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St Magnus Festival and Young Classical

Jamie MacDougall features music from some of the artists playing at the St Magnus Festival.

Jamie MacDougall features music from some of the artists playing at this year's St Magnus Festival plus there's more music recorded at the Semi-Final of this year's BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2026 ahead of the Grand Final at the end of this month.

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Sunday19:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ave Maria

    Performer: The Marian Consort.

  • Judith Weir

    Nuits d'Afrique (Berceuse)

    Ensemble: Hebrides Ensemble. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • Airs From Another Planet: Chamber Music And Songs By Judith Weir.
    • Delphian.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Arie, Op. 8: No. 6, Che si può fare

    Singer: Lucine Musaelian. Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.

  • Alexandru-Stefan Placinta

    Etude Op. 33 No. 10

  • Alexandru-Stefan Placinta

    'A lady had a Husband, She Loved Someone Peter Though' from Songs of Bukovina

  • Alexandru-Stefan Placinta

    Paraphrase after Partita No. 3 for Violin, 'Gavotte'

  • Alexandru-Stefan Placinta

    Transcedental Etude No. 8, Wilde Jagd (Wild Hunt)

  • Cliodhna Scott

    Flute Sonata in E Major (1st Movement)

  • Cliodhna Scott

    Ballade

  • Cliodhna Scott

    Tin Pan Alley

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' IV. Finale.

    Performer: Twyla Robinson. Performer: Karen Cargill. Performer: John Mac Master. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: I. Allegramente

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
    • Hyperion.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
    • Hyperion.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Sunday19:00
    BBC Radio Scotland