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Jamie MacDougall brings you classical performance highlights from Scotland.

Jamie MacDougall brings you classical highlights from the concert halls by Scotland's finest musicians.

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Classical Now: Art & Literature

Art & Literature

BBC Radio Scotland - Classical Now, Art & Literature

Jamie on the inspiration of art & literature on classical composers through the ages.

Jamie explores how the world of art and literature have been a source of inspiration to classical composers through the ages.

In this special edition Jamie explores how the world of art and literature have been a source of inspiration to classical composers through the ages. Featured music includes Scottish pianist Steven Osbourne performing Mussorgsky’s Picture At An Exhibition inspired by the paintings of Russian artist Viktor Hartmann. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform works taken their inspiration from Robert Burns & Shakespeare (My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose/The Tempest) and the RSNO perform the Waltz Suite by Prokofiev (War & Peace, Cinderella) and music referencing Sir Walter Scott (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood).

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