Embracing The Classical
Mark Tully and composer James MacMillan discuss the benefits of reaching out to new audiences with classical music. With music from the Scottish Symphony Orchestra tour of India.
Luciano Pavarotti said it was "so important at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera." Mark Tully and composer James MacMillan discuss the cross-cultural benefits of sharing classical traditions with new audiences and the power of music to unite.
The two first met during the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of India earlier this year. Most of the music in this programme is taken from those concerts, as well as from the family concerts which accompanied them, where young audiences got their first introduction to Western classical traditions.
Mark and James compare the classical traditions of East and West and consider the exciting opportunities for music in a new global culture.
With music by Bizet, Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky and readings from Coleridge, Joyce Grenfell and Alice Herz-Sommer.
The readers are Jane Whittenshaw, David Westhead and Francis Cadder.
Produced by Frank Stirling
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Gordon Cree
A medley of Eightsome Reels
Performer: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James MacMillan.- Live recording by Radio 3 of a concert in Mumbai.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen
Performer: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James MacMillan.- Live recording by Radio 3 of a concert in Mumbai.
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Arnold Schoenberg
De profundis (Psalm 130), Op. 50b
Performer: Robert Craft.- Schoenberg: Violin Concerto; A Survivor from Warsaw.
- Naxos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 In E Major, "Tristesse" (Sadness)
Performer: 陌dil Biret.- The Very Best Of Frederic Chopin.
- Naxos.
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Duke Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton
Overture
- Nutcracker Suite.
- Hallmark Recordings.
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Arturo M谩rquez
Danzon No. 2
Performer: Sim贸n Bol铆var Youth Orchestra. Performer: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- Fiesta.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
Performer: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James MacMillan.- Live recording by Radio 3 of a concert in Mumbai.
Readings
Title: Nursery School
Author: Joyce Grenfell
Published in 鈥楪eorge, Don't Do That鈥� by Hodder & Stoughton
Title: A Garden of Eden in Hell: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Author: Melissa Muller, Reinhard Piechocki
Published by Pan
Title: Lines Composed in a Concert-Room
Author: S.T. Coleridge
Published in The Music Lover's Literary Companion by JR Books Ltd
Title: Merchant of Venice
Author: William Shakespeare
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- Sun 2 Nov 2014 06:05麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sun 2 Nov 2014 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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- Sun 27 Jun 2021 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4