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Debussy's goldfish, Chopin's dog and Brahms' red hedgehog all feature on the programme, as Jamie looks at the animal world in music.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 25 Nov 201420:05
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Terry Gilkyson

    The Bare Necessities

    Performer: Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman.

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade (Walking The Dog)

    Performer: Richard Stoltzman, London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Stern.

  • Frederic Chopin

    Minute Waltz / Little Dog Waltz

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.

  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo Ballet Music, Hoedown

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.

  • Camille Saint-Saens

    The Swan

    Performer: Ofra Harnoy, Michael Dussek.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Dance Of The Swans

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.

  • Claude Debussy

    Poisson D’or from Images

    Performer: Norika Ogawa.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madame Butterfly, Un Bel di

    Performer: Mirella Freni, Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Finale from Firebird Suite

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Rattle.

  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet in A major, Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Helmchen, Alina Ibragimova, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltera, Luis Cabrera.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Litton.

  • John Lennon and Paul McCartney

    Blackbird

    Music Arranger: Daryl Runswick. Performer: The King’s Singers.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic. Conductor: James Conlon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Nun, liebes Weibchen, ziehst mit mir

    Performer: Bryn Terfel, Miah Persson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras.

  • John Taverner

    The Lamb

    Performer: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere L’Oye, Laideronette Empress of the Pagodas & The Fairy Garden

    Performer: Orchestra de L’Opera National De Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3

    Performer: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Performer: Elizabeth Atherton, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Simon Halsey.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5

    Performer: Alessio Bax.

  • Dmitri Shostakovich

    Romance from The Gadfly Suite Op. 97

    Performer: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Melancholy from Cantus Arcticus

    Performer: The Klemetti Institute symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Dove And The Olive Leaf

    Performer: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Mateusz Boduch. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Leos Janacek

    The Cunning Little Vixen

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance Of The Hours from La Gioconda

    Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenard.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Nov 201420:05
    BBC Radio Scotland