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Karen Cargill and Matthew Lenton on Bartok's opera Bluebeard's Castle

Jamie MacDougall is joined by mezzo soprano Karen Cargill and Vanishing Point director Matthew Lenton ahead of Scottish Opera's latest production of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle.

Jamie is joined by mezzo soprano Karen Cargill and director of Vanishing Point Matthew Lenton ahead of Scottish Opera's production of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle. In a new music feature, composer Gareth Williams talks about one of the simplest pieces of classical music ever written, Steve Reich's Clapping music and Jamie's album of the week features Haydn.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 2 Apr 2017 21:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite etc: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 25.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Drink Up, Drink Up, The Wine Is Here

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Choir: National Forum of Music Choir. Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra.
    • Haydn; The Seasons.
    • Signum.
    • 010.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa for reed quintet

    Music Arranger: Eduard Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • William Byrd/Arvo Part: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 12.

  • Béla Bartók

    Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle - The third door

    Singer: Elena Zhidkova. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Singer: Sir Willard White.
    • Bluebeard’s Castle.
    • LSO.

  • The Proclaimers

    Sunshine on Leith

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Seasons, Spring, See Winter, Stern and Gloomy, Flees

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn; The Seasons.
    • Signum.
    • 001.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in F major, K 494

    Performer: Christian Zacharias.
    • Mozart: Piano works: Christian Zacharias.
    • MDG.
    • 7.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op.2a, Romance

    Performer: Robert Plane. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 005.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Choir: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig. Choir: Tölzer Knabenchor. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • J.S.Bach: St Matthew Passion.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Seasons, Summer, Behold The Sun!

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn; The Seasons.
    • Signum.
    • 011.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op55 - Finale

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Beethoven Symphony No.3.
    • LPO.
    • 004.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Steve Reich

    Clapping Music

    Performer: Steve Reich. Performer: Russell Hartenberger.
    • Reich: Early Works.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Albeniz: Prelude from Asturias from Cantos de Espana

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Catrin Fynch Live Byw.
    • KISSAN PRODUCTIONS.
    • 8.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 4.

  • Sacred Paws

    Rest

    • Strike A Match.
    • Rock Action.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Peter Thomas. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • The Gadfly.
    • Collins.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Seasons, Winter, Then Dawns That Morn So Glorious

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn; The Seasons.
    • Signum.
    • 021.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter'

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • DG.

  • Thomas Adès

    Ades: Polaris: Voyage for Orchestra

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Adès: Polaris, Tevot, Asyla, Brahms.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Apr 2017 21:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland