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Radio Scotland,18 Jan 2026,115 mins

French Connections

Classical Now

Available for 29 days

Jamie MacDougall with the best in Classical music from Scotland and beyond including music from Red Note Ensemble, Debussy and a brand new recording from Jean-Benoît Dunckel of French pop duo Air. Plus we hear the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason in a performance of the “Everest of piano concertos” Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with Delyana Lazarova conducting. The Ayoub Sisters introduce music ahead of their performance at this year's Celtic Connections and harpsichordist Lillian Gordis plays music by Bach.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Clair de lune
    Clair de lune
    Claude Debussy & Pascal Rogé
  3. 2.
    Mayer:Tihai
    Mayer:Tihai
    Kuljit Bhamra & Red Note Ensemble
  4. 3.
    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
    Sergey Rachmaninov