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Conductors Martyn Brabbins and Peter Maxwell Davies share the programme for the opening concert of this year's
St Magnus Festival on Orkney, live from the Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall. Presented by Piers Burton-Page .
Maxwell Davies Maxwell 's Reel, with Northern Lights
Conducted by the Composer
Eigar Cello Concerto in E minor
Paul Watkins , conductor Martyn Brabbins
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Summer Orchestra By Esther Tusquets , translated by Margaret Jull Costa and read by Claire Skinner. An adolescent girl longs to be as sophisticated as her parents, but a family holiday is to change her aspirations forever.
8.40 Maxwell Davies Orkney Saga No 3 Simon Butterworth (alto saxophone), conducted by the Composer
Prokofiev Suite No 1: Romeo and Juliet Conductor Martyn Brabbins

Contributors

Conductors:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductors:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Presented By:
Piers Burton-Page
Presented By:
Maxwell Davies Maxwell
Conductor:
Paul Watkins
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Unknown:
Esther Tusquets
Translated By:
Margaret Jull Costa
Read By:
Claire Skinner.
Unknown:
Simon Butterworth
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Source: Radio Times

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