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The Remote Orchestra

Jamie talks to the newly formed Remote Orchestra, harpist and composer Ailie Robertson sends in her Postcard from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and the music of Ben Parry features in our Album of the Week.

Jamie talks to the newly formed Remote Orchestra with over 40 musicians from 15 countries. Harpist and composer Ailie Robertson sends in her Postcard from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and our Album of the Week features the music of Ben Parry. Plus listener’s orchestral requests and a Beethoven focus from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 May 2020 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Peter von Wienhardt

    Salsa for BBWL

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Performer: Peter von Wienhardt.
    • Violino Latino.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1301.

  • Ben Parry

    Spring Sonnet 2

    Conductor: Rupert Gough. Choir: Royal Holloway University Choir.
    • The Hours: Choral Music by Ben Parry.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Aaron Copland

    Introduction. The Open Prairie (Billy the Kid)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • DvoΕ™Γ΅k: Symphony No. 9 - Copland: Billy the Kid.
    • National Symphony Orchestra.
    • 101.

  • Gustav Holst

    Dance Of The Spirits Of Earth (The Perfect Fool Op.39)

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Holst/ Ravel/ Boyle/ Wagner.
    • NYOS / Scottish Arts Council.
    • 001.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Paganini Variation No 18

    Orchestra: The Remote Orchestra. Conductor: Olivia Clarke.

  • Ben Parry

    Parry: Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon

    Conductor: Rupert Gough. Choir: Royal Holloway University Choir.
    • The Hours: Choral Music by Ben Parry.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 801.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allemande (Suite in G minor, BWV 995)

    Performer: Ailie Robertson.

  • Samuel Barber

    The School for Scandal (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
    • Barber: Piano Concero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 009.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Nocturne no.6 in D flat major Op.63

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • HYPERION.
    • 003.

  • Ben Parry

    Sun Soul

    Author: Garth Bardsley. Choir: Royal Holloway University Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • The Hours: Choral Music by Ben Parry.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Olivia Bettina Davies

    Davies: Crystalline

    Ensemble: ACO Collective.
    • Women Of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Ben Parry

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Conductor: Rupert Gough. Choir: Royal Holloway University Choir.
    • The Hours: Choral Music by Ben Parry.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1301.

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians

    Ensemble: Ensemble Signal. Director: Brad Lubman.
    • Music For 18 Musicians.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 001.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto Op. 61 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Elgar Violin Concerto.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation 'Chaos'

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The Sound of England.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Never Mind The Why And Wherefore (HMS Pinafore)

    Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Performer: Andrew Foster-Wiliams. Librettist: William Gilbert. Narrator: Tim Brooke-Taylor. Orchestra: Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Hms Pinafore.
    • Linn.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 May 2020 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland