The RSNO’s performances of Gladiator in Concert have been supported by Kat Heathcote MBE in celebration of Iain Macneil’s birthday, a great fan of the film.
Presented in association with CineConcerts, enjoy sword-and-sandals epic Gladiator like you’ve never experienced it before! Relive the legendary five-time Academy Award®-winning film on the big screen, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus performing Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard’s Golden Globe-winning score live on stage. Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Thelma & Louise), is one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made. Starring Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe as a vengeful former general battling with a corrupt emperor’s son, the film won five Oscars, including Best Picture.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Formed in 1891, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) plays an integral part in Scotland’s musical life, with regular concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness. The Orchestra’s artistic team is led by Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård, who was appointed Music Director in 2018.
The RSNO is supported by the Scottish Government and is one of Scotland’s five National Performing Companies. The Orchestra appears regularly at the
Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms, and has made recent tours to the USA, China and Europe.
The RSNO believes music can enrich lives, and aims to inspire, educate and entertain people throughout Scotland and beyond with its performances, recordings and engagement programmes. Supporting schools, families, young professionals and wider communities, the RSNO delivers high-quality initiatives for all ages and abilities.
On Stage
FIRST VIOLIN
Lena Zeliszewska
ASSOCIATE LEADER
Shlomy Dobrinsky
ASSOCIATE LEADER
Tamás Fejes
ASSISTANT LEADER
Patrick Curlett
Liu-Yi Retallick
Caroline Parry
Lorna Rough
Susannah Lowdon
Ursula Heidecker Allen
Liam Lynch
Joana Rodriguez
Veronica Marziano
Elizabeth Bamping
Alan Manson
SECOND VIOLIN
Marion Wilson
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Jacqueline Speirs
Nigel Mason
Sophie Lang
Anne Bünemann
Helena Rose
Robin Wilson
Colin McKee Paul Medd
Kirstin Drew Joe Hodson
Felix Tanner
Susan Buchan
Maria Trittinger
Beth Woodford
Nicola McWhirter
Lisa Rourke
Nicola Boag
David McCreadie
CELLO
Pei-Jee Ng
PRINCIPAL
Betsy Taylor
Kennedy Leitch
Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido
Rachael Lee
Sarah Digger
Robert Anderson
Gunda Baranauskaitė
DOUBLE BASS
Michael
FLUTE
Katherine Bryan PRINCIPAL
Jack Welch
PRINCIPAL PICCOLO
OBOE
Peter Dykes
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Henry Clay PRINCIPAL COR ANGLAIS
CLARINET
Timothy Orpen PRINCIPAL
HORN
Amadea Dazeley-Gaist
PRINCIPAL
Alison Murray
Andrew McLean
Neil Mitchell
Martin Murphy
Ian Smith
Derry Sowinski
TRUMPET
Jason Lewis
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Emily Ashby
Robert Baxter
Mark Elwis
TROMBONE
Dávur Juul Magnussen
PRINCIPAL
Cillian Ó Ceallacháin
Beth Calderbank
Alastair Sinclair
PRINCIPAL BASS TROMBONE
TUBA
John Whitener
PRINCIPAL
Matthew Lait
TIMPANI
Iris van den Bos GUEST PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Simon Lowdon
PRINCIPAL
Julian Wolstencroft
Peter Murch
David Kerr
Robbie Bremner
HARP
Pippa Tunnell
KEYBOARD/SYNTHESIZER
Michael Barnett
Kieran Young
CIMBALOM
Ed Cervenka
GUITAR
Tim Beattie
Ross Morris
BASS GUITAR
Andrew Sharkey
RSNO Chorus
The RSNO Chorus performs in around six different programmes in up to 20 concerts across Scotland with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra each year. The RSNO Chorus has also had great success in recording with the Orchestra. Its recordings, among others, of Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, conducted by Neeme Järvi, and Holst’s The Planets, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones, have both attracted high critical acclaim.
In addition to its commitment to the Orchestra, the RSNO Chorus performs independently and has been invited to perform with orchestras in many parts of the world, establishing an international status and touring to Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Israel, Germany, Belfast, Australia, Trondheim, Amsterdam, Prague and, most recently, Budapest, performing with the
MAV Orchestra in the Liszt Academy and Matthias Church, directed by Stephen Doughty. In 2018 it performed Britten’s War Requiem with the RSNO at the BBC Proms, joining the Orchestra again in the Royal Albert Hall in 2024 for Classic FM Live.
The RSNO Chorus evolved from a choir formed in 1843 to sing the first full performance of Handel’s Messiah in Scotland. Today it is one of the most successful choruses in the UK. In recent years it has performed practically every work in the standard choral repertoire along with contemporary works by renowned composers, including John Adams, Magnus Lindberg, Howard Shore and, most recently, the critically acclaimed Scottish Premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio
Stephen Doughty DIRECTOR, RSNO CHORUS
Stephen Doughty was appointed Director of the RSNO Chorus from the start of the 2022:23 Season. Since his arrival the Chorus has seen an influx of new members, and an abundance of varied and critically acclaimed performances, including Verdi’s Requiem, Britten’s War Requiem, Bruckner’s E Minor Mass and the Scottish premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio. He directed the Chorus on their concert tour to Budapest in October 2025.
Prior to this appointment, Stephen’s 12-year tenure as Chorus Master of Belfast Philharmonic Choir included a number of world premieres, most significantly James Whitbourn’s
The Seven Heavens and Philip Hammond’s Requiem for the Lost Souls of the Titanic Stephen particularly enjoys working with amateur singers; he was Musical Director of Edinburgh Bach Choir and has been Musical Director of the Garleton Singers since 1994.
Away from the podium Stephen is in demand as an arranger and orchestrator, with commissions from the BBC, RSNO, Ulster Orchestra and others. He has also produced arrangements of Christopher Norton’s popular piano music for wind sextet, and piano duet, with a new set of arrangements for piano six hands recently published.
SOPRANO 1
SOPRANO 2 Amelie
BASS 1
RSNO CHORUS DIRECTOR
RSNO CHORUS VOCAL COACH
RSNO CHORUS REHEARSAL PIANIST
Timothy Henty CONDUCTOR
Timothy is known across the world for his performances of films ‘live to projection’. His repertoire embraces Hollywood blockbusters, classic musicals, silent film, European and World Cinema.
He has enjoyed a particularly close relationship with CineConcerts since 2017, for whom he has conducted the complete Harry Potter Film Concert Series, Gladiator in Concert, The Godfather: Live and Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage.
Further credits include: Avatar: Live, Baahubali: The Beginning, Titanic: Live
(Avex); Pirates of the Caribbean Concert Series (Disney Concerts); Home Alone, Jaws, Singin’ in the Rain (IMG); Ghostbusters: Live, The Snowman (Schirmer Theatrical); Os der lever (Musikkens Hus); Brief Encounter (Cork Film Festival); and Carl Davis’ score to Safety Last!
In 2015 Timothy acted as rehearsal conductor for the world premiere of Titanic: Live in the presence of its composer, James Horner. In 2023 he conducted the score to Baahubali: The Beginning in the presence of the film’s director, S S Rajamouli.
Performances of games music include RuneScape (Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra) and Little Orpheus (London Mozart Players).
Clara Sanabras VOCALIST
A Catalan multiinstrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Clara was born in Barcelona but is now settled in London. She has collaborated on Hollywood soundtracks such as The Hobbit, Titanic: Live, Gladiator: Live and The Hunger Games, and performed in stadiums worldwide with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, James Horner, Jarvis Cocker and Ray Davies.
Clara has written six albums of original songs and recorded with international groups and orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, Israel Camerata and Dufay Collective. In theatre, she has worked at the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe with directors Tim Carroll, Lucy Bailey and Sir Nicholas Hytner, alongside actors Sir Simon Russell-Beale, Bill Nighy, Zoë Wanamaker and Al Pacino.
From Schindler’s List, E.T. and Superman to the music of Harry Potter, we’ve got your favourites covered. If you think it sounds good in the cinema, wait until you hear it played live by the RSNO!
