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Live music from the Edinburgh Quartet

Jamie hosts a special live music session with members of the Edinburgh Quartet, celebrating 60 years of performing.

Jamie hosts a special live music session with members of the Edinburgh Quartet, celebrating 60 years of performing. Tonight’s Album Of The Week features the remarkable Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski in a disc of music by Shostakovich, including his vibrant piano concertos. Plus news on this year’s Tectonics festival; a weekend of daring new music with the BBC SSO, and we find out what happened when Scottish Opera were given the keys to Rutherglen Town hall.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 May 202121:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Howard Blake

    A Month in the Country (Idyll)

    Ensemble: Edinburgh Quartet.
    • Howard Blake: Spieltrieb & String Trio.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No.2.
    • Linn.

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Trio in B-flat major, D471

    Performer: Gaëlle-Anne Michel. Performer: Catherine Marwood. Performer: Mark Bailey. Ensemble: Edinburgh Quartet.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Serenade in C major, Op. 10 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gaëlle-Anne Michel. Performer: Catherine Marwood. Performer: Mark Bailey. Ensemble: Edinburgh Quartet.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3

    Performer: Gaëlle-Anne Michel. Performer: Catherine Marwood. Performer: Mark Bailey. Ensemble: Edinburgh Quartet.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 35 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No.2.
    • Linn.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Tanzleid des Pierrot (Die tote Stadt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No.2.
    • Linn.

  • Béla Bartók

    Suite no. 2 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin; Suite No. 2.
    • Onyx.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in E minor, RV 409

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Music Arranger: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Hans-Peter Hoffmann.
    • Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Cellos.
    • NAXOS.
    • 7.

  • Philip Glass

    Aguas da Amazonia (Amazon River)

    Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • Paddle To The Sea.
    • Cedille.
    • 21.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ill Wind

    Performer: Donald Swann. Author: Michael Flanders. Music Arranger: Donald Swann. Singer: Michael Flanders.
    • The Complete Flanders And Swann: At The Drop of Another Hat.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Randall Thompson

    Frostiana (Choose Something Like a Star)

    Author: Robert Frost. Choir: Landesjugendchor Sachsen. Orchestra: Jugendsinfonieorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Ron-Dirk Entleutner.
    • Barber: The Lovers, Op. 43.
    • Rondeau.
    • 107.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'.
    • SONY.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 May 202121:00
    BBC Radio Scotland