Scotland
Poetry, prose and music on a Scottish theme, with readings by Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet. Works by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Sorley MacLean, plus MacMillan, Weir, Part and Bruch.
This week's Words and Music explores Scottish landscape and history. Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet read poems and prose by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Muir, Muriel Spark, John Burnside, Jackie Kay and Robert Crawford. The music reflects Scotland's rich heritage with work from Scottish composers and musicians including James MacMillan, Judith Weir, Tommy Smith, Thea Musgrave, Aly Bain and Jean Redpath as well as from the many composers like Peter Maxwell Davies and Max Bruch who have been inspired by Scotland.
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Hamish MacCunn
Gillie's Dance – Six Scotch Dances
Performer: Murray McLachlan – piano
- The Scottish Romantics.
- DIVINE ART 25003.
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Robert Crawford
Alba Einstein, read by Jimmy Yuill
00:03Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Celtic Bolero
- Bagrock to the Masses.
- RECD 561.
Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, read by Stella Gonet
00:07Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy - Andante sostenuto
Performer: Cho-Liang Lin – violin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin - conductor
00:13Jean Redpath
A Red, Red Rose
- The Songs of Robert Burns.
- GREENTRAX CDTRAX114.
Lady John Scott
Ettrick, read by Stella Gonet
00:16Sir James MacMillan
From Ayrshire
Performers: Nicola Benedetti with James MacMillan and Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
NORMAN MacCAIG
Edinburgh Courtyard in July, read by Jimmy Yuill
00:23Tommy Smith
The Promise and the Search – Sonata no 2
- Gymnopedie.
- LINN AKD103.
Jackie Kay
Old Aberdeen, read by Jackie Kay
00:28Annie Lennox
Dream Angus
- The Annie Lennox Collection.
- RCA 88697368082.
Douglas Dunn
Landscape with One Figure, read by Jimmy Yuill
00:34E Edmonds
John Roy Lyall - Scottish Suite
Performers: Aly Bain and the BT Scottish Ensemble
- Follow the Moonstone.
- WHIRLIECD4.
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Sunset Song, read by Stella Gonet
00:38Judith Weir
Lament across the Sea - The Bagpiper's String Trio
Performer: Domus Piano Quartet
- Piano Concerto.
- NMC NMCD090.
Edwin Muir
Scotland 1941, read by Jimmy Yuill
00:43Sir James MacMillan
Shamnation – Piano Concerto no 2
Performers: Wayne Marshall – piano, Fionula Hunt – leader, James MacMillan – conductor, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic
- A Scotch Bestiary etc.
- CHANDOS CHAN10377.
Untitled
Orkney/ This Life, read by Jimmy Yuill
00:55John Hearne
The Seagull
Performer: Laudibus, Mike Brewer – conductor
- Scotland at Night.
- DELPHIAN DCD34060.
George Mackay Brown
Island School, read by Stella Gonet
00:59Peter Maxwell Davies
Seven Songs ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Performer: The Choir of St Mary’s Music School
- A Celebration of Scotland.
- UNICORN – KANCHANA DKP9070.
SORLEY MacLEAN
Shores, read by Jimmy Yuill. Translated by Iain Crichton Smith
01:03Thea Musgrave
Turbulent Landscapes
Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska - conductor
John Burnside
Anstruther, read by Stella Gonet
01:08Thomas Erskine
Adagio – Quartet in A
Performer: Fiddler Tam
- LINN CKD240.
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Feb 2010 22:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
- Sun 17 Oct 2010 22:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3