The Best of Classics Unwrapped with Jamie MacDougall
Jamie MacDougall presents highlights including Andrea Bocelli, music from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO, The Lost Songs of St Kilda, and Debussy and Egypt.
Jamie MacDougall presents the best of Classics Unwrapped including a studio track from a Scottish championship brass band, music from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, plus contributions from Eddi Reader and Still Game's Gavin Mitchell. Also Music journalist Kate Molleson introduces us to Scottish mezzo soprano Karen Cargill and a special feature on chart topping album, The Lost Songs of St Kilda.
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Andrea Bocelli in Conversation with Karen Cargill
Karen speaks to Andrea before his performance at The Hydro in Glasgow
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The Lost Songs of St Kilda
Sir James MacMillan and Craig Armstrong discuss The Lost Songs of St Kilda.
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Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo à la Turk
The Co-operative Funeralcare Band perform live for Classics Unwrapped
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Palestinian Youth Orchestra
Members of the Palestinian Youth Orchestra join Jamie in the studio ahead of a UK tour.
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The SCO Chorus | Brahms Deutsches Requiem, ‘Wie Lieblich’
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus performing for Classics Unwrapped
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Eddi Reader | My Music
Eddi Reader chooses Ecco: respiro appena as sung by Maria Callas as her favourite piece
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Gavin Mitchell | My Music
Gavin Mitchell describes how Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture evokes memories of his father.
Music Played
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Karl Jenkins
Armed Man, Benedictus
Performer: Polyphony. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. -
Dan Price
Sunrise Over Blue Ridge
Performer: Cooperative Funeralcare Brass Band. Conductor: Nigel Boddice. -
Alma Mahler-Werfel
Bei dir ist es traut
Performer: Karen Cargill and Simon Lepper. -
Hector Berlioz
Le spectre de la rose from Les nuits d’été
Performer: Karen Cargill, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati. -
Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
Maria
Performer: Andrea Bocelli. -
Irving Berlin
Cheek To Cheek
Performer: Andrea Bocelli. -
Giacomo Puccini
Nessun Dorma
Performer: Andrea Bocelli. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in D major 'La finta giardiniera'
Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles. -
Francesco Cilea
1st Quartet, Opus 18, 1st mvt
Performer: Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
1st Quartet, Opus 18, 1st mvt
Performer: Galilee Quartet. -
Ù…ØÙ…د القصبجي
Thikrayati (My Memories)
Performer: Layth Sidiq (Violin), Naseem Alatrash (Cello). -
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Hirta
Performer: Trevor Morrison. -
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Hirta
Music Arranger: Sir James MacMillan. Performer: Scottish Festival Orchestra, Trevor Morrison. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan. -
Craig Armstrong
Stac Lee - Dusk
Performer: Scottish Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan. -
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Hirta
Performer: Trevor Morrison. -
George Frideric Handel
Theodora, O Love Divine
Performer: SCO Chorus. Conductor: Gregory Batsleer. -
Frédéric Chopin
Cello Sonata, 3rd mvt.
Performer: Alban Gerhardt & Steven Osborne. -
Benjamin Britten
First Cello Suite, 1st mvt.
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto, final mvt.
Performer: Amicus orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Jan 2017 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
- Thu 27 Jul 2017 22:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland






