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| | | | | Sport Update | | | | Interview: John Beattie on why he prefers broadcasting to rugby | Here are todayâs headlines: when BBC Scotlandâs new TV channel goes on air early next year the strapping fellow in the air-force blue suit sauntering through the canteen will be the Friday night anchor on the hour-long news programme. To paraphrase the words of Bill McLaren: âWhat a media career John Beattieâs having!â |
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| And finally... | | Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra | RECORDINGS of church bells from across Scotland feature in Martin Sucklingâs atmospheric new work, Meditation (after Donne), commissioned by the SCO to mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice. Taking John Donneâs plea for a shared humanity in his Meditation XVII for inspiration, Suckling beautifully evokes the conflicting emotions that peace brings. Keening strings and the mournful wail of an oboe are united by the solemn tolling of the bells which segue into bird song in the final bars of this moving elegy. |
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