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Jamie MacDougall plays the iconic classical music that's the soundtrack to our lives.

Jamie MacDougall plays the iconic classical music that's the soundtrack to our lives and tells the stories behind the music-making.

Classics Unwrapped: Chineke! Orchestra, Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE & Dame Evelyn Glennie

Chineke Orchestra

09/07/2017

Chineke! Orchestra, Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE & Dame Evelyn Glennie

BBC Radio Scotland - Classics Unwrapped, Chineke! Orchestra, Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE & Dame Evelyn Glennie

Jamie talks to Dame Evelyn Glennie and Chineke! Orchestra founder Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE.

Jamie MacDougall talks to a pair of trail-blazing musicians, Dame Evelyn Glennie and Chineke! Orchestra founder Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE.

Jamie talks to a pair of trail blazing musicians on this weeks show; Dame Evelyn Glennie, collected her honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland earlier in the week and shares her thoughts on the importance of listening, both as a young musician and in our lives generally. Plus, Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, founder of the ground-breaking Chineke! Orchestra speaks to Jamie about its creation and debut release - which is our Album of the Week.

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