Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Wagner, Berlioz | 20111104 | Live from the Music Hall, Aberdeen. Presented by Jamie MacDougall. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor, Ilan Volkov, in a thought-provoking programme of contrasts. Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde opens the concert. Then the the young Romanian mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose joins them for a performance of Berlioz's La Mort de Cleopatre. After the interval, Julian Anderson's short piece Eden looks back hauntingly to an earlier time, with its evocative memories of 16th century viol music; and the concert ends with Sibelius's stirring Second Symphony. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. Berlioz: La Mort de Cleopatre. Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov, conductor. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Wagner and Berlioz. Presenting exciting live musical events from all over the world |
| 02 | Julian Anderson, Sibelius | 20111104 | Live from the Music Hall, Aberdeen. Presented by Jamie MacDougall. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor, Ilan Volkov, in a thought-provoking programme of contrasts. Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde opens the concert. Then the the young Romanian mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose joins them for a performance of Berlioz's La Mort de Cleopatre. After the interval, Julian Anderson's short piece Eden looks back hauntingly to an earlier time, with its evocative memories of 16th century viol music; and the concert ends with Sibelius's stirring Second Symphony. Julian Anderson: Eden. Sibelius: Symphony No.2. Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov, conductor. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO. Julian Anderson: Eden. Sibelius: Symphony No 2. Presenting exciting live musical events from all over the world |