Rachmaninoff - Shostakovich - ѿý Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2025 Semi Final Performances
Jamie MacDougall celebrates the best in Classical music from Scotland and beyond, plus concert highlights from the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the RSNO.
Jamie MacDougall with the best in Classical music from Scotland and further afield. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra present an inspired performance of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances with conductor Emilia Hoving. We celebrate rising talent with performances recorded at the Semi-Final of ѿý Radio Scotland’s Young Classical Musician 2025, plus we hear concert highlights from the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito
Performer: John Williams. Performer: Christine Pendrill. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez & Fantasía para un Gentilhombre.
- Sony Classical.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rachmaninoff : Symphonic Dances
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Finn Mannion
E. Bloch: 'Jewish Song' of 'From Jewish Life' for cello and piano
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Finn Mannion
S. Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor, Op.19, mvt. i
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Hector Berlioz
Berlioz: Rêverie et caprice, H. 88
- Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 34.
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María Dueñas, Mihhail Gerts & German Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Saint-Saëns: Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
- Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 35.
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Edward Scully
K. Szymanowski: Etude No.1 Op.4
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Edward Scully
F. Liszt: Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (from Années de Pèlerinage I: Suisse)
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Edward Scully
K. Szymanowski: Etude No. 3 Op. 33
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Alexander Traykov
Scarlatti: Sonata K.87 in B minor
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Alexander Traykov
Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableaux Op.33 No.6 in E-flat minor
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Alexander Traykov
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: Pas de Deux from the Nutcracker Suite
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Performer: Rosanne Philippens. Performer: Gemma New. Conductor: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Sunday 19:00ѿý Radio Scotland