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Nature and Landscape

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FM

Available for 4 months

A special edition featuring music inspired by nature, landscape and the great outdoors. Beethoven once wrote ‘“No man on earth can love the country as much as I do”. We hear his Pastoral Symphony performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform ‘From The Scottish Highlands’ by Cecil Coles. Plus music composed by Sally Beamish inspired by the landscape of Orkney performed by the Gaia Duo alongside classical favourites including Debussy’s La Mer and The Flight Of The Bumblebee performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Show less

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