrill woodwinds, translucent crossbreed combinations and, in that ethereal opening to the finale, string playing of luscious intensity.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1104&id=1811812005 (486 words)

	Andrew Litton.com - Most Recent Critical Acclaim \| Reviews \| Conductor \| Maestro \| Music Director \| Musician
		But the writing (of Shchedrin's Piano Concerto No. 2) is bold, and boldly rendered by the BBC Scottish SO under Andrew Litton.
		The orchestral part, more fully scored than either Shostakovich work, allows Litton and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra a chance to strut their considerable stuff as well.
		Suffice it to say, in their final concert on Friday with Andrew Litton, Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as guest conductor, saw the orchestra soar to even greater heights of excellence.
	www.andrewlitton.com /reviews/BBCScottishSymphony.html (276 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| BBC conductor wins top award
		At the age of 27, the Israeli-born conductor is the youngest person ever to lead a BBC orchestra.
		He was appointed to the role in January last year and has led the orchestra in a number of high profile concerts.
		Speaking after the awards ceremony, the conductor said he thought it a great privilege but said the award was as much for the Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it was for himself.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/3688343.stm (242 words)

	Silvina Milstein - Composer
		a media luz, Silvina's most recent orchestral score was premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in February 2000.
		New chamber compositions include A Patch of Lavender Light which was given its first performance by Lontano at the Cheltenham Festival 97 and recorded for BBC Radio 3, Hear and Now last April, The Unending Rose for solo violin, and Book of Shadows for string quartet and narrator commissioned by the Endellion String Quartet.
		Music of the City is a collage made out of fragments of characteristic rhythms, 'turns-of phrase', and sonorities drawn from the vernacular of Buenos Aires (tango, milonga...); the music that envelops its streets on Summer evenings, filtering through half-closed blinds, echoing in patios, defiantly pouring out of radios or hummed by intimate voices.
	www.composer.co.uk /composers/milstein.html#Silvina (1460 words)

	BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		True to its long tradition of fostering new music, the orchestra has worked with major international composers from Shostakovich and Britten to Birtwistle, Kurtag and Tan Dun, but its long tradition of fostering new James MacMillan and Stuart MacRae (appointed Composer in Association in 1999) is perhaps it s proudest boast.
		The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has recorded extensively for a number of labels, and has won two of the major annual awards from Gramophone magazine.
		For Marco Polo the orchestra has a disc of music by Havergal Brian, CD Review magazine stating, "For anyone interested in British music of this century this disc is a mandatory purchase".
	www.naxos.com /artist/bbcsso.htm (277 words)

	Scottish Music Centre
		Founded in 1935 by the composer and conductor Ian Whyte, as the first full-time orchestral ensemble in Scotland, the BBC SSO began as a small studio orchestra, one of many ensembles that were employed by the BBC in cities across Britain.
		But Whyte had a grander vision - of a Scottish symphony orchestra that would play the latest music by Scottish composers, as well as works by the major orchestral composers, to the high standard he demanded.
		Through his tenacity, uncompromising musicianship and artistic integrity, he established an orchestra with a distinct character and tradition, later renamed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
	www.scottishmusiccentre.com /db/seriouslyscottish/index.php?id=69 (786 words)

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