Supported by: Alexander Stewart, Murdo Fraser, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Bill Kidd, Fergus Ewing, Rona Mackay*, Annie Wells*, Audrey Nicoll*, Stephanie Callaghan*, Stuart McMillan*, Kevin Stewart*, Jackie Dunbar*, Karen Adam*, Tim Eagle* *S6M-19475 Michelle Thomson: Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra—That the Parliament celebrates the 90th anniversary of the BBC Scottish Friday 31 October 2025 14 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO); notes that the first rehearsal of the newly-created BBC Scottish Orchestra took place in Edinburgh on 2 December 1935, with its first broadcast on the BBC on 3 December 1935, conducted by the orchestra’s founder, Ian Whyte; notes that it is the oldest full-time professional radio orchestra in Scotland; further notes that the BBC Scottish Orchestra's first performance at the BBC Proms was in 1962; acknowledges that the orchestra expanded to become the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 1967; recognises the BBC SSO's long-standing commitment to commissioning new music and to performing the work of Scottish composers such as the 1990 World Premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s The Confession of Isobel Gowdie; marks what it sees as its reputation as a leading force in classical music, hosting the Tectonics Festival of new and experimental music, broadcasting live...