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Folk-inspired Classics

Folk traditions in classical music, plus Andrea Baker presents overlooked opera singers

Inspired by the launch of 麻豆约拍 Radio Scotland鈥檚 Young Traditional Musician 2021, Jamie investigates how folk and traditional music has influenced classical music, with some listener requests. Clarinettist Jean Johnson sends her Postcard from 麻豆约拍 and 麻豆约拍 SSO principal flute Charli Ashton talks about musical inspiration on her lockdown walks. Plus, a new feature with British American mezzo- soprano Andrea Baker, sharing her overlooked opera heroes.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 31 May 2020 21:00
麻豆约拍 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Composer: Ted Koehler. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Singer: Kim Criswell. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • The Best Of The John Wilson Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (3rd nvt)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 59, No 1

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Argerich Plays Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto - V'ho ingannato....Lassu in cielo

    Performer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Conductor: Francesco Molinari Pradell.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) - Act II - Somewhere

    Performer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast.
    • Sony.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Un ballo in maschera - Act III - Scene 3 - Saper vorre

    Performer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.
    • Verdi: Un ballo in maschera.
    • Sony.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 In G Major (4th mvt)

    Singer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Mahler: Symphony 4.
    • SONY.
    • 004.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cos矛 fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: In uomini, in soldati

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Mozart: Cos矛 fan tutte, K. 588 (Live).
    • Orfeo.
    • 218.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ariadne auf Naxos (Grossm盲chtige Prinzessin)

    Performer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • John Williams

    The Towering Inferno (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Joel McNeely.
    • The Towering Inferno And Other Disaster Classics.
    • Varese Sarabande.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Summer Shimmers (Scenes from the poet's dreams)

    Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.
    • Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 3.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    From Galloway

    Performer: Jean Johnson.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • Vaughan Williams: Toward The Unknown Region.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 103 (1st mvt)

    • Beethoven: Chamber Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1101.

  • William Grant Still

    Three Visions No 2: Summerland

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Black Diamonds.
    • CAMBRIA.
    • 010.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair De Lune

    Performer: Charlotte Ashton. Performer: Bronte Hudnott. Performer: Ana do Vale. Performer: Morag Robertson. Performer: Rhoslyn Lawton. Performer: Sarah Oliver. Music Arranger: Charlotte Ashton. Music Arranger: Charlotte Ashton. Music Arranger: Charlotte Ashton. Music Arranger: Charlotte Ashton. Music Arranger: Charlotte Ashton.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No.11 in A minor

    Performer: Georges Cziffra.
    • Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Leopold Eybler

    Symphony No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Gen猫ve. Conductor: Michael Hofstetter.
    • Eybler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 and Overture.
    • CPO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    In the Mists (1. Andante)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leos Jan谩cek & Carl Nielsen - Piano Music.
    • Erato.
    • 3.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    4 Old Hungarian Folk songs

    Choir: Male Chorus of the Hungarian People's Army. Conductor: Zolt谩n V谩s谩rhelyi.
    • Bartok: Choral Works.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 May 2020 21:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio Scotland