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Radio Scotland,01 Mar 2026,115 mins

BBC SSO perform Rachmaninov / Edinburgh Royal Choral Union news.

Classical Now

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Jamie MacDougall has the the very best in classical music from Scotland and beyond including a concert performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Plus we hear from Michael Bawtree, Chorus Director of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, who shares news of a very special collaboration happening in Scotland this month featuring the Brussels Choral Society. If you have requests or any classical news you'd like to share for a future programme get in touch: classicalnow@bbc.co.uk To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Now".

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Radetzky-Marsch, Op 228
    Radetzky-Marsch, Op 228
    Johann Strauss
  3. 2.
    Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton & The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge
  4. 3.
    Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177: II. Laudamus te
    Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177: II. Laudamus te
    Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony, Stephen Layton & The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge
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