Scotland's Music - Scotland Music
Fifty-part documentary series looking at the evolution of music in Scotland
Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Day at Dunvegan Castle
19/50. A Day at Dunvegan Castle: John Purser samples some of the music on offer in the seat of the Macleod's on Skye in 1667.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Neglected Masterpiece
33/50. A Neglected Masterpiece: James Purser is joined by violinist Rachel Barton Pine to talk about Alexander Mackenzie's Pibroch Suite.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Nursery and Playground
43/50. A Nursery and Playground: John Purser introduces music by and for children, and talks to James Naughtie about his Aberdeenshire music teacher Ronald Center.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Parcel of Rogues
23/50. A Parcel of Rogues: John Purser introduces music connected with the Act and Treaty of Union in 1707.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Special Relationship
49/50. A Special Relationship: John Purser explores the relationship between Scottish and American music, from ragtime to funk and the blues.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - A Trip to Hindustan
42/50. A Trip to Hindustan: John Purser is joined by pianist Ronald Brautigam and singer Prakriti Dutta to explore Erik Chisholm's Hindustani piano concerto.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - An Old Soldier
17/50. An Old Soldier: John Purser tells the story of composer, gamba player and mercenary Tobias Hume.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Anything But the Pipes
45/50. Anything But the Pipes: John Purser takes a sideways look at music for the pipes, sung and played on various other instruments.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Behind the Lines
39/50. Behind the Lines: John Purser introduces a selection of music from the First World War.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Double-Think
20/50. Double-Think: John Purser uncovers musical hidden meanings and secret agendas.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Episode 14
Mary Queen of Scots and her Musician Spies: 14/50. John Purser peeks into the world of 16th century musical espionage.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Episode 3
3/51. Blasting the Romans. John Purser unleashes the Celtic war trumpet, the carnyx.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Episode 7
7/51. John Purser pays a visit to the Cathedral of St Andrews in its medieval heyday.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Episode 9
9/51. John Purser uncovers medieval love songs and laments.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Fair Play
47/50. Fair Play: John Purser traces music's sometimes problematic relationship with sport.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Farewell to the Moon Goddess
Farewell to the Moon Goddess: 15/50. John Purser uncovers the pagan roots of music for the Virgin Mary.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Gentle Divinity
31/50. Gentle Divinity: John Purser introduces music from Scotland's manses.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Global Village
50/50. The Global Village: John Purser rounds off his history of Scottish music with a look at Scotland's musical interaction with the world at large.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Heaven and Hell - The Divine Comedy
44/50. Heaven and Hell - The Divine Comedy: John Purser introduces twentieth century music about death and the worlds to come.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Hector the Hero
37/50. Hector the Hero: John Purser tells the story of Major General Sir Hector MacDonald with the music he inspired.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Hunting Whale and Seal
32/50. Hunting Whale and Seal: John Purser takes to the sea this week with music for fiddle and jaws harp, and songs of bravery and tragedy from the old whaling ships.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Jacobite Manoeuvres
25/50. Jacobite Manoeuvres: John Purser introduces music from the Jacobite Wars.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - King, Earl, Outlaw and Chieftain
16/50. King, Earl, Outlaw and Chieftain: John Purser introduces the aristocratic music of the early 16th century.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Ladies and Gentlemen
40/50. Ladies and Gentlemen: John Purser uncovers the early 20th century music of Helen Hopekirk, from Portobello.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Loyalty and Balmoral
34/50. Loyalty and Balmoral: John Purser examines Queen Victoria's patronage of Scottish traditional and classical music.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Mingulay - Hearing an Island
Mingulay - Hearing an Island: 13/50. John Purser visits Mingulay to hear the sounds its inhabitants left behind a century ago.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Mungo and Merlin
Mungo and Merlin. 6/51. John Purser tells the story of the encounter between Glasgow's patron saint and the famous magician.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Murder - Judicial and Domestic
21/50. Murder - Judicial and Domestic: John Purser introduces songs of witchcraft, murder and hanging.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
36/50. (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures: John Purser tells the story of composer William Wallace and sculptor Ottilie MacLaren through their own love letters and Wallace's music.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - New Religions
48/50. New Religions: John Purser uncovers music for religions old and new.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Night Music
46/50. Night Music: As the year starts to draw to a close, John Purser chooses a selection of music that takes place in the dark.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Rose for Oswald's Grave
24/50. A Rose for Oswald's Grave: John Purser follows Fife composer James Oswald to London in the 1740s.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Scots in Europe: Drunk and Sober
8/51. Scots in Europe: Drunk and Sober. John Purser surveys the musical evidence for and against the Scots' reputation for hard drinking.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Sex Without Repentance
22/50. Sex Without Repentance: John Purser follows the young Sir John Clerk of Penicuik on his travels to Rome in the 1690s.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Ships, Coal and Sour Milk
35/50. Ships, Coal and Sour Milk: John Purser discovers the music of shipbuilding, mining and a humble milk cart in Lanarkshire.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Sound Hoarse, Sad Lute
18/50. Sound Hoarse, Sad Lute: John Purser is joined by the lutenist Rob MacKillop to explore the richness of Scottish lute music in the 17th century.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - Sur la Plage
38/50. Sur la Plage: John Purser introduces a selection of music from the seashore in the early part of the 20th century.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - The Ladies from Hell
41/50. The Ladies from Hell: John Purser introduces a wide variety of music from the Second World War.
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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music - The Tippling Philosophers
26/50. The Tippling Philosophers: John Purser uncovers satire, smut and drunkenness in the Edinburgh Enlightenment.
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