Viennese Gala Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Sun 4 Jan 2026 2.30pm The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm Fri 16 Jan 7.30pm Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock Sat 17 Jan 7.30pm Eden Court, Inverness Sun 18 Jan 3pm
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Viennese Gala Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Sun 4 Jan 2026 2.30pm The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm Fri 16 Jan 7.30pm Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock Sat 17 Jan 7.30pm Eden Court, Inverness Sun 18 Jan 3pm Vienna – where the concert halls are golden and the music sparkles! It simply wouldn’t be New Year without the music of the city’s most famous son Johann Strauss and his friends. Let us whirl you away to a world full of elegant waltzes, playful polkas and good old-fashioned romance, presented by Scottish tenor Jamie MacDougall and conducted by Derrick Morgan. Filled with tunes you’ll know and love, get your 2026 off to a glittering start with the RSNO – Scotland’s National Orchestra.
Derrick Morgan Conductor Jamie MacDougall Presenter Royal Scottish National Orchestra The concert in Langholm is supported by The Stevenson Trust If viewing these notes at the concert, please do so considerately and not during performances. Please silence all mobile telephones and alerts, and refrain from taking photographs, without flash, until the end of each piece.
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Piano Concertos (soloist: Benjamin Grosvenor), conducted by Elim Chan, two Diapason d’Or awards (Denève/Roussel 2007; Denève/Debussy 2012) and eight GRAMMY Award nominations. In recent years, the RSNO has cultivated an international reputation for world-class film, television and videogame soundtrack recording. The Orchestra has recorded for BAFTA-winning series Silo (Apple TV) and worked with the likes The Orchestra’s artistic team is led by Danish of GRAMMY Award-winning composer Lorne conductor Thomas Søndergård, who was Balfe on Life on Our Planet (Netflix). Other notable appointed Music Director in 2018. In March 2024, titles include Nuremberg (Sony Pictures), Now You Austrian-born conductor, composer and musician See Me: Now You Don’t (Lionsgate), Horizon: An Patrick Hahn became the Orchestra’s Principal American Saga (Warner Bros) and Star Wars Guest Conductor. Outlaws (Ubisoft). The Orchestra records at its bespoke in-house facility in Glasgow. The RSNO is supported by the Scottish Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950 and was awarded Royal Patronage in 1977. Many renowned conductors have contributed to its success, including Sir John Barbirolli, Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Järvi, Walter Weller, Alexander Lazarev and Stéphane Denève.
Government and is one of the Scottish National Performing Companies. The Orchestra performs across Scotland, including concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness, and appears regularly at the Edinburgh International Festival and BBC Proms. The RSNO has made recent tours to China and Europe. The RSNO has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving a 2020 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Chopin’s
The RSNO believes that music can enrich lives, and aims to inspire, educate and entertain people throughout Scotland and beyond with its performances, recordings and engagement programmes. Supporting schools, families, young professionals and wider communities, the RSNO delivers high-quality initiatives for all ages and abilities.
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On Stage FIRST VIOLIN Igor Yuzefovich
CELLO Betsy Taylor
TRUMPET Christopher Hart
LEADER
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
Lena Zeliszewska
Kennedy Leitch Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido Rachael Lee Sarah Digger Robert Anderson Gunda Baranauskaitė
Ben Jarvis Jason Lewis
ASSOCIATE LEADER
Shlomy Dobrinsky ASSOCIATE LEADER
Caroline Parry Ursula Heidecker Allen Elizabeth Bamping Lorna Rough Susannah Lowdon Alan Manson Liam Lynch Veronica Marziano SECOND VIOLIN Jacqueline Speirs ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Marion Wilson Robin Wilson Kirstin Drew Colin McKee Emily Nenniger Helena Rose Paul Medd Anne Bünemann Sophie Lang VIOLA Tom Dunn PRINCIPAL
Felix Tanner Asher Zaccardelli Lisa Rourke Susan Buchan Nicola McWhirter Claire Dunn Katherine Wren Maria Trittinger Francesca Hunt Beth Woodford
DOUBLE BASS Nikita Naumov PRINCIPAL
TROMBONE Dávur Juul Magnussen PRINCIPAL
Cillian Ó Ceallacháin Alastair Sinclair PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE
Michael Rae Alexandre Cruz dos Santos Moray Jones
TUBA John Whitener
FLUTE Katherine Bryan
TIMPANI Adrian Bending
PRINCIPAL
Oliver Roberts OBOE Adrian Wilson PRINCIPAL
Peter Dykes CLARINET William Knight
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Duncan Swindells
PRINCIPAL
GUEST PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION Simon Lowdon PRINCIPAL
Stuart Semple Phil Hague Joanne McDowell HARP Pippa Tunnell
PRINCIPAL BASS CLARINET
BASSOON David Hubbard PRINCIPAL
Paolo Dutto
PRINCIPAL CONTRABASSOON
HORN Amadea Dazeley-Gaist PRINCIPAL
Alison Murray Andrew McLean David McClenaghan Martin Murphy
Orchestra list and programme details correct at time of going to print.
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Derrick Morgan Conductor
Derrick Morgan is a young Scottish conductor who was most recently Assistant Conductor of the RSNO under Music Director Thomas Søndergård until September 2025. He has also held the positions of Foundation Conductor of the Orpheus Sinfonia and Assistant Artistic Director of the Nevis Ensemble. His RSNO role was generously supported by the Solti Foundation. At the RSNO, Derrick worked across a wide range of projects. He programmed, performed and presented two national Viennese New Year Gala tours, led concerts for corporate partners, designed and delivered an education tour, and collaborated with Palestinian jazz artist Nai Barghouti. His recording work ranged from Netflix and educational partner Charanga to bespoke arrangements for Classic FM. He made his Season debut with the RSNO in Dundee, stepping in at short notice for the indisposed Stephanie Childress. His ability to prepare scores quickly also led him to stand in for Jonathan Bloxham with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra on less than five hours’ notice, in a programme featuring a new saxophone concerto by Jay Capperauld. In 2024 he gave the European premiere of Zou Ye’s Symphony Kukai in London with the Orpheus Sinfonia, and in January 2025 he was re-invited by the promoters to conduct its New Zealand premiere with the Auckland Philharmonia and Music Association Auckland Choir, joined by singers from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
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Jamie MacDougall Presenter
Jamie’s extensive discography of over 45 titles covers Baroque and Classical, German, Scottish and English song, as well as 20th-century music. With Haydn Trio Eisenstadt he released the 20 CD collection of Haydn Folksong arrangements. In 2020, with Trio van Beethoven, he marked the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with recitals in Germany. Since 2001 Jamie has been ‘Scotland’s Voice’ for classical music on BBC Radio Scotland, presenting Grace Notes, Classics Unwrapped and Classical Now. His voice can be heard regularly presenting for BBC Radio 3, and for 17 years he anchored BBC TV’s Proms in the Park from Glasgow as part of the Last Night of the Proms festivities. Born in Glasgow, Jamie MacDougall is one of Scotland’s leading artists, enjoying a career as both a performer and broadcaster. He has worked at Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park, English National Opera and Opera North, as well as companies in Europe and Canada. His most recent roles at Scottish Opera are the Spy in the UK premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Marx in London and Mayor Upfold in Britten’s Albert Herring. He will also appear in the world premiere of Emma Jones and Toby Hession’s A Matter of Misconduct! in May and June this year. Passionate about new opera, Jamie collaborates closely with New Opera in Scotland Events (NOISE). On the concert platform, Jamie has worked with some of the world’s top baroque, chamber and symphony orchestras. In 2017 he was Artist in Residence at the St Andrews Voices Festival, and in 2022 launched the New Scottish Song Book, which is published by the Voices Festival. He is on the teaching staff at the Laidlaw Centre at St Andrews University.
In a co-production with Scottish Opera, Jamie staged an adaptation of Jimmy Logan’s one-man play Lauder! that helped mark the 150th anniversary of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jamie Crowdfunded a film of the play at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh to mark Lauder’s 150th birthday. In 2025 Jamie toured Lauder! to raise awareness and funds for Erskine Hospital, for which he is honoured to be an Ambassador. In 2026 Lauder! appears for three weeks in New York as part of the Brits off Broadway Season.
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Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), Waltz, Op279 [8’]
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Elektromagnetische (Electromagnetic), Polka, Op110 [3’]
CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER (1843-1922)
Auf! Ins XX. Jahrhundert (Onwards! Into the 20th Century), March, Op501 [3’]
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919) Mattinata (Morning) [3’]
RUDOLF SIECZYŃSKI (1879-1952)
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) [4’]
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Waltz, Op325 [11’]
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Vergnügungszug (Excursion Train), Polka-schnell, Op281 [3’] INTERVAL
MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921-2006) Four Scottish Dances Op59 [8’]
ALAN ROBERT MURRAY (1890-1952) I’ll Walk Beside You [3’]
PATRICK MACDONALD (1729-1824), arr. MARJORY KENNEDY-FRASER (1857-1930) Sleeps the Noon in the Deep Blue Sky [3’]
IAN GOURLAY (1915-1993) Song of the Clyde [3’]
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE (1810-1874) Kjöbenhavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop (Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop) [4’]
JOHANN STRAUSS II
An der schönen blauen Donau (By the Beautiful Blue Danube), Waltz, Op314 [9’]
JOHANN STRAUSS I (1804-1849) Radetzky March Op228 [9’]
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The turn of the New Year is a time for looking forward in celebration, cheer and optimism, qualities encapsulated joyfully in the music from Vienna – and Italy, Denmark and even Scotland – in this colourful concert. And in the case of some of the chosen pieces, that looking ahead also involves a celebration of the latest technological and engineering innovations – unlikely subjects for effervescent dance music, you might think, though you might think again after hearing some of today’s witty, evocative creations. A morning newspaper might not exactly be an innovation, but it forms the subject of our first piece. Johann Strauss II wrote his Morning Papers Waltz for the Vienna Authors’ and Journalists’ Association Ball in 1864, as a response to French composer Jacques Offenbach’s Evening Papers Waltz, though it was the Association itself that actually came up with both titles. That might explain why – and unlike some of today’s later pieces – there’s next to nothing in Strauss’ music to connect directly with its apparent subject matter. After a sprightly, march-like introduction, a tripping, suave waltz sequence follows, complete with distinct suggestions of birdsong and an itinerant marching band in later tunes.
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Technology comes more strongly into focus in the fizzing Electromagnetic Polka, written by the same Strauss for the 1852 ball given for engineering students at the Vienna University of Technology (where he briefly studied economics, before dropping out to focus on music). And we peer optimistically into a new millennium with the rousing Onwards! Into the 20th Century March by the Strauss family’s great Viennese rival, Carl Michael Ziehrer. He wrote it for Vienna’s particularly lavish Concordia Ball to mark the arrival of the year 1900, though it began life as a choral piece, whose bustling music celebrated airships, aeroplanes, trains, and far-flung excursions to countries as exotic as China. Talking of travel, we head due south for our next piece, which has another technological connection. Ruggero Leoncavallo is best known for the operatic tearjerker Pagliacci, but his 1904 song Mattinata (or Morning) was the first work to be written expressly for the Gramophone Company (which later morphed into today’s
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label EMI), where it was recorded by none other than Enrico Caruso. It’s a bittersweet creation, in which the singer compares a beautiful sunrise to his reluctant lover, who will not rouse herself to appreciate his serenade. We hop back to Vienna for one of the city’s most famous songs. Born in the Austrian capital and of Polish ancestry, Rudolf Sieczyński worked by day as a government clerk, but devoted his spare time to writing nostalgic Viennese songs. The most famous of them is his haunting Vienna, City of My Dreams from 1914, which looks back with poignant nostalgia to the city’s golden years of opulence and decadence.
Located a few kilometres from the city, the Wienerwald or Vienna Woods has long offered a green refuge from Vienna’s bustling activity – both Beethoven and Schubert were known to walk there. Johann Strauss II, too, looked to the Wienerwald as a place of escape, rest and a simpler way of life in his 1868 waltz sequence Tales from the Vienna Woods, whose substantial introduction serves to introduce the natural beauty of the location before its waltzes beckon us enticingly back to the city centre. As soon as we’ve arrived back in Vienna, however, we’ll depart again in our next piece. First performed at the city’s Association of Industrial Societies’ Ball in January 1864, Johann Strauss II’s Excursion Train Polka celebrated the opening of the Austrian Southern Railway, which whisked Viennese residents away on pleasure trips into the countryside. And despite notoriously detesting rail travel (following a train trip on tour in the USA, he told his wife he’d rather die than take another one), Johann Strauss II nevertheless incorporated several specific railway sounds in the piece, from piping whistles to chuffing steam engines.
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From the Austrian countryside, we now move far closer to home. Malcolm Arnold wrote his Four Scottish Dances in 1957, but aimed to evoke the sounds and styles of Scottish music rather than quoting it verbatim. The first dance is in the style of a strathspey, the second is a reel, the song-like third evokes a summer’s day in the Hebrides, and the fourth is a lively fling. Next come three classic Scottish songs made famous by equally iconic singers. It was tenor John McCormack who especially popularised the sentimental 1936 love song I’ll Walk Beside You, written by Alan Murray and Edward Lockton. Kenneth McKellar, meanwhile, is particularly associated with Sleeps the Noon in the Deep Blue Sky, based on a traditional melody, as well as the poignant Song of the Clyde, which takes us through the many towns and villages connected by Scotland’s great west-coast river.
Dubbed the ‘Strauss of the North’, Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye was for almost three decades music director at Copenhagen’s pleasure park, Tivoli Gardens. Like Strauss’ Excursion Train earlier, Lumbye’s Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop marks an important opening, of the rail line connecting the Danish capital with the western town Roskilde in 1847. It’s virtually a musical description of the train’s departure and arrival, complete with warning bell and station whistle, a chugging acceleration,
high-speed careering, and a final slow-down as the passengers arrive at their destination.
Like Song of the Clyde, our famous penultimate piece is a poignant celebration of an iconic waterway. Johann Strauss II’s By the Beautiful Blue Danube, however, began life as a vocal number, written in 1866 for the Vienna Men’s Choral Association. It was given a rather muted reception at its premiere on 15 February 1867, possibly because of a mismatch between Strauss’ joyful, nostalgic music and some illadvisedly satirical lyrics by the Association’s poet, Joseph Weyl. Strauss created a purely orchestral version the following year for performances at the Paris World’s Fair, and since then it’s become Vienna’s unofficial anthem. From dreamy nostalgia, today’s concert closes in rousing celebration, and in the hands of Johann Strauss II’s father. First performed in Vienna in August 1848, Johann Strauss I’s Radetzky March marks the victory by Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz in the Battle of Custoza, during the First Italian War of Independence. And if you feel moved to join in with the piece’s infectious rhythms, you won’t be the first: Austrian army officers who attended the inaugural performance are reputed to have set the trend for audience participation, being unable to stop themselves clapping along. © David Kettle
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Come and Sing
Carmina Burana
SAT 24 JAN 2026 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Participant session 10.30am-5.30pm Public concert 7.30pm Orff Carmina Burana Stephen Doughty Conductor RSNO Chorus RSNO Youth Chorus Patrick Barrett Director, RSNO Youth Choruses Ever wondered what it feels like to sing live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with Scotland’s National Orchestra? Now’s your chance to find out, in this scratch performance of Orff’s outrageously tuneful Carmina Burana – 60 minutes of life, lust and monks behaving badly!
Book now at
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Whether you’re a choral society regular or only ever sing in the shower, absolutely everyone is welcome to join in. Spend the day rehearsing under the expert guidance of RSNO Chorus Director Stephen Doughty, before putting on a public performance in the evening accompanied by the RSNO. The ability to read music would be beneficial to those taking part on the day. Participation tickets (£28): To book your place visit rsno.org.uk/come-and-sing Audience tickets (£15): Book online at rsno.org.uk or phone the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office on 0141 353 8000.
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RSNO Benefactors, Patrons and Circle members We are grateful to all our individual supporters for their generous philanthropy and loyalty. Your support enables the Orchestra to achieve its most ambitious goals and to continue inspiring people across Scotland both on and off the concert stage.
RSNO Benefactors
RSNO Conductors’ Circle
Sir Ewan and Lady Brown Gavin and Kate Gemmell Kat Heathcote and Iain Macneil Ms Chris Grace Hartness
Ardgowan Charitable Trust Stina Bruce Jones Ian and Evelyn Crombie Kenneth and Julia Greig Shirley Murray David and Alix Stevenson Rolf and Celia Thornqvist Eric and Karen Young
RSNO Patrons
Learning and Engagement Patrons
Geoff and Mary Ball Lady Rebecca Fraser George Ritchie Stephen Sweeney Valerie Wells
William Brown, W.S The Dundee RSNO Circle Committee Neil and Nicola Gordon Professor Gillian Mead, FRSE Nicholas and Alison Muntz Maurice and Nicola Taylor Charitable Trust
Chair Patrons Assistant Conductor
Second Violin
Cello
The Solti Foundation Chair
The Nigel & Margot Russell Chair
Mr Jamie & Kyle Anderson Weir
Celia Llácer First Violin
Maya Iwabuchi LEADER
Dunard Fund Chair
Tamás Fejes ASSISTANT LEADER
The Bill and Rosalind Gregson Chair
Marion Wilson ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Pei-Jee Ng PRINCIPAL
Sophie Lang
Betsy Taylor ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Emily Nenniger
Kennedy Leitch ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
The Ian & Evelyn Crombie Chair Mr Jamie & Kyle Anderson Weir
Viola
The Maxwell Armstrong Chair
The David and Anne Smith Chair
Rachael Lee
Tom Dunn PRINCIPAL
The Christine and Arthur Hamilton Chair
Elizabeth Bamping
Lisa Rourke SUB PRINCIPAL
Double Bass
Alan Manson
Francesca Hunt
Ursula Heidecker Allen
The James and Iris Miller Chair The WL and Vera Heywood Chair The Hugh and Linda Bruce-Watt Chair
Liam Lynch
Mr Kyle Anderson Weir
Lorna Rough
The Sir Richard Dunbar Chair
The Cathy & Keith MacGillivray Chair The Meta Ramsay Chair
The Rolf and Celia Thornqvist Chair
Beth Woodford
Mr Jamie & Kyle Anderson Weir
Nikita Naumov PRINCIPAL
The Gregor Forbes John Clark Chair
Michael Rae ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
James Wood Bequest Fund Chair
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Flute
Clarinet
Trumpet
The David and Anne Smith Chair
The Shirley Murray Chair
Ms Chris Grace Hartness
Katherine Bryan PRINCIPAL
Timothy Orpen PRINCIPAL William Knight
Oboe
Adrian Wilson PRINCIPAL The Hedley Wright Chair
Peter Dykes ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
The Turcan Connell Chair
Horn
Timpani
Paul Philbert PRINCIPAL
Ms Chris Grace Hartness
David McClenaghan SUB-PRINCIPAL
Staff
Alison Murray ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
COMMUNITY SINGING ASSISTANT
Martin Murphy ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
We are also grateful to those who give but who wish to remain anonymous.
Witherby Publishing Group Charitable Trust Chair
The Springbank Distillers Chair
Cor Anglais
Mr & Mrs Pierre and Alison Girard
In memory of a dear friend, Fiona H
The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust Chair
Henry Clay PRINCIPAL
Christopher Hart PRINCIPAL
Chiko Parkinson
Supported by ScotRail
Andrew McLean
The Catherine McLagan Chair
If you would like to discuss how you can become an RSNO Patron, please contact Constance Fraser, Head of Development (Individuals and Partnerships), at constance.fraser@rsno.org.uk
RSNO Circle Virtuoso Ms Catherine Y Alexander Mrs A M Bennett Mr Alan and Mrs Carolyn Bonnyman Dame Susan and Mr John Bruce Stephen and Morny Carter Francesca and Eoghan Contini Mackie Dr Clive Criper Scott and Frieda Grier Judith and David Halkerston Iain MacNeil and Kat Heathcote Martin and Carola Gordon Miss A McGrory Miss M Michie Mr James Miller CBE Mrs Abigail Morrison Nicholas and Alison Muntz Meta Ramsay Mr and Mrs W Semple Gregor and Lesley Stewart Mr Ian Taft Claire and Mark Urquhart Raymond and Brenda Williamson Margaret Duffy and Peter Williamson Symphony Mr John Brownlie Mr A Campbell
Dr K Chapman and Ms S Adam Sir Sandy and Lady Crombie Mr W G Geddes Elizabeth Gibb Dr Robert Gibb Mr I Gow Mr J D Home Christine Lessels Katharine M E Liston Mrs A McQueen Mr Iain Percival Mr and Mrs David Robinson Ian and Janet Szymanski Dr C Cradock and Dr S Todd Nelson and Barbara Waters Philip Whitely and Robert H Mackay Concerto Neil Barton Miss D Blackie Dr C M Bronte-Stewart Dr F L Brown Mr and Mrs Burnside David Caldwell Ms H Calvert Ross Cavanagh Myk Cichla Terry and Joan Cole Dr J Coleiro Mr and Mrs B H Cross
Christine and Jo Danbolt Mr P Davidson Steven J Davis Mr and Mrs K B Dietz Mr C Ffoulkes William Findlay Mr and Mrs M Gilbert Simon and Fiona Guest Lord and Lady Hamilton Mrs S Hawthorn P Hayes Dr and Mrs P Heywood Ms H Kay Mr and Mrs W Kean Nicholas Kilpatrick Christine Lessels Morag MacCormick Mr and Mrs Marwick Mr S Marwick Mrs Sandra Maxwell Mr and Mrs G McAllister Mrs M McDonald Dr A H McKee Mr Rod McLoughlin Morag Millar Mrs B Morinaud Dr and Mrs D Mowle Mr K R and Dr C C Parish Ms A and Miss I Reeve Mrs E M Robertson
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Dr and Mrs G K Simpson Mrs Henrietta Simpson Dr Norma Smith Mr and Mrs A Stewart David and Helen Strachan Mr I Strachan Mr G Stronach Dr G R Sutherland Mr and Mrs J B Watson Mr and Mrs D Weetman Helen and Peter Wilde David W Wren Roderick Wylie Sonata Mr and Mrs G H Ainsley Mr K Allen Dr A D Beattie Jenny Beattie Mrs H Benzie Mr R Billingham Lord and Lady Borthwick John Bradshaw and Shiona Mackie Mrs Bryan Andrew Burrows Mrs C M Campbell Miss S M Carlyon Amanda Carter-Fraser Alan Clevett Lady Coulsfield Adam and Lesley Cumming Mrs C Donald J Donald and L Knifton Mr John Duffy Mr R M Duncan Brigadier and Mrs C C Dunphie Mrs E Egan Mr R Ellis Mr R B Erskine Dr E Evans Dr A Ewing David Ferrier Kenneth Forbes Mr D Fraser Ms J Gardner Philip and Karen Gaskell Mrs M Gibson Mrs M Gillan
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Mr I Robertson Ms A Robson Sheriff Linda Ruxton Mrs J Shanks Mr J A Shipley Dr M J and Mrs J A Shirreffs Richard and Gillian Shirreffs Ana Smith Mrs E Smith Mr M Smith Dr and Mrs B Stack Mrs Lorna Statham Mrs R F Stewart Mr and Mrs B Tait Lisbeth Thoms Dr and Mrs T Thomson Mr C Turnbull Dr Morag Ward Dr Alex Watson Mr W Watters Alan Weddell Mr and Mrs D Weetman Mr R Young Thank you to all our members of the Circle, including Overture members and those who wish to remain anonymous.
If you would like to discuss how you can become an RSNO Circle member, please contact Polly Lightbody, Individual Giving and Partnerships Officer, at polly.lightbody@rsno.org.uk
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Charitable Trusts and Foundations Charitable trusts and foundations have a distinguished history of supporting the RSNO, both on and off the stage. From one-off donations for specific concerts and musicians’ chairs, to multi-year funding for our community engagement initiatives, including our Schools Programme, every grant in support of our work is truly appreciated. We are grateful to the following trusts and foundations for their generosity: Aberdeen Endowments Trust ABO Sirens Fund Adam Mickiewicz Institute Alexander Moncur Charitable Trust Alma & Leslie Wolfson Charitable Trust Adam Mickiewicz Institute Balgay Children’s Society Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation Brownlie Charitable Trust Castansa Trust CMS Charitable Trust Common Humanity Arts Trust Cookie Matheson Charitable Trust Cruden Foundation David and June Gordon Memorial Trust Dunclay Charitable Trust Educational Institute of Scotland Ettrick Charitable Trust Fidelio Charitable Trust Forteviot Charitable Trust Gannochy Trust Gaelic Language Promotion Trust Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Harbinson Charitable Trust Hobart Charitable Trust Hugh Fraser Foundation James Wood Bequest Fund Jennie S Gordon Memorial Foundation Jean & Roger Miller’s Charitable Trust Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust John Scott Trust Fund John Mather Trust Jones Family Charitable Trust JTH Charitable Trust Leach Family Charitable Trust Leng Charitable Trust Lethendy Charitable Trust Marchus Trust McGlashan Charitable Trust
Meikle Foundation Mickel Fund Miss E C Hendry Charitable Trust Miss Jean R Stirrat’s Charitable Trust Murdoch Forrest Charitable Trust N Smith Charitable Settlement Nancie Massey Charitable Trust Noel Coward Foundation Northwood Charitable Trust Nugee Foundation Pear Tree Fund for Music PF Charitable Trust Pump House Trust Q Charitable Trust R J Larg Family Trust Ronald Miller Foundation Rowena Alison Goffin Charitable Trust Russell Trust Scops Arts Trust Scott Davidson Charitable Trust Scottish Enterprise Solti Foundation Souter Charitable Trust Stanley Morrison Charitable Trust Stevenston Charitable Trust Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust Tay Charitable Trust Thriplow Charitable Trust Tillyloss Trust W A Cargill Fund W M Mann Foundation W M Sword Charitable Trust Walter Scott Giving Group Wavendon Foundation Weir Charitable Trust Zich Trust We are also grateful to a number of trusts that wish to stay anonymous.
If you would like more information about our work and how you can make a difference, please contact Niamh Kelly, Trusts and Projects Manager, at niamh.kelly@rsno.org.uk
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra PATRON His Majesty The King ARTISTIC TEAM Thomas Søndergård MUSIC DIRECTOR
Patrick Hahn
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR
RSNO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elected Directors Gregor Stewart CHAIR
Gail Blain
HONORARY TREASURER
CONDUCTOR EMERITUS
Ruth Binks Kayla-Megan Burns Ken Hay Kat Heathcote MBE Don Macleod David Robinson John Stewart David Strachan Cllr Edward Thornley
DIRECTOR, RSNO CHORUS
Julia Miller
Celia Llácer
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Ellie Slorach
ENGAGEMENT CONDUCTOR
Kellen Gray
ASSOCIATE ARTIST
Neeme Järvi
CONDUCTOR LAUREATE
Alexander Lazarev Stephen Doughty Patrick Barrett
NOMINATED DIRECTOR
Player Directors Katherine Bryan Christopher Hart David Hubbard William Knight David McClenaghan Lorna Rough SCHOOLS ADVISORY GROUP Ruth Binks Pam Black Norman Bolton Martin Greig Neil Millar Mae Murray
COMPANY SECRETARY
DIRECTOR, RSNO YOUTH CHORUSES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Dylan Findlay
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Seonaid Eadie
Alistair Mackie CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Ted Howie
FACILITIES MANAGER
Katie Kean
Dr Jane Donald
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Charlotte Jennings
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (MATERNITY LEAVE COVER)
Nicola Kelman
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (MATERNITY LEAVE)
PLANNING
Tammo Schuelke
LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT
Andrew Stevenson DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT
Anna Crawford
ENGAGEMENT DELIVERY MANAGER (MATERNITY LEAVE)
Rachel Naismith
DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING
ENGAGEMENT DELIVERY MANAGER (MATERNITY COVER)
ARTISTIC PLANNING MANAGER
ENGAGEMENT PRODUCER
ARTISTIC PLANNING OFFICER
COMMUNITY CHORUS AND PARTNERSHIPS COORDINATOR SUPPORTED BY SCOTRAIL
Xander van Vliet
Maisie Leddy
Rachel Pullin
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Richard Payne
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