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Saturday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including requests for your favourite works and pieces that you would like to hear.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 25 Oct 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glory be to God (Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J S Bach, Christmas Oratorio.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 008.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Brahms: Orchestral works: Sir Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    L'茅toile (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time', arr. for chorus: no.5; Deep river, my home is over Jordan

    Singer: Steve Davislim. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Singer: Mihoko Fujimura. Singer: Indra Thomas. Singer: Matthew Rose. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tippett: A Child of our Time.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 032.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture, Op.92

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.9/Carnival Overture.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Clair de lune, Op 46 No 2

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.
    • Apres un Reve: Sandrine Piau, Susan Manoff.
    • Naive.
    • 5.
  • Leopold Godowsky

    Alt-Wien

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study No 5 in B flat major, 'Feux-follets'

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Liszt: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Naive.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Mystical songs for baritone, chorus and orchestra: no.2; I got me flowers

    Conductor: Matthew Best. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Corydon Singers. Singer: Thomas S. Allen.
    • Vaughan Williams; Serenade to Music, Flos Campi and other works.
    • HYPERION.
    • 003.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in F sharp minor, Op.67 no.2

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Khatia Buniatishvili: Motherland.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Langr茅e.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 and 3; Sinfonia Concertante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F minor, K 481

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 (Pr盲ludium)

    Ensemble: London Winds. Director: Michael Collins.
    • Richard Strauss - Complete Music for Winds.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.

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