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Scotland's Music - Scotland Music

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Fifty-part documentary series looking at the evolution of music in Scotland

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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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