SCO 2021: The Emperor

Join the Orchestra and Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev to celebrate the long-awaited return to live performance – with Beethoven at his grandest, and Mendelssohn at his most evocative. 

Multi-award-winning Russian pianist Lukas Geniušas brings his famed brilliance and boldness to Beethoven’s visionary ‘Emperor’ Concerto, one of the most powerful piano concertos ever written – yet a piece that’s also full of transcendental tenderness in its serene slow movement. 

The young Felix Mendelssohn made a career-defining journey across Scotland in 1829, taking inspiration from the brooding ruins and swirling mists of ruined Holyrood Abbey for his vivid ‘Scottish’ Symphony, which plots a resolute course from mystery and menace to blazing triumph. 

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’ 
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’ 

Maxim Emelyanychev conductor 
Lukas Geniušas piano 

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Note on booking

Usher Hall strongly requests that where possible you book in advance for this performance rather than booking/collecting your tickets from their Box Office on the night.

Presented by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra