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Monday with Ian Skelly, The First Christmas Tree, Griff Rhys Jones, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

Spend Christmas Morning with Ian Skelly who bring you the best in classical music,, plus Griff Rhys Jones' cultural inspirations.

Essential Classics on Christmas morning with Ian Skelly who joins the programme today.

0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - a quirky slice of cultural history. Matthew Sweet on the first Christmas Tree
1050 Griff Rhys Jones on the things that have inspired and influenced him throughout his life and career.

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons, Op 37b arr Gauk)

    Music Arranger: Aleksander Vasil'yevich Gauk. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Tocco la prima sorte a voi (O di Betlemme altera)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: London Baroque.
    • Christmas Music.
    • BIS.
    • 16.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for viola and small orchestra - Group 1 (Prelude, Carol & Christmas Dance)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: Suite / Flos Campi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Polonaise in E flat, Op 22

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Anonymous

    Ninna nanna

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells, Op.35 (1st mvt)

    Singer: Dmytro Popov. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninov: The Bells. Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Trois anges sont venus ce soir

    Music Arranger: Thibault Perrine. Singer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton. Performer: Aurelie Saraf.
    • Naive.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish': 大象传媒 Phil/Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth Suite No 2, Op 1b

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy

    Choir: Choir of St Mary's Music School. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Unicorn Kanchana.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.

  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    A Carol Symphony

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • A Carol Symphony and other Christmas Orchestral Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 6-9.

  • Bernard Trafford

    2017 Breakfast Carol Competition WINNING ENTRY Sir Christemas

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Singer: Olivia Robinson. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Peteris Vasks

    White Landscape [Winter] (The Seasons)

    Performer: Alessandro Stella.
    • KHA.

  • John Foulds

    Bells at Coblentz (Holiday Sketches Op.16)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: David Watkin.
    • RESONUS.

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    Amahl and the Night Visitors (excerpt)

    Singer: Ike Hawkersmith. Singer: Kirsten Gunlogson. Singer: Dean Anthony. Singer: Todd Thomas. Singer: Kevin Short. Singer: Bart LeFan. Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus. Choir: Nashville Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alastair Willis.
    • Naxos.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Day 2017 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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