
Easter Sunday / Earth Day
The perfect music mix for Easter Sunday including Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Easter Oratorio. Plus a look ahead to Earth Day, with music from Lyyra and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Jamie MacDougall presents the perfect music for Easter Sunday including Handel’s Messiah performed by the Dunedin Consort and soprano Hannah Morrison introduces Bach’s Easter Oratorio. Plus a look ahead to Earth Day, an annual event across the world, aiming to highlight the importance of our role in protecting the environment, with music to suit from American vocal ensemble Lyyra and a performance of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Cello Concerto (Earth, Sea, Air) by Laura van der Heijden and the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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- Tomorrow 19:00ѿý Radio Scotland