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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.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 May 2015 21:00

Music Played

  • 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 21:00