Scotland Week
Tom Service presents a special edition from Glasgow, with singers Karen Cargill and Lisa Milne, plus conductor Robin Ticciati. Tom also visits one of the country's best pipe bands.
As part of Radio 3's focus on Scotland, Music Matters is in Glasgow this week to catch up with the latest from the countryâs diverse and vibrant music scene. Tom Service meets mezzo soprano Karen Cargill and soprano Lisa Milne to talk about the experience of performing in front of a home crowd as well as Robin Ticciati, the newly installed principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Plus the role of the bagpipe in Scottish life.
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