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Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Beltane, Bernard MacLaverty, Parry's I was glad

Ian Skelly presents the best in classical music, and author Bernard MacLaverty talks about the cultural influences that have shaped and inspired him throughout his career.

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 author Bernard MacLaverty talks about the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped his life and career.

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Tue 1 May 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La scala di seta (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle no.5 in F sharp minor Op.66

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 006.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 93 in D Major: Finale (Presto ma non troppo)

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
    • Haydn: London Symphonies.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 4.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Janacek: String Quartets: Hagen Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Sch枚nheit, Op 37 No 4

    Performer: Joseph Breinl. Singer: Miah Persson.
    • Portraits: Songs by Clara and Robert Schumann.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was Glad

    Music Arranger: Grayston Ives. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Daniel Cook. Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Amadis (Chaconne)

    Director: Skip Semp茅. Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in F minor for piano duet, D. 940 (1st mvt: Allegro molto moderato)

    Performer: Radu Lupu. Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Decca 478 8772.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Il campiello (Act 2 Intermezzo)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Time Traveller: Beltane

    Duration: 01:54

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Samuel Wesley

    Blessed be the God and Father

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • The English Anthem - Volume 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major, Op 36 (4th mvt, Allegro molto)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Bernard MacLaverty talks about the influence of music on his novels

    Duration: 04:17

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Rock Island Line

    Singer: Lonnie Donegan. Ensemble: Lonnigans Skiffle Group.
    • KAZ.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et danse profane

    Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade / Tombeau / Pavane; Debussy: Danses / Ballades de Villon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Improvisation

    La Florentine

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • Travel Notes.
    • GLOSSA.
    • 4.

  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No 1

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Byrd

    This sweet and merry month of May

    Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • All at once well met: English Madrigals: The King's Singers.
    • EMI.
    • 35.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Finzi cello concerto 2nd mvt: Andante quieto

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 no.2

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

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt, Allegro molto)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings BPHR 150071.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 May 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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