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A Classical Easter

Jamie MacDougall marks Easter Sunday with a musical celebration. Isata Kanneh-Mason performs Fanny Mendelssohn's Easter Sonata, Cappella Romana sings music by Tikey Zes and William Byrd, and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 The Resurrection closes the programme with themes of renewal and hope.

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Sunday19:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Easter hymn (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Singer: Agnes Baltsa. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata: I

    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata: II

    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata: IV

    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Tikey Zes

    Communion Verse for Easter (Mode Plagal I)

    Choir: Cappella Romana. Conductor: Alexander Lingas.
    • Gagliano Recordings.

  • William Byrd

    Christ rising again

    Choir: Alamire. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: David Skinner.
    • Inventa Records.

Broadcast

  • Sunday19:00
    BBC Radio Scotland

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