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Join Jamie MacDougall for the grand final and prepare to be inspired as three of Scotland’s talented young instrumentalists perform alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Join Jamie MacDougall for the grand final of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Classical Musician 2025, broadcast live from Glasgow's City Halls. Prepare to be inspired as three of Scotland’s talented young instrumentalists perform alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Gourlay.

Our finalists are;
Violinist Emma Baird, performing Shostakovich’s powerful First Violin Concerto (3rd & 4th Movement).
Ziheng Huang performs Glazunov’s lyrical ‘Concerto for Alto Saxophone’.
Sofia Ros channels the soul-stirring magic of Piazzolla’s 'Aconcagua'. concerto for Bandoneón.

Plus, before the judges announce the winner, let the BBC SSO sweep you away with the lush sounds of Tchaikovsky’s Shakespearean fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Jamie MacDougall and performed in front of a live audience at Glasgow's City Halls.

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2 hours, 27 minutes

Last on

Sat 14 Jun 202519:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No. 1 (mvts 3 & 4)

    Performer: Emma Baird. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Alto Saxophone Concerto

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Aconcagua (Bandoneon Concerto)

    Performer: Sofia Ros. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos; C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto.

  • Petar Obradović

    Bird Concerto (Allegro Con Brio)

    Performer: Nikola Fabijanić. Orchestra: Simfonijski Orkstar Hrt.
    • Porin Nominacije 2019.
    • Croatia records.

  • Manolo Sanlúcar

    Oracion

    Performer: Manolo Sanlúcar.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Jun 202519:00
    BBC Radio Scotland