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Thursday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Mar 2016 06:30

Music Played

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op 11

    Performer: Michael Rabin. Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin.
    • Testament.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 27.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Opening Chorus: Come, daughters, help me lament

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
  • Paul Dukas

    La P茅ri (Fanfare)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos, RV.531

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo'.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell To Stromness

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Eric Coates

    The Three Elizabeths: I. Halcyon Days

    Orchestra: The London Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Land of Hope and Glory.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Spring Fairy; Summer Fairy (Cinderella Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
    • Naxos.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Richte mich, Gott

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Ricercar.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Director: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos: Melnikov/Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Currentzis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet Op. 44 III. Scherzo

    Performer: 陌dil Biret. Music Arranger: Johannes Brahms.
    • Naxos.
  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers - 3rd mvt 'Haven'

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 213

    Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le jardin f茅erique (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Over hill, over dale (No 3 of Three Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN 9425.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 7.
  • Jonathan Dove

    All You Who Sleep Tonight: nos. 4. Prandial Plaint 8. Dark Road 11. Voices 13. All You Who Sleep Tonight

    Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen. Singer: Patricia Bardon.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 鈥淗affner鈥 3rd movement Menuetto & Trio

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • LINN.
    • 3.
  • Enrique Granados

    Allegro de concierto

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Granados - Goyescas & other piano music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Aaron Copland

    Ching-a-Ring-Chaw

    Singer: Marilyn Horne. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • DECCA.
    • 13.

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