Graham Johnson’s early evening survey of Schubert’sballads, given in company with thrilling young singers,continues with four settings of supposedly ancientGaelic verse by Ossian, the pseudonym of the Scottishpoet James Macpherson.

The composer bringsMacpherson’s mythic world to life, matching Ossian’sromantic tales of bards, chieftains, love rivals andhonour to music of great drama and eloquence.