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Great Conductors

Jamie MacDougall presents the best in classical music, focusing on the theme of great conductors.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 5 Aug 201420:05
BBC Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    Conductor: Alexander Gibson.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Symphonie from the Te Deum

    Performer: Concert Spirituel Chorus. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.

  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata Seconda

    Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Robert Howarth.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 in D, 2nd mvmt

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danses Concertantes

    Performer: by the BBC SSO Sinfonietta. Conductor: conducted by more senior student, Fergus MacLeod.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, op 125, 3rd mvmt

    Performer: Vienna Phil. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on the Bare Mountain

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Stabat Mater

    Performer: CBSO. Conductor: Sir Simon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99, 1st mvmt

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pre/ Daniel Barenboim.

  • Benjamin Britten

    SOngs from Cycle - Who are these Children.

    Performer: Ben Britten Peter Pears..

  • Pytor OlichTchaikovsky

    Marche Slave

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    O terra Addio- Aida

    Performer: Gheorgio and Alagna/ Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F, 1st mvmt

    Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Allegro Con Brio 1st Movement.

    Performer: Vienna Phil. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 8 Apr 201420:05
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Tue 5 Aug 201420:05
    BBC Radio Scotland except Extra