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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Sally Beamish (1956-)

Composer of the Week: Sally Beamish (1956-): Episode 4: Scottish Influence

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Episode 4: Scottish Influence

Sally Beamish (1956-)

Scottish Influence

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sally Beamish (1956-), Scottish Influence

Sally Beamish talks to Donald Macleod about the effect of moving to Scotland on her music.

Sally Beamish tells Donald Macleod about how she has been inspired by Scotland's landscape and its musical traditions.

Sally Beamish talks to Donald Macleod about the effect of moving to Scotland on her music, and the strong sense of culture and community she found there. The lively and responsive musical scene have fed into her work, and she has drawn on the inspiration of Scotland's landscape and its musical traditions, from Scottish fiddle playing to music for bagpipes. 

Gala Water (Extract: mvt I) 
Robert Irvine (cello)

Chamber Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Strings (Extract: mvt 2) 
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet/ Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/ Robin Engelen (cond)

Reed Stanzas 
Elias Quartet

The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone 
John Harle (saxophone)/ Swedish Chamber Orchestra/ Ola Rudner (cond).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod visits Sally Beamish in her Scottish as she talks about her life and work

Donald Macleod visits Sally Beamish in her home near Loch Lomond to learn about her life and work. Sally began composing professionally in 1990, having already established herself as a viola player

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