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FitkinWall – Christopher Guild – Martyn Bennett – ѿý SSO – Yo-Yo Ma

Jamie MacDougall with the best of Classical from Scotland and beyond, including music from the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra, FitkinWall, Martyn Bennett and Yo-Yo Ma.

Jamie MacDougall presents the best in Classical music from Scotland and beyond. This week harpist Ruth Wall shares music from Uist, the latest collaborative album from FitkinWall, featuring electronic artist/composer Graham Fitkin. Scottish pianist Christopher Guild introduces a selection of pieces from his brand new album ‘Folksongs with Grainger’ a celebration of pianist Ronald Stevenson’s music which pays homage to Percy Grainger. Plus we hear Martyn Bennett’s glorious piece ‘Mackay’s Memoirs’ composed for pipes, clarsach and orchestra, the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Michael Tippett’s Symphony No.1 and selections from Bach’s Cello Suite No.1 played by classical superstar Yo-Yo Ma.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music For The Royal Fireworks HWV351, Fourth Mvt

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks.
    • ASV.
    • 4.
  • Martyn Bennett

    MacKay's Memoirs

    Performer: Martyn Bennett.
    • Grit.
    • Real World Records.
    • 12.
  • Ursula Leveaux & David McGuinness

    Where The Tea Is

    • Rainy Sundays.
    • Diagram 5.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    Green Bushes

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    Mannin Veen

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    Variation on "Coolun" (in late 18th century style)

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    The Poor Irish Boy

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    Skye Boat Song

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Ronald Stevenson

    Jamboree for Grainger for two pianos

    Performer: Christopher Guild. Performer: Marcel Zidani.
    • Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Volume Seven – Folksongs with Grainger.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro vigoroso, quasi alla breve

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 1: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 1: III Presto

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No. 1: IV. Allegro moderato ma con brio

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Ruth Wall

    Uist

    Composer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: FitkinWall.
    • Uist.
    • NXN Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Wall

    I Ho Ro

    Composer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: FitkinWall.
    • Uist.
    • NXN Recordings.
  • Ruth Wall

    Seventeen Come Sunday

    Composer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: FitkinWall.
    • Uist.
    • NXN Recordings.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Jan 2025 19:00