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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1, Griff Rhys Jones, What's in a Name?

The best in classical music with Ian Skelly, plus Griff Rhys Jones' cultural inspirations.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music. With Ian Skelly.

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

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Thu 28 Dec 2017 09:00
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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux, Op.16 (No.6)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes, Moments musicaux: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Erato.
    • 17.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

    Ensemble: Septura.
    • Naxos.

  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Ensemble: Septura.
    • Naxos.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Sarabande et rigaudon, Op. 93

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 5-6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where e'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fuga y Misterio

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Videntes stellam magi

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Year at King's: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'Inventione.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13-15.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Impromptu in A flat major, Op 29

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 27.

  • Ephrem Podgaits

    The Moon-Pipes (Fairy Tale Cantata)

    Performer: Elena Sorokina. Performer: Yulia Tikhonova. Performer: Viktor Grishin. Performer: Konstantin Venevtsev. Choir: Vesna Moscow Children's Choir. Conductor: Alexander Ponomarev.
    • OPUS.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Violin Concerto Op.33 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen.
    • Nielsen / Tchaikovsky violin concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.

  • Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin

    脡tude No 11 in C sharp minor, 'Minuetto' (12 脡tudes in all the minor keys)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Convidando est谩 la noche

    Ensemble: L'Harmonie Des Saisons. Conductor: Eric Milnes.
    • Las Cuidades de Oro.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 002.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on Vivaldi鈥檚 Winter

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Adolf Strauss

    Ich weiss bestimmt, ich werd Dich wiedersehen

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Gavotte)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 25.

  • John Foulds

    April- England

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • WARNER APEX.

Broadcast

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