Thursday with Ian Skelly - Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, Collecting things, New Year New Music, Harrison Birtwistle
Ian Skelly with 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 Saint-Saens' much loved and rousing Organ Symphony
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Today, the joys of collecting
1050 Composer, Sir Harrison Birtwistle on the things that have inspired and influenced him throughout his life and career.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Jubilate Deo
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: John Rutter.- The Sacred Flame: The Cambridge Singers / Rutter.
- Collegium.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American" - 1st mvt
Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Dvo艡谩k: String Quartet No. 12 - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Borodin: Str.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Donnacha Dennehy
Tessellatum - 12 Letter UU
Performer: Nadia Sirota. Performer: Liam Byrne.- Bedroom Community.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.97 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Schumann: Complete Symphonies.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Franz Schubert
Standchen, D.957
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Singer: Ian Bostridge.- Globe Music.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, 'Organ Symphony' (Finale)
Performer: Anthony Newman. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
- Sony Classical.
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Teresa Carre帽o
Un bal en r锚ve
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 8.
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Fela Sowande
Joyful Day (African Suite)
Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.- CBC.
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Charles Ives
Symphony no.2 K.V.11 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Ives: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2.
- Chandos.
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Olivier Messiaen
Le merle noir
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Ronald Brautigam.- Bis.
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Harry Partch
The Wayward: U.S. Highball
Singer: Stephen Kalm. Singer: Robert Osborne. Ensemble: Newband. Director: Dean Drummond.- WERGO.
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Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question (2 Contemplations)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Time Traveller - 'Collectors' by Kate Romano
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Steve Reich
New York Counterpoint (2nd mvt)
Performer: Roland Diry.- RCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, K 165
Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- DECCA.
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Olivier Messiaen
Joie du sang des 茅toiles (Turangal卯la-Symphonie)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Cynthia Millar. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie: Osborne/Millar/Bergen Philharmonic Orch/Mena.
- Hyperion.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Ensemble: Signum Quartet.- Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
- Capriccio.
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle talks about his love of gardening
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
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Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison's Clocks - I
Performer: Nicolas Hodges.- METRONOME.
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Percy Whitlock
Spade and Bucket Polka (Holiday Suite)
Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Marco Polo.
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Granville Bantock
Song to the Seals
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
- Hyperion.
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Aaron Copland
Danza de Jalisco (3 Latin American Sketches)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Copland: Symphony No. 3 & 3 Latin American Sketches.
- Naxos.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425
Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- Avi Avital Vivaldi.
- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24, 'Spring' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.- Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
- Virgin Classics.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Nastya's Quick Dance (Orango)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- DG.
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George Antheil
Ballet mecanique for pianola, 8 pianos and percussion [complete]
Performer: Ivan Davis. Performer: Rex Lawson. Conductor: Maurice Peress.- MUSIC MASTERS.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Helikopter-Streichquartett
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.- MONTAIGNE.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite (Ballet)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- Mercury Living Presence.
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