SCWE have successfully premiered a considerable number of original wood wind chamber music as well as arrangements both by members of SCWE and internationally renowned composers such as Barber’s ‘Knoxville - the summer of 1915’ arranged by Kenneth Singleton (2004) and Schoenberg’s arrangement of Mahler’s ‘Lied von der Erde’ (2011). SCWE have staged rarely performed original masterpieces such as Milhaud’s ‘La Creation du Monde’, Frank Martin’s ‘Concerto’ for wind instruments and piano and most recently the cello concerto by Friedrich Gulda which received its first Scottish performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 by cellist Thomas Carroll accompanied by SCWE under the baton of Michael Round to standing ovations. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe also saw premieres of new arrangements for the ensemble of music by Grieg, Debussy and Mozart (Michael Round) as well as by Brahms (Serenade No.1 in D major, op.11 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in 2008) and Liszt (Jonathan West). Other premieres at the Edinburgh Fringe included the wind quintet ‘Timepiece’ by US composer Lyle Sanford. SCWE have toured several European countries and appear regularly in London and around the UK.

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