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Soundscapes of sea, song and stillness

Judith Ralston sits in for Jamie MacDougall, with music by Bach, Elgar’s dreamy Sea Pictures and reflective music for choir by Nico Muhly.

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BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)

    Singer: Arleen Augér. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5: IV. Passacaglia

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (for mezzo-soprano and orchestra)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 & Sea Pictures, Op. 37.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 34: II. Lento

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 34: II. Lento.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Nico Muhly

    A Glorious Creature

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Performer: Peter Philips.
    • Linn.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • NAXOS.

  • Miles Davis

    All Blues

    Music Arranger: Gwilym Simcock. Ensemble: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra.
    • Milestones.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll, WWV. 103

    • Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Edition.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria and Variations 1-12)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday19:00
    BBC Radio Scotland