BBC SSO
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been the sound of Scotland for over seven decades and is a potent symbol of Scotland’s thriving cultural life. Now bound to the fabric of its permanent new home at Glasgow City Halls, the BBC SSO is an integral part of BBC Scotland’s output and is renowned across the world for its distinctive style and adventurous programming. Read More...
Formed in December 1935, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is recognised as one of the UK’s leading orchestras. The winner of several awards, including a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2001 (the only Scottish orchestra to do so) and two Gramophone Awards, its wide repertory and flexible approach to format means it can perform a complex contemporary piece as a specialist ensemble alongside a major symphonic work.
The orchestra has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Television, and also records commercially. It takes live music to towns and cities across Scotland every season, is in demand at major UK festivals, and plays every summer at the BBC Proms. Abroad, the orchestra has appeared in the great musical centres of Europe, and has toured the USA, South America and China.
In Scotland, as well as being the leading supporter of living composers and new music, the BBC SSO is extremely active in the community, with an innovative learning programme dedicated to bringing the inspiration of great music to people of all ages and backgrounds.
At the beginning of 2006 the orchestra moved from Broadcasting House at Queen Margaret Drive – its base for nearly 70 years – to City Halls which is now the orchestra’s permanent home, administrative, performance and recording base.
Visit the official website of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Subscriptions
Flexible subscription tickets allow you to pick and choose the concerts you wish to attend from any BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performances at City Halls listed within this brochure at a generous discount.
- Choose all 15 concerts at 35% discount on full price. (Consessions* 40% discount)
- Choose any 11 – 14 concerts at 30% discount on full price. (Consessions* 35% discount)
- Choose any 8 – 10 concerts at 25% discount on full price. (Consessions* 30% discount)
- Choose any 5 – 7 concerts at 20% discount on full price. (Consessions* 25% discount)
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*Concession subscriptions available to Senior Citizens, SSO Club Members, Full-time Students, Registered Unemployed (proof of status may be required). Disabled patrons' discount not applicable to subscription prices.
