Royal Scottish National Orchestra

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is Scotland's national symphony orchestra. The Glasgow-based orchestra belong to 89 musicians who also appear regularly in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and abroad.

The ensemble was founded in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra occurs consistently on since 1950 and was placed under royal patronage in 1991. For a short time it was called then Royal Scottish Orchestra, before it changed its name to the present one.

Under its first Scottish -born and longest-standing conductor, Sir Alexander Gibson, the orchestra began to develop an international profile. Suitable for Gibson's own specialist area, the orchestra was known for his interpretations of Scandinavian composers, especially Sibelius and Carl Nielsen. This orientation solidified under Neeme Järvi, who led the orchestra through its first complete Mahler cycle. Bryden Thomson, the second Scot, who led the orchestra, kept up the connection to Nordic music, including a performance cycle of Nielsen symphonies and the start of the fourth and sixth symphony Nielsen, which are among the best in the world.

The RSNO usually plays in the Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow in which the photographs are taken. However, it sees the orchestra as its special commitment to performing in all of Scotland and visited particularly the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Usher Hall, Edinburgh ( temporarily Edinburgh Festival Theatre ), Dundee Caird Hall, Aberdeen Music Hall, Perth Concert Hall and Eden Court Inverness regularly.

The orchestra in the 1980s and 1990s, a long-standing recycling contract with Chandos Records, which was recently renewed. Today, it takes best on Naxos Records, including especially a symphony cycle by Anton Bruckner, chaired by Georg Tintner, symphony cycles of Arnold Bax with David Lloyd -Jones and some shots of American compositions ( including the complete orchestral works of Samuel Barber ) under the direction of Marin Alsop. In May 2007, the first recording under Stéphane Denève was published. This first part of a complete cycle of works of Albert Roussel for orchestra was expected in advance with voltage and won in November, the Diapason d'Or de l' année for Symphonic music. The second CD of the cycle was released in 2008 to great critical acclaim.

The orchestra is supported by the RSNO chorus, which was founded in 1843 to sing the first complete performance of Handel's Messiah in Scotland in April 1844. The choir not only occurs together with the orchestra, but is also independent on tour abroad. The current choir director since 2006, Timothy Dean.

The artistic director of the RSNO Music Director Stéphane is led by Denève and assistant conductor David Danzmayr with Simon Woods as chief executive. Denève took office in 2005 and this will continue until 2011.

In April 2007, the orchestra was established as one of Scotland's five ensembles that are directly supported by the Scottish Government (previously the orchestra was supported by the Scottish Arts Council supported).

Conductors

  • Stéphane Denève (2005 -present)
  • Alexander Lazarev (1997-2005)
  • Walter Weller (1991-1996)
  • Bryden Thomson (1988-1990)
  • Neeme Järvi (1984-1988)
  • Alexander Gibson (1959-1984)
  • Hans Swarovsky (1957-1959)
  • Karl Rankl (1952-1957)
  • Warwick Braithwaite (1940-1946)
  • George Szell (1937-1939)
  • John Barbirolli (1933-1936)
  • Vladimir Golschmann (1928-1930)
  • Václav Talich (1926-1927)
  • Landon Ronald (1916-1920)
  • Emil Młynarski (1910-1916)
  • Frederic Hymen Cowen (1900-1910)
  • Wilhelm break (1898-1900)
  • Willem Kes (1895-1898)
  • George Henschel (1893-1895)
Jean Sibelius Gustav Mahler Marin Alsop Hans Swarowsky
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