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Ballad Lines and Beyond the Tradition

Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.

Anna chats to the cast and band of Ballad Lines, a folk musical by Scottish composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo.

Blending original music with traditional Scottish, Irish, and Appalachian ballads, Ballad Lines is a story of love, legacy, and the ties that bind us all and is currently on its first run at the Southwark Playhouse in London. Anna hears about the crucial role music plays in the production and how the performers and musicians approached working with traditional material.

Plus we have highlights from the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Special Guests: Beyond The Tradition concert recently performed at Celtic Connections.

In this unique concert, five of Scotland鈥檚 most acclaimed folk song performers join forces with the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra for newly commissioned arrangements of classic Scots folk songs and ballads.

Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, Emily Smith, Fiona Hunter and Janice Burns & Jon Doran join a house-band featuring MD Duncan Lyall, David Milligan, Calum MacCrimmon and Anna Massie alongside the 麻豆社 SSO for a night of compelling traditional song and symphonic majesty.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 12 Feb 2026 20:00
麻豆社 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Queen Among the Heather

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Rebecca Trehearn, Ballad Lines studio cast

    Prologue

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Rebecca Trehearn, Ballad Lines studio cast

    Prologue

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Frances McNamee, Kirsty Findlay, Parisa Shahmir, Amber Sylvia Edwards, Ballad Lines Studio Cast

    Second Hand Shame

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Frances McNamee, Kirsty Findlay, Parisa Shahmir, Rebecca Trehearn, Amber Sylvia Edwards, Dylan Wood, Owen Johnston

    Sarah鈥檚 song

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Kirsty Findlay

    The Four Marys

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Frances McNamee, Kirsty Findlay, Parisa Shahmir, Amber Sylvia Edwards, Rebecca Trehearn, Ballad Lines Studio Cast

    Back in the box

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Frances McNamee

    Out of the dark

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Danielle Fiamanya, Frances McNamee, Siobhan Miller

    Red Red River

    • Ballad Lines (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Finn Anderson and KT Producing.

  • Emily Smith

    Clerk Saunders

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Emily Smith, Kris Drever

    King Orfeo

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Janice Burns & Jon Doran

    Johnny My Man

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan

    Let Earth and Stone Still Witness Bear

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Lori Watson

    Winter Cheer

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Fiona Hunter

    Maccrimmon鈥檚 Lament

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Kris Drever

    Parcel of Rogues

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Karine Polwart

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

  • Emily Smith

    The Final Trawl

    • 麻豆社 Scotland SSO Recording.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Feb 2026 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio Scotland