Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Summer Tour 2023 : Summer in Italy

Join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and SCO soloists Maximiliano Martín and Nikita Naumov for a concert full of Italian flair and Mediterranean summer sunshine.

Rossini and Bottesini bring musical drama and fizz to the SCO’s Summer in Italy programme. Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville and his operatic Introduction, Theme and Variations are full of fun and energy, and Bottesini’s dazzling Gran Duo provides both soloists with the opportunity to showcase their outstanding virtuosity.

Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ Symphony was inspired by the culture, climate and countryside that the composer experienced on his 1830 trip to Italy, and the work is one of his warmest and most evocative symphonies.

Summer In Italy

ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville
BOTTESINI Fantasia ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ for Double Bass and Orchestra*
ROSSINI Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra†
BOTTESINI Gran Duo for Clarinet, Double Bass and Orchestra†*
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 4, ‘Italian’

Maxim Emelyanychev conductor
Maximiliano Martín clarinet†
Nikita Naumov double bass*