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BBC SSO at The Proms & Mozart with the SCO & Sir Charles Mackerras

Jamie MacDougall has concert highlights from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Proms, plus the Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras play music by Mozart.

Jamie MacDougall introduces music from the 2025 BBC Proms, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1. Tonight’s featured album is a new compilation of music by Mozart performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra under conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. Plus we have concert highlights from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing a piece by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor alongside a classic archive recording featuring selections from Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets suite.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Sep 202519:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 4 "Autumn"

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus and Gayaneh highlights etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 I. Molto allegro

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade In A Minor

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Delyana Lazarova.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 I. Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 II. Andante

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 IV. Finale (Allegro assai)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn Records.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 & The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets: VI. Uranus, the Magician

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 & The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 & The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Sep 202519:00
    BBC Radio Scotland