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Monday with Ian Skelly - The tooth fairy, Litolff's Scherzo op 102, Niamh Cusack

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus actor Niamh Cusack reveals her cultural inspirations.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Each day this week the actor Niamh Cusack, currently starring as Lady Macbeth with the RSC in Stratford, reveals the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped her life and career.

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Mon 2 Apr 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Bank Holiday

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Baines/Moeran: Piano Music: Eric Parkin.
    • Lyrita.
    • 27.

  • John Foulds

    April-England Op.48`1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Foulds - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 4.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto no.2 in F minor Op.5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchesra.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D minor,Op.3`5

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 5.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Rivers of light

    Performer: Shankar Viswanathan. Choir: Portland State University Chamber Choir. Singer: Emmalyn Fox. Singer: Sterling Roberts. Conductor: Ethan Sperry.
    • 膾riks E拧envalds: The Doors of Heaven.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major for violin and string orchestra

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emil Tchakarov.
    • DG.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Time Traveller: The Tooth Fairy

    Duration: 02:01

  • Le贸 Weiner

    Fairy Dance (Csongor and Tunde Suite)

    Conductor: Domonkos Heja. Orchestra: Danubia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dances from Hungary: Danubia Symphony Orchestra/Heja.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major, Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • LSO Live.

  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 32 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Earl Wild. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.
    • Schwarwenka and Paderewski: Piano Concertos.
    • ELAN.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.3 in A minor (3 Gnossiennes, Set 1)

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Georges H眉e

    Gigue

    Performer: Edward Beckett. Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Ross Pople.
    • Fantasie: Romantic French flute music: Beckett/London Festival Orch/Pople.
    • Black Box.
    • 1.

  • William Brade

    Cornish Dance; Irish Dance; Scottish Dance

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Timothy Roberts.
    • English music from Henry VIII to Charles II.
    • HYPERION.
    • 17.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Niamh Cusack on Dalkey Island

    Duration: 04:12

  • 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.

  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances: San Francisco SO, Edo de Waart.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • 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.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oster-oratorio BWV.249: Kommt, eilet und laufet (Duet and chorus)

    Singer: James Taylor. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Anon.

    Italiana

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Ancient Airs and Dances: Paul O'Dette.
    • Helios.
    • 15.

  • Emil von Sauer

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Scharwenka/Sauer: Piano Concertos: Hough/CBSO/Foster.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Luca Antonio Predieri

    Pace una volta (Zenobia)

    Singer: Kathleen Battle. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Richard Strauss

    Schlagobers-Walzer (Schlagobers Op.70)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Strauss: Schlagobers, Munchen: Detroit SO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Apr 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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