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Jamie MacDougall

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.

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Classics Unwrapped: Competitions, Awards and New Releases

Competitions, Awards and New Releases

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A new Scottish competition, chart-topping classical music, and composer conversations.

Jamie hears of a new opportunity for Scottish classical musicians and shares his Album of the Week, featuring Russian-German pianist Igor Levit.

Jamie hears about a major new competition for musicians in Scotland and shares some of the award winners from this year’s BBC Music Magazine awards.  Shostakovich and Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson feature in the Album of the Week, alongside new music releases from pianist composer Alexis Ffrench, the Chiaroscuro Quartet and Oliver Davis.  Plus composer David Fennessy joins Gareth Williams for the first in a new series of Future Classics Extra, a deep dive into the music of living composers.

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