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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 28 Apr 2016 06:30

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • SONY.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Waltz (Face of Another)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in F sharp minor D.571 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide – Overture

    Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • SONY.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein (Cantata No 82: Ich habe genug)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • DECCA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Antoine Forqueray

    La Portugaise from Premiere Suite in D minor

    Ensemble: Musicall Humors.
    • MUSO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturne and Scherzo: Scherzo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • RCA.
  • Philip Glass

    Opening from Glassworks

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor Op.81`2

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn - The Complete String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezginka [from Gayane]

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • MELODIYA.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV474

    Performer: Gustavo Nunes. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Pentatone.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Maria Callas. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio (Pantoum)

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
    • crd.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Grace Williams

    Roundelay (The Dancers)

    Singer: Eiddwen Harrhy. Choir: The Richard Hickox Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grace Williams: The Dancers etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Catalonia

    Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Albeniz: Orchestral music: Batiz.
    • Regis.
    • 10.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in E minor, 'Tafelmusik' (Gigue)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 24.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Overture; Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • DA CAPO.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple leaf rag arr. Jeanneau for two pianos [orig. for piano]

    Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: Katia Labèque. Music Arranger: François Jeanneau.
    • Gladrags: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Max Bruch

    Octet for strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zsolt Fejérvári. Ensemble: Kodály Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch: Octets: Kodaly Quartet/Auer Quartet.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Montagnarde

    Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Ensemble: Tenebrae Consort. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars. Songs and Arrangements by Bob Chilcott.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 15.

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