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Wednesday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist and Georgian Gems. Plus requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.

18th Century season. Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 Apr 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Sun Dance (The Wand of Youth Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • 8.557166.
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in F major Op.7`9 for oboe and strings

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • CHAN 0792(3).
    • CHACONNE.
    • 24-26.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella - suite: no.6; Gavotta con due variazioni

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • CKD 330.
    • LINN.
    • 18.
  • Ambroise Thomas

    Mignon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.
    • Opera Overtures and Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 violins and string orch (BWV.1043) in D minor, 1st mvt; Vivace

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Jubilate Deo

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Ensemble: Nuova Musica. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COL CD 134.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 'Classical'

    Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies 1-7: London Symphony Orchestra/Gergiev.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
    • 15.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini: Europa Galante/Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 16-18.
  • Concentus Musicus Wien

    Kontredanze no. 4 in C major K. 609

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • 88697914112.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 3.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schon Rosmarin - old Viennese dance no.3 for violin and piano

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Orchestra: The D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Performer: Matthew Wadsworth. Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Mark Levy.
    • Kapsberger/Piccinini: 14 Silver Strings: Matthew Wadsworth.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 22.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Quartet for strings no. 2 in D major, 3rd movement; Nocturne (Andante)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • CHAN 9965.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fruhlingsnacht from Liederkreis, Op.39`12

    Transcriber: Franz Liszt. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHRCD 075.
    • CHAMPS HILL.
    • 16.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Meditation (Op.32) in D major vers. violin and orchestra

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 14 鈥 Glazunov & Schoeck.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 脡cossaises, Op.72`3

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, K.417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Parysatis - incidental music

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • CACD 1015.
    • CALA.
    • 1-4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Album for the young, Op.59: no.3, Mama

    Ensemble: Kuss Quartet.
    • 4090.
    • ONYX.
    • 16.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in A major Op.6`11..: 1st mvt; Andante larghetto, e staccato

    Performer: Daniel Stepner. Performer: Linda Quan. Performer: Myron Lutzke. Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op.6.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 12.
  • Fats Waller

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Ensemble: Man Overboard.
    • CHRCD 062.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Sonate-fantaisie

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Alexander Scriabin: The Early Scriabin: Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.
    • 11.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride - Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Little Pearls of Czech Classics: Czech Philharmonic Orch/Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Madonna della Grazia

    Ensemble: Accordone.
    • A359.
    • ARCANA.
    • 6.

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