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The Scottish Awards for New Music and Sir James MacMillan

James MacMillan chats to Jamie MacDougal about March's celebration of his music, plus Andrea Baker reports from Scotland's latest awards ceremony, which celebrates new music.

James MacMillan chats to Jamie about the month-long celebration of his music this March and Andrea Baker reports from Scotland's latest awards ceremony celebrating New Music. Jamie reflects on the musical celebrations for International Women's Day this week and plays Malala Yousafzai's 2013 UN speech set to music by composer Kate Whitley, as well as works by Erollyn Wallen and Cecilia McDowall.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay, 2nd mvt.

    Performer: The Continuum Ensemble.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 聭Spring聮, 3rd mvt.

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana 聳 Dance and The Forest Flowers

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic , Rundfunkchor Berlin. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • James MacMillan

    Stabat Mater, 3rd mvt.

    Performer: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring, No.2, Allegro

    Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am Bach im Fruhling D361

    Performer: Benjamin Appl, Graham Johnson.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata, 1st mvt.

    Performer: Sofya Gulyak.
  • John Ireland

    Vagabond

    Performer: Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau.
  • Kate Whitley

    Speak Out

    Performer: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales, 成人快手 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons Recomposed, Spring 3

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra of Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Church Bells Beyond The Stars

    Performer: John Kitchen.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Prince Igor, Act 3, Polovtsian March

    Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Act 4, No. 27, Symphony

    Performer: John Wallace, English String Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger

    Theme and Variations

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
  • Elliot Carter

    Elegy for viola and piano

    Performer: Richard O聮Neill, Anna Polonsky.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Spring The Sweet Thing from Spring Symphony

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra, Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
  • Ailie Robertson

    Haven

    Performer: Alias Quartet, Eleanor Turner.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV.988, Variation 25

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Mar 2017 21:00