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International Women's Day Special

Jamie MacDougall presents a very special edition marking International Women's Day, featuring music from Evelyn Glennie, Mhairi Hall, Jess Gillam and Ailie Robertson.

Jamie MacDougall presents a very special edition marking International Women's Day, featuring music from Evelyn Glennie, Mhairi Hall and Jess Gillam. Plus harpist Ailie Robertson shares music from her brand new album, Echoes of Torloisk.

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Music Played

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Berceuse (From Faure's Dolly Suite)

    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA.

  • Mhairi Hall

    St Kilda

    • Airs.
    • Strath Records.
    • 4.

  • Mhairi Hall & David De La Haye

    Garten II

    • Underwater Cairngorms.
    • Hudson Records.

  • Mhairi Hall & David De La Haye

    Uath II

    • Underwater Cairngorms.
    • 11.

  • Ailie Robertson

    Miss Dillon of Loch Glen, Roscommon

    • Echoes from Torloisk: Music from the Maclean Clephane Manuscripts.

  • Ailie Robertson

    Port Gordon

    • Echoes from Torloisk: Music from the Maclean Clephane Manuscripts.
    • 2.

  • Ailie Robertson

    Cradle Song of the Wives of Connaught/Crodh Laoidh nam Bodach/Taken At Sea

    • Echoes from Torloisk: Music from the Maclean Clephane Manuscripts.
    • 3.

  • Ailie Robertson

    Port 4th

    • Echoes from Torloisk: Music from the Maclean Clephane Manuscripts.

  • Ailie Robertson

    To Daunton Me

    • Echoes from Torloisk: Music from the Maclean Clephane Manuscripts.

  • Jess Gillam

    Venus as a Boy

    • Time.
    • Decca.

  • Jess Gillam, Aurora Orchestra & Nicholas Collon

    Where the Bee Dances

    • Time.
    • Decca.

  • Lyyra

    What Was I Made For?

    • Rising.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Lyyra

    She

    • Rising.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Lyyra

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    • Rising.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Lyyra

    Someday We'll All Be Free

    • Rising.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Katrina Lee

    The Wise Maid

    • Delphian Records.

  • Alena Baeva & Vadym Kholodenko

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op.47 Kreutzer I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto

    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 ‘Spring’, 9 ‘Kreutzer’ & 3.
    • Alpha.

  • Alena Baeva & Vadym Kholodenko

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op.47 Kreutzer II. Andante con variazion

    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 ‘Spring’, 9 ‘Kreutzer’ & 3.
    • Alpha.

  • Alena Baeva & Vadym Kholodenko

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op.47 Kreutzer III. Finale. Presto

    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 ‘Spring’, 9 ‘Kreutzer’ & 3.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday19:00
    BBC Radio Scotland