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...
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Music
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...
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s Compliments To Aly Bain
To wish Aly Bain a happy 70th birthday (15 May 2016), our Leader and President, Bill Cook, has composed a Highland Barndance - 'The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra's Compliments to Aly Bain' - and here is a recording of it from the SFO's rehearsal before our Nottingham...
Macpherson’s Farewell
One of the highlights of this year's SFO programme is "Macpherson's Farewell" (also known as "Macpherson's Rant"), which our conductor and musical director, Blair Parham, has arranged for orchestra and bagpipes. This famous air was written by the infamous James...
Blair Parham SFO Conductor
This article first appeared in the SFO programme for the Usher Hall concert of 13 June 2015: Originally from Ayr, Blair’s first proper introduction to music began at the age of six when he took lessons on the recorder, before beginning to learn the cello when he was 8...