One of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s annual Glasgow concerts took place at the iconic Royal Concert Hall on 15 September 2018. A video recording of the concert has been released on DVD in September 2019. Members of the orchestra had warmed up with an impromptu...
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Music
The Rose of Galloway (Galloway Rose)
Rose of Galloway is a composition by John Mason for orchestra and pipes. At the foot of this post, you will find a short video clip of a Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (plus pipe band) concert performance of this stirring piece of music. Tucked away in the South-west of...
A New Era in Digital Downloads for Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Music
As we reported in December 2018, we have been going through the process of making the orchestra’s self-produced recordings available for digital download. Historically, SFO recordings have been released through REL but – with the growth of digital downloads and online...
Be Part Of and Take Home a Little Piece of the SFO (38 years of SFO Recordings)
If you come to an SFO concert, you can’t miss our merchandise stall in the foyer. You may have been in the audience at one of our live concert recordings before and, if you are coming to our Hogmanay Concert in the Usher Hall on 30 December 2018, we will be recording...
The SFO’s Compliments to Edradour Whisky
The SFO’s concert in Edinburgh on 9 June 2018 will again feature Edradour Distillery as a sponsor of the orchestra. The sponsorship, which started in 2013, has brought the name of Edradour and the quality of its whisky to a much wider audience. Edradour is to be found...
How Wonderful it would be to be Sitting in the Audience!
The title is a comment from the SFO's Facebook page. It's one of 431 comments under a video we put up of the orchestra and Davidson's Mains Pipe Band playing The Sleeping Warrior at our concert in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on 30 December 2017. You can view the video...
DVDs of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra – Perth and Belfast Concerts
There are currently 2 "recent" SFO DVDs, both of which are available via this website or from the merchandise table at any of our concerts - details below. In The Fair City - The SFO Live in Perth Concert Hall (February 2016) Recorded at the SFO’s concert in Perth...
SFO “In the Fair City” DVD – 2016
We're very proud of our front of house team and we rely on them to keep us updated with audience and patrons/friends comments. For some time they have been requesting new CDs and DVDs and we can now announce that their requests have been granted. Recorded at our...
The SFO In The Fair City – New DVD Release
Nestling on the banks of the River Tay, Perth indeed merits the name of "The Fair City". Steeped in Scottish history and adjacent to Scotland's ancient capital, Scone, crowning seat of Scotland's early Kings, Perth provides the ideal backdrop for the latest DVD...
The SFO’s Most Popular Recording
Most people know or have heard of the Beatles' song, Yesterday. As with the majority of the Fab Four's output, the composition is credited to Lennon and McCartney. In fact, the song is thought to be largely, if not entirely, the work of Paul McCartney. He says the...