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Classical meets jazz

From Stravinsky to Ellington and Beethoven to Gershwin, Jamie MacDougall presents a Classics Unwrapped that is dedicated to the role of jazz in classical music. Jamie is in good company with his special guest, musician, composer and jazz educator Richard Michael.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Sep 2017 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
    • Angel.
    • 7.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot, Op 16

    Composer: Vincent Youmans. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi: Highlights from a 30-Year Recording Career.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Angel Blue.
    • Joy Alone.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 001.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Louis Armstrong. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Porgy & Bess.
    • Verve.
    • 2.

  • Kurt Weill

    The Ballad of Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043, 1st mvt.

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Jacques Loussier & Jacques Loussier Trio

    Prelude no. 1 in C major from 'The Well Tempered Clavier, BWV 846'

    • Best of Play Bach, The.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Voiles (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Debussy: Piano Works.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and expressively)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Works For Clarinet And Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus

    Performer: Wayne Marshall. Music Arranger: Les Brown.
    • Swing It! Hits Of The Swing Era.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 002.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sugar Rum Cherry

    Music Arranger: Duke Ellington. Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Duke Ellington The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand duo concertante in B flat major for clarinet & piano, Op. 48 (J204): Rondo

    Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Nadia Reisenberg.
    • Benny Goodman Clarinet Classics.
    • Pearl.
    • 013.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Easy Winners

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • Joplin: The Easy Winner & Other Rag-Time Music: Itzhak Perlman.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Travis

    Walking In The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Party Line

    • Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante dΓ©funte

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Tommy Smith & Murray McLachlan

    Gymnopedie

    • Gymnopedie.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein/Previn/Gershwin: Great Performances.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jul 2017 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
  • Sun 24 Sep 2017 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland