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A Riot of Colour

Join Jamie for a riot of rainbow colour in music as he takes the 鈥楯anuary blues鈥� literally.

Join Jamie for a riot of rainbow colour in music as he takes the 鈥楯anuary blues鈥� literally. Expect music from star American soprano Angel Blue, a hint of the Pink Panther, Vaughan Williams鈥� arrangement of Greensleeves, A Colour Symphony by Arthur Bliss and Nina Simone at the piano singing Black Is The Colour Of My True Love鈥檚 Hair.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 9 Jan 2022 19:00
麻豆约拍 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • William Grant Still

    Blues (from Lenox Avenue)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle. Music Arranger: Louis Kaufman.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 1301.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: George Gershwin. Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Band. Director: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden)

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

  • Christopher Robinson

    Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • The Tree.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 801.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March; Scherzo (The Love for Three Oranges, Op 33b)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Dvor谩k: Symphony 9....
    • 麻豆约拍 Legends.
    • 4-5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31.
    • BIS.
    • 303.

  • Paolo Tosti

    L'ultima Canzone

    Composer: Peter Hope. Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.
    • Jose Carreras Sings Francesco Paolo Tosti.
    • Philips.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Great Cello Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Henry Mancini

    The Pink Panther Theme

    Orchestra: Mancini Pops Orchestra.
    • The Ultimate Pink Panther.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op 128 No 2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • By The Still Waters.
    • ARABESQUE.
    • 15.

  • Trad.

    Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair

    Performer: Lisle Atkinson. Music Arranger: Nina Simone. Singer: Nina Simone.
    • Jazz Masters 17: Nina Simone.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Red, Red Rose (Is A Rose)

    Author: Robert Burns. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Choir: Philharmonia Baroque Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • PBO & Caroline Shaw.
    • philharmonia BAROQUE.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re

    Russian Sailors' Dance (The Red Poppy Suite)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • Gli猫re: Symphony 1/The Red Poppy Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Valerie Coleman

    Red Clay & Mississippi Delta

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • Startin' Sumthin'.
    • eOne Music.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prometheus - The Poem Of Fire, Op.60

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Martha Argerich - The Complete Sony Recordings.
    • Sony.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Purple (A Colour Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bliss: A Colour Symphony etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 001.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Pale Yellow (Piano Trio)

    Performer: Adam Neiman. Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Jennifer Higdon - Piano Trio, Voices & Impressions.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Jan 2022 19:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio Scotland