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This orchestra was founded buy the conductor and composer, Ian Whyte, in 1935.
It supports the BBC Symphony Orchestra, at home and abroad, and
regularly performs at the Edinburgh
and Cheltenham festivals and the Proms. It regularly tours the smaller towns
as well as the cities of Scotland
and has made many recordings of its performances. The conductors over the years have
included Jerzy Maksymiuk, Christopher Seaman,
Karl Anton Rickenbacher, and the current Chief Conductor, Ilan Volkov. After having to leave their home at
the
Glasgow
City Hall
while it was refurbished and restored
over a period of several years, they returned their in 2006.
Eugen d'Albert recordings
Cello Concerto in C major,
Hyperion 67544 (CD:
The Romantic Cello Concerto-1)
Conductor
- Carlos Kalmar
Cello - Alban Gerhardt
(This recording was made from a
concert in Caird Hall, Dundee on
the 17th and 18th December 2004 and won a 2006 Midem Classical Award.)
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