24/05/2015
Jamie MacDougall talks to Philip Glass about his ensemble and what keeps him performing in his 70s, plus award-winning scholar John Butt presents Bite-Size Bach.
Philip Glass talks to Classics Unwrapped about his influences and experiences starting out in New York, his 4 hour compositions and what keeps him performing now he's in his 70s. Award winning conductor, harpsichordist and scholar John Butt talks about one of Bach's greatest hits in Bitesize Bach. As well as concert highlights from the last week, in a Spotlight on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ SSO.
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Clips
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Philip Glass in Nine Parts
Duration: 04:26
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Bitesize Bach with John Butt
Duration: 05:50
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Philip Glass Extended Interview
Duration: 15:35
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Philip Glass Teaser
Duration: 00:39
Music Played
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite, Danse Russe ‘Trepak’
Performer: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi Fan Tutte, ‘Overture’
Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Baldini. -
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet, Scherzo, Allegro
Performer: Luis Cabrera, Christian Poltera, Antoine Tamestit, Alina Ibragimova, Martin Helmchen. -
John Coltrane
Giant Steps
Performer: John Coltrane. -
Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi
Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
Ravi Shankar
Hari Om
Performer: Ravi Shankar. -
Philip Glass and Foday Musa Sosa
The Gambia
Performer: Philip Glass and Foday Musa Sosa. -
Philip Glass
Olympian Lighting Of The Torch
Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
Philip Glass
Einstein On The Beach, Knee Play 1
Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
Philip Glass
Truman Sleeps
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. -
Philip Glass
Music in 12 Parts, Exxtracts from Part 1, Part 9 and Part 12
Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E Flat Major, The Joke, 1st mvt.
Performer: Edinburgh Quartet. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for violin and orchestra Op.64 in E minor, 3rd mvt, Allegro molto
Performer: James Ehnes, Philharmonia. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. -
Franz Liszt
"Un sospiro" in D-flat major from Trois Etudes de concert, S 144.3
Performer: Lang Lang. -
Manuel de Falla
Farruca
Performer: Horns of the Berlin Philharmonic. -
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons, L’Automne “Bacchanale” and “Petit Adagio”
Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier. -
Maurice Ravel
Jeux dÂ’eau
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. -
Fritz Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin
Performer: Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekisheva. -
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris
Performer: Nicky Spence and Annabel Thwaite. -
Edward Elgar
They Are At Rest
Performer: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
B Minor Mass, ‘Sanctus’
Performer: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach B Minor Mass, ‘Gloria’
Performer: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt. -
George Gershwin
Love Walked In
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Midsummer Nights Dream, last mvt
Performer: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Stenz. -
Claudio Monteverdi
Hymnus Athleta Christi Belliger
Performer: Raffaele Giordani, Luca Dordolo, Salvi Vitale, Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. -
Sir James MacMillan
Strathclyde Motets ‘Data est mihi’
Performer: Cappella Nova. Conductor: Alan Tavener. -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5, ‘Adagietto’
Performer: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
Broadcast
- Sun 24 May 2015 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland