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In an Easter Epic, Jamie MacDougall tells the Easter story through music from Baroque oratorios to the Rite of Spring. Plus Classics Update and Gig of the Week.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 4 Apr 201017:05
BBC Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Overture

    Conductor: Dmitri Kitajenko Orchestra: Bergeb Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Anon.

    This Merry Pleasant Spring

    Performer(S): The Toronto Consort Conductor: David Fallis

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion 'Ich bins, ich solte bussen' & 'Er antwortete und sprach'

    Performer(S): Matthew Brook [Jesus], Nicholas Mulroy [Evangelist] Conductor: John Butt Orchestra: Dundedin Consort

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Christ on the Mount of Olives, 'Meine Seele ist erschüttert'

    Conductor: Eugene Ormandy Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion 'Und er kam un fand sie aber schlafend'

    Conductor: John Butt Orchestra: Dundedin Consort

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring, extract

    Conductor: Robert Craft Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seven Last Words of Our Savious on the Cross, Op. 51, Sonata VII, 'Pater! In manus tuu

    Performer(S): Fitzwilliam String Quartet

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring, extract

    Conductor: Robert Craft Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorium, 'Hier is gie Gruft' & 'Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer'

    Performer(S): Christoph Pregardien, Tenor Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, 'Agnus Dei'

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique du Montreal Soprano: Kiri te Kanawa Baritone: Sherril Milnes

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, 'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth'

    Conductor: John Rutter Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Soprano: Joanne Lunn

  • Edward Elgar

    The Light of Life, Op.29, No. 16 'Light of the World, we know Thy praise'

    Conductor: Richard Hickox Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Carl Rütti

    Requiem, 'In Paradisum'

    Conductor: David Hill Orchestra: Southern Sinfonia

  • John Taverner [1490-1545]

    O Splendor Glorie

    Performer(S): Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh Director: Duncan Ferguson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Apr 201017:05
    BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
  • Sun 4 Apr 201018:00
    BBC Radio Scotland Extra