Exploring the Occult
Donald Macleod delves into Cyril Scott鈥檚 interest in mysticism and occultism, including his clairvoyant connection with Mahatma Koot Hoomi.
Donald Macleod delves into Cyril Scott鈥檚 interest in mysticism and occultism, including his clairvoyant connection with Mahatma Koot Hoomi. This was a period when Scott was socialising with some of the elite of British artistic circles, and also a time when he married the novelist Rose Laure Allatini, remembered for her 1918 novel Despised and Rejected.
Soir茅e japonaise, Op 67 No 4
Noriko Ogawa, piano
Piano Trio No 1 (Rondo giocoso)
Gould Piano Trio
Ballad of Fair Helen of Kirkonnel, Op 8
Roderick Williams, baritone
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
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Piano Quintet in C, No 1 (excerpt)
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Bingham String Quartet
Guitar Sonatina (Finale)
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Violin Concerto (excerpt)
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麻豆社 Philharmonic
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Produced by Luke Whitlock
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