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Thursday - 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

Thu 1 May 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of Spring, Op.32 no.3

    Performer: Joseph Cooper.
    • 433 2222.
    • DECCA.
    • 13.
  • Richard Mudge

    Concerto no.4 in D minor

    Orchestra: Baroque Orchestra Capriccio Basel. Conductor: Dominik Kiefer.
    • Richard Mudge - Six Concertos - In Seven Parts.
    • Tudor.
    • 14-17.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major (D.72)

    Ensemble: schubert ensemble.
    • Schubert Octets Schubert Ensemble Budapest.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Italian' Concerto in F major BWV.971 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach - Italian Concerto; French Overture; Capriccios.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin - lyric scenes in 3 acts (Op.24), Act 2 sc.1, no.13; Waltz

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes: New York Philharmonic/Kurt Masur.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Cecilia Maria Bartelemon

    Sonata in E major op.1 no.3

    Performer: Barbara Harbach.
    • Barbara Harbach - 18th Century Harpsichord Music.
    • Kingdom.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni Priuli

    Canzona prima 脿 12

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Conductor: David Munrow.
    • Renaissance Dance.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A major Op.18`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • Artemis Quartet: Beethoven - String quartets op.18/3, op.18/5 and op.135.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Cleofide - opera in 3 acts: Act 2 no.33; Generosa risueglati, o core [recit.]

    Singer: Ewa Ma艂as-Godlewska. Singer: Derek Lee Ragin. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Farinelli, Il Castrato - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • TRAVELLING.
    • 9.
  • Anon.

    O lusty May

    Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Director: Grayston Ives.
    • Music for a May Morning from Magdalen College, Oxford.
    • Cantoris Records.
    • 2.
  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Doll Dance

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77: 3rd movement; Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto: Shaham/Wang/Berliner Philharmoniker/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Arthur Johnston

    Pennies from Heaven

    Singer: Arthur Tracy.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Thomas Arne

    The Morning

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Dr Arne at Vauxhall Gardens.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Im wundersch枚nen Monat Mai (Dichterliebe)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis Op.39.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • German Opretta Overtures: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Overture: Minuet)

    Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.
    • Handel: Berenice.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2-3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka... (B.203) (Op.114), Act 1; Mesicku na nebi hlubokem [O silver moon...]

    Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Kate Royal: Midsummer Night.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Soirees musicales

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Britten: Soirees musicales: Bonynge.
    • London.
    • 7.
  • Francesco Molino

    3 Duos Op.16 (no.3)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.

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