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Tuesday with Ian Skelly - New Year New Music, Harrison Birtwistle, The Stone of Saxagonus

The best in classical music, including music for New Year New Music that steps from the old to the new. Plus Sir Harrison Birtwistle's cultural inspirations.

Essential Classics with Ian Skelly and the best in classical music, including music for New Year New Music that steps from the old to the new.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Composer, Sir Harrison Birtwistle on the things that have inspired and influenced him throughout his life and career.

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Tue 2 Jan 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Sky above the Roof

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (Nocturne)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1&2: Borodin Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • George Gershwin

    Cuban Overture

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
    • Gershwin: Catfish Row: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time' arr. for chorus, no.1; Steal away

    Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Director: Stephen Darlington.
    • Tippett: Choral Works.
    • Nimbus.
    • 15.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon

    Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: Ursula Leveaux. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • HYPERION.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey

    Orchestrator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Michael Tippett

    Nobody knows (Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Performer: Paul Robertson. Performer: Ivo-Jan van der Werff. Performer: David Matthews. Performer: Anthony Lewis. Performer: Martin Jones. Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Colin Lawson. Performer: Graham Ashton. Performer: Peter Hamburger. Performer: Martin Westlake. Performer: Jeremy Cornes. Performer: Michael Copley. Performer: Maurice Hodges. Performer: Evelyn Nallen. Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Director: Stephen Darlington. Ensemble: Medici Quartet.
    • Tippett: Choral Works.
    • Nimbus.
    • 16.

  • Libby Larsen

    Deep Summer Music

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • KOCH.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • An Irish Rhapsody: Ulster Orchestra/Handley/Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Alto Rhapsody Op.53

    Singer: Ann Hallenberg. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • A Christmas Present from Polyphony.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno no.5 in C major, H.2.29

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L鈥橝rchibudelli.
    • Sony.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphonies of Winds

    Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Craft.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and Rondo in C minor K.617

    Music Arranger: Michael Hasel. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart/Beethoven: Quintets: Hough, BPWQ.
    • Bis.
    • 5.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    3 Old Dance Airs

    Orchestra: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Espana!.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17-18.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Symphony No.3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance for violin and orchestra in G major, Op 40

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Violin Romances: Chung Trio/Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Jan 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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