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A Riot of Colour!

An exploration of some of the connections between classical music and colour, with music from Nicola Benedetti and the ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thea Musgrave and Harold Arlen.

An exploration of some of the connections between classical music and colour. Nicola Benedetti and the ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra represent the colour red, we hear Thea Musgrave’s piece Green, the yellow and golden hues of Haydn and guitarist Marco Ramelli paints a musical rainbow with a classic by Harold Arlen.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 25 Aug 2024 19:00
±«Óãtv Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Robert Burns

    My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • ±«Óãtvcoming: A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 007.

  • Edward McGuire

    Elegy

    Ensemble: Red Note Ensemble.
    • Entangled Fortunes.
    • Delphian.
    • 001.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Yellow Hair'd Laddie, Hob. XXXIa:211

    Ensemble: Haydn Trio Eisenstadt. Singer: Jamie MacDougall. Singer: Lorna Anderson.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Joseph Haydn

    For The Lack of Gold, Hob. XXXIa:222

    Ensemble: Haydn Trio Eisenstadt. Singer: Jamie MacDougall. Singer: Lorna Anderson.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    ¸éê±¹±ð°ù¾±±ð

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Scriabin.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: I. Allegro

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-Shar.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-Shar.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: III. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-Shar.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Seonaid Aitken

    Papillon

    Performer: Seonaid Aitken. Orchestra: Scottish Session Orchestra.
    • Papillon.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Green

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Director: Jonathan Morton.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Bax: Symphony No. 3 / The Happy Forest.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Concert Overture. Ebb of Winter

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies; An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise.
    • Linn.
    • 009.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Over the Rainbow

    Performer: Marco Ramelli.
    • Nimbus Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 19:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio Scotland