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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: Folk-inspired Classics

31/05/2020

Folk-inspired Classics

BBC Radio Scotland - Classics Unwrapped, Folk-inspired Classics

Folk traditions in classical music, plus Andrea Baker presents overlooked opera singers

Inspired by the launch of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2021, Jamie investigates how folk and traditional music has influenced classical music, with some listener requests.  Clarinettist Jean Johnson sends her Postcard from Home and BBC SSO principal flute Charli Ashton talks about musical inspiration on her lockdown walks.  Plus, a new feature with British American mezzo- soprano Andrea Baker, sharing her overlooked opera heroes.

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