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Sunday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 9 Mar 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Copland: Four dances from Rodeo: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Ecce prandium meum paravi

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Sweelinck: Choral Works.
    • Etcetera.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Overture in C major Op.24

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn Overturen London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.3`3

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Apex.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 9.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797 (Ballet in G major)

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Schubert: Symphony No 8, Rosamunde, Zauberharfe.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Guitare, Op.28

    Orchestrator: Gabriel Piern茅. Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rare French works for violin & orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer (From Jewish Life)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Bloch/Bruch: Voice in the Wilderness etc: Clein/大象传媒 SSO/Volkov.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Frank Bridge

    Threads (Intermezzo No 2)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol.5: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in E minor BWV.1034 for flute and continuo: 1st mvt; Adagio ma non tanto

    Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach - Flute Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Ballet Music no.3 (William Tell)

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Popovers II and Broadway marches.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
    • 9.
  • Herbert Howells

    Take him, earth, for cherishing - motet

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Singer: Gregory Moore. Singer: Simon Williams. Performer: Peter Barley.
    • Herbet Howell, A Celebration of: King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury.
    • ARGO.
    • 16.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major for oboe and violin, RV. 548

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Vivaldi II: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Spanish Serenade

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

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