Classical Now Episodes Episode guide
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Puccini, Clara Schumann and Gavin Bryars
Judith Ralston celebrates the best in classical music from Scotland and beyond.
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Film music, symphonic voices and new Scottish releases
Judith Ralston celebrates the best in classical music from Scotland and beyond.
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Bernstein, Vivaldi and contemporary Scottish voices
Judith Ralston celebrates the best in classical music from Scotland and beyond.
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St Magnus Festival and Young Classical
Jamie looks ahead to the St Magnus Festival.
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Bartok to Britten, plus music from the Young Classical semi-final
Jamie features music from the Semi-Final of BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician.
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Stranger Things: Peter Sandberg, Richard Hosford, Young Classical
Jamie has new recordings by Peter Sandberg & Richard Hosford, and the BBC SSO play Mahler.
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Ayoub Sisters, Loch Shiel Festival and Young Classical Finalists
Jamie MacDougall features the Ayoub Sisters' Arabic Symphony, performed by the BBC SSO.
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19/04/2026
New releases from the Leonkoro Quartet and pianist Jonathan Biss.
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12/04/2026
Jamie MacDougall shares music by Korngold, De Falla and music for two pianos.
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A Classical Easter
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Easter with music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Byrd and Mahler.
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Nicola Benedetti plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Jamie features a performance by Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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Remembering Sir Peter Maxwell Davies / Dvorak's Symphony No. 8
Jamie MacDougall has music from the BBC SSO & remembers composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
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International Women's Day Special
Jamie MacDougall with a special edition marking International Women's Day.
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BBC SSO perform Rachmaninov / Edinburgh Royal Choral Union news.
Jamie has the BBC SSO in concert plus news from the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union.
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Sarah Kirkland Snider’s latest release and Glasgow Chapel Choir concerts
Debussy’s La Mer with the BBC SSO, and Nicola Benedetti plays Marsalis' Violin Concerto.
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A new choral album, and Baroque music echoes from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Coleridge‑Taylor's Idyll, a new choral release and music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
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John Wallace tribute and Scottish Opera’s The Great Wave.
A tribute to John Wallace, a new Eric Whitacre piece and Sir Alexander Gibson’s centenary.
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Burns and A' That
Jamie celebrates Scotland's national bard Robert Burns with a Burns Night special.
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French Connections
Jamie MacDougall with the best in Classical music from Scotland and beyond.
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The Kings Singer's / Craig Armstrong / Dawn Upshaw / BBC SSO
Jamie MacDougall with the best in classical music from Scotland and beyond.
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A New World symphony, Snowy woods and Hogmanay waltzes
Euan Stevenson, Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Dvořák’s New World.
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A festive album release and music by the great Romantics
Music by Strauss and Rachmaninov and Helen Grime’s Ivors Classical Award.
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Anna Phoebe’s new album and Handel's Messiah.
New music alongside iconic symphonies and film scores.
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A special themed edition of Classical Now inspired by water
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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BBC SSO performs Mozart and Pianist and Composer Einaudi turns 70
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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BBC SSO perform Sibelius and a Scottish take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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Mozart from the BBC SSO and Awards Season
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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A Musical Timepiece
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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BBC SSO Season Opener and Erland Cooper
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
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Brahms at the Proms with BBC SSO and a tribute to Scots pianist Scott Mitchell
Jamie MacDougall celebrates Scotland's world of classical music.
