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• January 2012

  

  Music Nation: A Sporting Fanfare
  Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium
  Saturday 3 March 2012, 7.30-9.30pm

  Stars from the worlds of sport and music including celebrated violinist Nicola Benedetti and Olympic heroes Allan Wells, Liz McColgan and David Wilkie, will come together at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium on Saturday 3 March for Music Nation: A Sporting Fanfare, a unique event, part of Music Nation, a weekend of nationwide live music events counting down to the London 2012 Festival.

  Featuring performances from the BBC SSO and world-renowned conductor Donald Runnicles, Music Nation: A Sporting Fanfare brings together world class musical talent and the best of the country’s young musicians and singers.

  Celebrating the uplifting power of classical music and sporting prowess, the concert will include sporting-themed performances of John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare, Vangelis’s theme from Chariots Of Fire, Ravel’s Bolero, music from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and the world premiere of a newly commissioned fanfare from acclaimed Scottish composer James MacMillan.

  Performing alongside the BBC SSO, Donald Runnicles and Nicola Benedetti will be Orkney fiddler Kristan Harvey (BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2011), the National Youth Choir of Scotland, members of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and young people from the Big Noise project in Stirling’s Raploch Estate.

  Nicola Benedetti is delighted to be part of the Glasgow event: “I am thrilled to be taking part in the Scottish contributions to the celebrations for Music Nation in the lead up to the Olympic Games.

  “Scotland is rich in both musical and sporting talent and I am extremely proud to be part of the celebrations on 3rd March which is really all about showcasing the talents of Scotland’s youth orchestras and choirs as well as hearing about the inspirational achievements of some of Scotland’s great sporting heroes.”

  Music Nation: A Sporting Fanfare will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland between 7.30-9.30pm and BBC Radio 3 with a TV programme of highlights on BBC Two Scotland the following evening (Sunday 4 March, 2012). TX details to follow.

  Tickets cost £15 (Under 16s & Students: £7.50) and are available from ticketsoup.com or by calling 0844 395 4000.

  Read the full press release

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