The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will perform at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in the 2008-9 Season, returning to its Edinburgh home, the Usher Hall, in May 2009.  After considering the report from the building contractors responsible for phase II of the renovations, the City of Edinburgh Council and RSNO have decided to delay the Orchestra’s return to the Edinburgh venue so that work can be carried out uninterrupted.  The Edinburgh Festival Theatre has made itself available to the Orchestra for ten of the proposed concerts, and the final two concerts see a return to the Usher Hall in May 2009. 

Development plans for the 94 year-old venue were updated in November last year following the discovery of a range of difficulties with the construction site and these problems have now led to further delays in progress.  The Orchestra will now return to its natural Edinburgh home for the penultimate and final concerts of the 08:09 Season.

RSNO Chief Executive Simon Woods:
“The Usher Hall redevelopment project is crucial for the RSNO in a moment in our history when we are thriving and audiences are growing. Whilst the unforeseen challenges with the project are unfortunate, we are very pleased that we have been able to relocate to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre for the majority of our 2008-9 Season, so that we can continue to bring world class symphonic music to Edinburgh through this period.”

”The RSNO is indebted to Festival City Theatres who have bent over backwards to provide a solution during this time.  The RSNO had a fantastic season there last year and we are all delighted to be working with them once again.”

The RSNO’s Edinburgh concerts brochure will be available from Wednesday 25 June, when subscriptions will go on sale through the Festival City Theatres Box Office on 0131 529 6000.

The RSNO 08:09 Season in Edinburgh

Wednesday 1 October 2008, 7.30pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Wagner                                           Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Szymanowski                                 Sinfonia concertante
Mahler                                             Symphony No5               

Stéphane Denève (conductor), Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

Friday 17 October 2008, 7.30pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Berlioz                                             Roman Carnival Overture
Roussel                                           Symphony No1 Le Poème de la Forêt
Brahms                                            Piano Concerto No2

Stéphane Denève (conductor), Steven Osborne (piano)

Monday 27 October 2008, 7.30pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Glazunov                                         La mer
Bruch                                              Violin Concerto in G Minor              
Mussorgsky/Stokowski                   Pictures at an Exhibition

José Serebrier (conductor), Rachel Barton-Pine (violin)

Sunday 16 November 2008, 6.00pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Sibelius                                            The Oceanides
Sibelius                                            Violin Concerto
Prokofiev                                         Symphony No5

Neeme Järvi (conductor), Vadim Gluzman (violin)

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 7.30pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Rossini                                            William Tell Overture                       
Respighi                                          Adagio and Variations
Haydn                                              Cello Concerto No1 in C Major
Beethoven                                       Symphony No5

Roberto Abbado (conductor), Mario Brunello (cello)

Friday 30 January 2009, 7.30pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Dvořák                                             The Water Goblin                           
Glazunov                                         Violin Concerto
Borodin                                            Symphony No2

Alexander Lazarev (conductor), Alexandra Soumm (violin)

Sunday 15 February 2009, 6.00pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Valentine’s Classics
Ravel                                               Bolero                                                                             
Grieg                                               Piano Concerto                                                               
Mahler                                             Adagietto from Symphony No5                      
Ennio Morricone                              Cinema Paradiso                                                            
Tchaikovsky                                    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture               

David Danzmayr (conductor), Sunwook Kim (piano)

Sunday 22 March 2009, 6.00pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Mozart                                             Symphony No31 Paris
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Poulenc                                           Concerto for Two Pianos
Poulenc                                           Concert champêtre [
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Offenbach                             Gaîté Parisienne

Stéphane Denève (conductor), Frank Braley & Eric Le Sage (pianos), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord)

Sunday 29 March 2009, 6.00pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre

A Paris Salon
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The New Parisians, including:
Guillaume Connesson                     Piano Concerto  World Première (RSNO Commission)
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Ravel                                               Piano Concerto in G Major
Gershwin                                        An American in Paris                    

Stéphane Denève (conductor/piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Sunday 26 April 2009, 6.00pm — Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Dvořák                                             Scherzo Capriccioso
Kurt Schwertsik                              Divertimento Macchiato for Trumpet and Orchestra
                                                        (UK Première (RSNO Co-Commission)
Bruckner                                         Symphony No6

Kristjan Järvi (conductor), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet)

Friday 9 May 2009, 7.30pm — Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Wagner                                           Preludes to Acts I and III and “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
Vaughan Williams                            Symphony No1 Sea Symphony

 Stéphane Denève (conductor), Emma Bell (soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), RSNO Chorus

Friday 15 May 2009, 7.30pm — Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Prokofiev                                         The Love for Three Oranges Suite
Tchaikovsky                                    Rococo Variations         
Brahms                                            Symphony No2

Stéphane Denève (conductor), Sol Gabetta (cello)

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