Mozart's Flute Concert At Scottish Orchestra

The Scottish performances also include Poulenc's Sinfonietta, Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4 'Italian' (Edinburgh and Glasgow) and Mozart's music from König Thomas (St Andrews only). The two symphonies on the bill have plenty in common – high spirits, wit, verve and humanity.

Finished in 1833, Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4 'Italian' has always symbolized the perfectionism of the composer. Later in 1834, Mendelssohn began revising the symphony by preparing from memory in Düsseldorf a new score of the last three movements, and it is this unusual version which the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has chosen to perform.

Conductor Paul Meyer, one of the world's finest clarinettists, has become increasingly interested in conducting in recent years, working with orchestras in Europe and the Far East, including the Munich Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.

The spring of 2008 will be one of the busiest the Orchestra has had in recent years, with two major tours in the diary. Following the huge success of the SCO's last major German tour in December 2004, which played to full houses across the country, the Orchestra renews its partnership with Meyer, and the outstanding flautist Emmanuel Pahud, for ten concerts in February. In addition to returning to several cities visited in 2004 – Wiesbaden, Aachen, Mannheim and Frankfurt – the Scottish Chamber Orchestra will appear in major halls in Köln, Hamburg, Erlangen, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Essen. -- www.sco.test.poptel.org.uk