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A chat with Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan

Jamie MacDougall finds out what is in store at this year's Edinburgh International Festival with a chat to director Fergus Linehan.

Jamie finds out what's in store at this year's Edinburgh International Festival with a chat to director Fergus Linehan. My Music is chosen this week by Gregory Batsleer, Chorus Director of the SCO and RSNO. Plus Jamie's album of the week features Lewis Wright's debut album, a series of duets for vibraphone and piano, featuring British piano virtuoso Kit Downes.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 May 2018 21:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatine for violin and piano D.384 (Final mvt)

    Performer: Jeanâ€Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Music Arranger: Jeanâ€Guihen Queyras. Music Arranger: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Variation 28 (Goldberg Variations)

    Performer: Peter Hill.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B flat major, Op.22 no.3

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Lisa Batiashvili plays Brahms & C. Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Lewis Wright

    Tokyo '81

    Performer: Lewis Wright. Performer: Kit Downes.
    • Lewis Wright: Duets.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La calunnia è un venticello (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Soñando Contigo

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Solatino.
    • EMI.
    • 006.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K 299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Fritz Helmis. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Herbert Howells

    De La Mare's Pavane

    Performer: Julian Perkins.
    • Herbert Howells: Music for Clavichord.
    • Prima Facie.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Protector (Stella Natalis)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Marylebone Camerata. Singer: Kate Royal. Choir: Tenebrae. Choir: Adiemus Singers. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis.
    • EMI.
    • 9.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Anders Miolin.
    • Claude Debussy arranged for guitar.
    • BIS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K 136 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Watkinson.
    • Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BMG.
    • 5.
  • Lewis Wright

    Sati

    Performer: Lewis Wright. Performer: Kit Downes.
    • Lewis Wright: Duets.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Selig sing, die da Leid tragen (A German Requiem)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (A German Requiem)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (A German Requiem)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Selig sind die Toten (A German Requiem)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • John Jenkins

    Fantasia No. 10

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Jenkins:Complete Four-Part Consort Music.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto, final mvt.

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Variation 26 (Goldberg Variations)

    Performer: Peter Hill.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria Da Capo (Goldberg Variations)

    Performer: Peter Hill.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhäuser)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.
    • The Best Choral Album In The World...Ever.
    • Virgin.
    • 12.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lauren Zhang. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 May 2018 21:00