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Radio Scotland,14 Dec 2025,115 mins

A festive album release and music by the great Romantics

Classical Now

Expires on Tuesday 9:00pm

Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen, written towards the end of the Second World War, is performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Helen Grime speaks about her second Ivors Classical Award win for her orchestral work FOLK. Seasonal music by Sally Beamish, John Rutter and Errollyn Wallen, performed by the Choir of St John’s, Cambridge, under Christopher Gray. The search for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2026 is underway. Get your entries in by noon on Monday 5 January 2026.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Holly and the Ivy, Fantasy on Christmas Carols
    The Holly and the Ivy, Fantasy on Christmas Carols
    Malcolm Arnold
  3. 2.
    In The Stillness
    In The Stillness
    Sally Beamish
  4. 3.
    There is a Flower
    There is a Flower
    John Rutter