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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Tom McKinney introduces concerts and recordings the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra made in Edinburgh, including a performance of William Walton's exuberant First Symphony.

Tom McKinney introduces music-making from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded in Edinburgh, including a concert of music by Edmund Finnis, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov given in the Usher Hall.

Finnis: The Air, Turning (BBC Commission)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
BBC SSO conducted by Ilan Volkov

Also from Edinburgh....

Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat
BBC SSO conducted by Martyn Brabbins

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Jun 202014:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido's Lament

    Performer: Graeme Robertson-Brown. Music Arranger: Graeme Robertson-Brown.

  • Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Gavin Higgins

    Secret Grief

    Performer: Tim Thorpe.

  • William Walton

    Symphony No. 1

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jun 202014:00
    BBC Radio 3