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Antonio Vivaldi, Max Richter and Sally Beamish

Judith Ralston shares some of her favourite classical highlights from Scotland and beyond, including Vivaldi's Gloria, Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe and Sally Beamish's Seavaigers.

Puccini's La Boheme was the first opera Judith ever saw and it ignited her passion for opera and classical music.
In tonight's programme, she shares excerpts from her favourite operas, including Puccini's La Boheme and Handel's Guiolo Cesare.

She also delves into contemporary classical artists, featuring tracks from Max Richter's The Blue Notebooks and composer Sally Beamish's Seavaigers, a collaboration with Scots musicians, fiddler Chris Stout and harpist Catriona McKay, about seafarers and the risks they take at sea.

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BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Opera in 4 acts: Act 2; Quando m'en vo' soletta

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard.
    • Great Performances: Te Kanawa.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Janiczek & Maximiliano Martín

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

    • Mozart: Wind Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks

    • The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Max Richter

    Horizon Variations

    • The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Max Richter

    Shadow Journal

    • The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Max Richter

    Iconography

    • The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act I, Scene 9: Va tacito

    Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Miriam Kaczor. Music Arranger: John Walsh. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
    • Linn.

  • Björk

    Vespertine Live at Royal Opera House: Frosti (feat. Matmos)

  • Björk & Matmos

    Vespertine Live at Royal Opera House: Overture

  • Björk

    Vespertine Live at Royal Opera House: All Is Full Of Love (feat. Matmos)

  • Björk

    Vespertine Live at Royal Opera House: Aurora (feat. Matmos)

  • Björk

    Vespertine Live at Royal Opera House: Undo (feat. Matmos)

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: V. Ich will meine Seele tauchen

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.

  • Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VI. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VII. Ich grolle nicht

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 14.

  • Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VIII. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen

    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D major RV.589 for soloists, chorus and orchestra

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers - Concerto for fiddle, clarsach and string orchestra: 2nd mvt; Lament

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers - Concerto for fiddle, clarsach and string orchestra: 3rd mvt; Haven

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday19:00
    BBC Radio Scotland