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Opera Festival Scotland and a celebration of music written by women

Jamie points ahead to International Women’s Day with a celebration of music written by women and hears about two new singing competitions as part of Opera Festival Scotland.

Jamie points ahead to International Women’s Day with a celebration of music written by women. He hears about two new singing competitions as part of Opera Festival Scotland and his Album of the Week features music by the Armenian composer Khachaturian, played by Maltese pianist Charlene Farruggia. Plus he shares updates from Chamber Music Scotland, the RSNO and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Someone To Watch Over Me

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Manhattan OST.
    • CBS.
    • 003.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Recitative No. 5 & Fugue No. 5

    Performer: Charlene Farrugia.
    • Khachaturian: 7 Recitatives & Fugues & Children's Albums Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 109.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph König.
    • Farrenc: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von NĂŒrnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana (Ah! Lo vedi, che...)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (1953 - Serafin).
    • Warner Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DĂ©but Recital.
    • DG.
    • 5.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Soft Enlacing (Voices)

    Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • Contemporary Voices.
    • Cedille.
    • 202.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Pictures of Childhood (The Cavalry & In the Folk Style)

    • Khachaturian: 7 Recitatives & Fugues & Children's Albums Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 207.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K 364 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pierre Amoyal. Performer: Yuko Shimizu Amoyal. Orchestra: Camerata de Lausanne.
    • Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, Concertone.
    • WARNER.
    • 3.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Pictures of Childhood (Andantino & No Going for a Walk Today)

    • Khachaturian: 7 Recitatives & Fugues & Children's Albums Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 201.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr ĂŸĂș oss himnum ĂĄ [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72 no.1

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin, Liszt, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Rinaldo.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Alexander Kerr. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Film Music.
    • DECCA.
    • 25.

  • Pinar Toprak

    Captain Marvel

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble. Conductor: John Ashton Thomas.
    • Captain Marvel - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Judith Weir

    Atlantic Drift (no.2)

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Cerys Jones.
    • Violin Muse.
    • Divine Art.
    • 5.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Sonata for viola or cello in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Sonatas For Viola and Piano.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Slumber Song (Sea Pictures)

    Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Elgar: Sea Pictures & Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
    • Halle.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sounds of Childhood (An Evening Tale & Barsik on the Swing)

    • Khachaturian: 7 Recitatives & Fugues & Children's Albums Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 302.

  • Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson

    Pancho and Lefty

    • For The Record.
    • BNA Records.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébùne.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Mar 2021 21:00
    ±«Óătv Radio Scotland