Radio 3

Donald Macleod joins Sally Beamish at her home on the south coast to discuss the life-changing move that took her from London to rural Scotland. With family, landscape and community opening up new creative possibilities, Beamish embraced a distinctly Scottish musical world while developing her own compositional voice. Folk traditions, pibroch, theatre and collaboration all became central to her work during a transformative creative period. Stone, Salt and Sky: Processional Gaia Duo Gala Water Robert Irvine, cello Piobaireachd Gould Piano Trio The Singing James Crabb, accordion Royal Scottish National Orchestra Martyn Brabbins, conductor Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales.