Episode details

Radio Scotland,14 Dec 2025,115 mins
A festive album release and music by the great Romantics
Classical NowExpires 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.
Programme WebsiteTracklist
- TrackArtist
- 1.The Holly and the Ivy, Fantasy on Christmas CarolsThe Holly and the Ivy, Fantasy on Christmas CarolsMalcolm Arnold
- 2.In The StillnessIn The StillnessSally Beamish
- 3.There is a FlowerThere is a FlowerJohn Rutter