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Classical Christmas Cracker

Jamie MacDougall with a special festive edition, including seasonal classics from Earthtones Trio, Prokofiev鈥檚 Winter Bonfire, and music from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.

Jamie MacDougall presents a special festive edition of the programme, including some seasonal classics from the Earthtones Trio introduced by pianist Euan Stevenson (We Three Kings/O Holy Night), Prokofiev鈥檚 Winter Bonfire, Thea Musgrave鈥檚 setting of Robert Burns poems featuring soprano Lisa Milne, and it wouldn鈥檛 be a Christmas show without music from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 The Nutcracker, performed tonight by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Plus Jamie shares news of next year鈥檚 麻豆社 Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician award. If you have any special requests or classical news you鈥檇 like to share, you can contact the programme via classicalnow@bbc.co.uk

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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