Scotland Inspires
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alpesh Chauhan, evokes Scotland in music by Mendelssohn, Sally Beamish and Maxwell Davies - his Orkney Wedding with Sunrise.
Three composers reveal the power of Scotland's history, landscape,and folklore over them. Sally Beamish's Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock', with 大象传媒 New Generation artist Timothy Ridout as soloist, tells in sound the story of an extraordinary act of human kindness at the time of the Glencoe Massacre. For Mendelssohn a masterpiece of a symphony was seeded by a visit to Holyrood Palace Edinburgh where he witnessed light shining into the ruins of the chapel where Mary Queen of Scots was crowned. And to start this Caledonian immersion 'a picture postcard record of a wedding in Hoy' is Peter Maxwell Davies's description of an Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - an eventful evocation of Scottish sleet, of dancing, of fine weather on a hopeful new day.
Recorded at the Barbican on 25th April 2021
Presented by Martin Handley
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A "Scottish"
Interval: Music by Geraldine Mucha
Mucha: Epitaph in Memory of Ji艡i Mucha
Vil茅m Veverka (oboe), Jan Machat (flute)
Stamic Quartet
Mucha: Variations on an Old Scottish Song
Patricia Goodson (piano)
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Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Sally Beamish: Viola Concerto No 3 "Under the Wing of the Rock"*
Timothy Ridout (viola)*
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 3 in a Minor 'Scottish' Op.56
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
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Geraldine Mucha
Epitaph in Memory of Jiri Mucha
Performer: Vilem Veverka. Performer: Jan Marchant. Ensemble: Stamicovo kvarteto.- Brilliant Classics.
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Geraldine Mucha
Variations on an Old Scottish Song
Performer: Patricia Goodson.- Brilliant Classics.
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Sally Beamish
Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock'
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
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James McMillan
Miserere for chorus
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Steve Reich
Piano Phase
Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Music Arranger: Mahan Esfahani.- ARCHIV.
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- Tue 4 May 2021 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3