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Nicola Benedetti plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Jamie MacDougall features a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto by Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the BBC SSO perform music by Benjamin Britten.

Jamie MacDougall features a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto by Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform music by Benjamin Britten. We also hear from baritone singer Huw Montague Rendall ahead of his collaboration with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra this month.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 22 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Tallis Scholars & Peter Phillips

    Prosperitie

    • Nico Muhly: No Resting Place.
    • Linn.
    • 4.

  • Huw Montague Rendall, Ben Glassberg & Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen

    Thomas: Hamlet, Act 3: Récitatif. "J'ai pu frapper le misérable" - Air. "Être ou

    • Contemplation.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Huw Montague Rendall, Ben Glassberg & Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen

    Faust, Act 2: Récitatif. "Ô sainte médaille" - Air. "Avant de quitter ces lieux"

    • Contemplation.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Edinburgh Quartet

    String Quartet in G major: I. Allegro con grazia

    • Earl of Kelly / Mackenzie / Wilson / Mcewen: Scottish String Quartets.
    • Meridian.

  • Edinburgh Quartet

    String Quartet in G major: II. Molto Vivace

    • Earl of Kelly / Mackenzie / Wilson / Mcewen: Scottish String Quartets.
    • Meridian.

  • Edinburgh Quartet

    String Quartet in G major: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo

    • Earl of Kelly / Mackenzie / Wilson / Mcewen: Scottish String Quartets.
    • Meridian.

  • Edinburgh Quartet

    String Quartet in G Major: IV. Finale. Presto molto

    • Earl of Kelly / Mackenzie / Wilson / Mcewen: Scottish String Quartets.
    • Meridian.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Cello Symphony

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio Scotland