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14/06/2015

Composer Steve Reich talks about his life and work, St Magnus Festival director Alasdair Nicolson looks at the plans for 2015, and RSNO young ambassadors talk about Take Over Day.

Influential and ground-breaking composer, Steve Reich talks to Classics Unwrapped about his first encounters with classical music, breaking with musical convention after leaving the Juilliard School in New York and the removal company he had with Philip Glass in the 1960s - also his secret in getting '18 musicians' to play without a conductor. St Magnus Festival Director, Alasdair Nicolson talks to Jamie about events this year and chooses his personal highlights and Young Ambassadors from the RSNO chat about their 'Take Over Day' with the orchestra; and to mark the start of the Edinburgh International Film Festival the show will be celebrating the best in music from the silver screen.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Jun 2015 21:00

Music Played

  • Louis Levy and Charles Williams

    The Lady Vanishes - Prelude

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
  • Anton Karas

    The Caf茅 Mozart Waltz

    Performer: Gertrud Huber.
  • Robert Schumann

    From Waldszenen, Op.82, Freundliche Landschaft

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Storm - madrigal for chorus and orchestra

    Performer: Gottingen Festival Orchestra, North German Radio Chorus. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk, Main Title

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
  • Nino Rota

    Terra Iontana

    Performer: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma.
  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians

    Performer: Steve Reich and Musicians.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Mantra for 2 Pianists and Electronics No.32

    Performer: Pestova/Mayer Piano Duo.
  • Steve Reich

    Piano Phase

    Ensemble: Double Edge.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No5 in D major

    Performer: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  • Charlie Parker

    Blues For Alice

    Performer: Charlie Parker.
  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Viderunt Omnes

    Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • John Coltrane

    Africa

    Performer: John Coltrane.
  • Steve Reich

    Come Out

    Performer: Daniel Hamm (voice), Steve Reich.
  • Steve Reich

    Drumming pt4

    Performer: Steve Reich and Musicians.
  • Steve Reich

    Music For 18 Musicians

    Performer: Steve Reich and Musicians.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Hamlet (version 1)

    Performer: Unione Musicisti di Roma. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo, re di Creta, ossia Ilia ed Idamante K.366, Overture

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande in D minor

    Performer: Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance From The Gadfly Suite

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    To Kill a Mockingbird, Main Title

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
  • Gustave Charpentier

    Louise, Act 3, Depuis le jour

    Performer: Nicole Cabell, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus for piano Op.90, No.3 in G flat major

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice

    Performer: Caitlin Hulcup, Scottish Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Marche pour la Ceremonie Turque

    Performer: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
  • James Bernard

    Dracula, Main Theme

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    27 Pieces for viola da gamba solo, Vivace K.190

    Performer: Susanne Heinrich.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera

    Performer: Jane Edwards (sop), Geoffrey Lancaster (hchord), Gerald Keuneman (cello).

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Jun 2015 21:00