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A Riot of Colour

Exploring the connections between classical music and colour, with music from Nicola Benedetti and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thea Musgrave and Harold Arlen.

An exploration of some of the connections between classical music and colour. Nicola Benedetti and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra represent the colour red, we hear Thea Musgrave鈥檚 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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Next Sunday 19:00
大象传媒 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Robert Burns

    My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Homecoming: 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

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • 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.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland
  • Next Sunday 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland