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A Musical Timepiece

Jamie presents a special edition on the theme of time, featuring music from different times in the calendar year and music with unusual time signatures.

Our special time-themed programme features music to move us through the seasons, including highlights from Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires performed by the Scottish Ensemble, Scottish composer Thea Musgrave's The Seasons performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Max Richter's The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed performed by the Chineke! Orchestra.

We also bring you music with unusual time signatures, including Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Holst's Mars from Planets performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, both written in 5/4 time.

Plus many more time-related tracks from composers including Carl Neilson, Peter Maxwell Davies, Oliver Messian and Franz Joseph Haydn.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Oct 202519:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Syncopated Clock

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson: Favourites: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Helios Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Chandos.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Autumn)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Autumn)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.

  • Max Richter

    Song/Echo (Sleep)

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Conductor: Max Richter.
    • Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 23.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 - II. Allegro con grazia

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • LPO.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets: I. Mars, the Bringer of War

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 & The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Dances from The Two Fiddlers

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Unicorn.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre, Op 40

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • 125 years of the Royal National Scottish Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Winter (The Seasons)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • NMC.

  • Thea Musgrave

    The Seasons for orchestra: Summer

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • NMC.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the End of Time: V. Louange à l'Eternité de Jésus

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (2022)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.

  • Max Richter

    Summer 1 (2022)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.

  • Max Richter

    Autumn 1 (2022)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.

  • Max Richter

    Winter 1 (2022)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 101 in D major H.1.101 (Clock): 2nd movement; Andante

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Oct 202519:00
    BBC Radio Scotland