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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Dr Christian Jessen, Bach's Air on the G string

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus doctor, television presenter and writer Dr Christian Jessen talks about his 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 doctor, television presenter, writer, opera lover and oboist Dr Christian Jessen talks about the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped his life and career.

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Thu 10 May 2018 09:00
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Music and featured items

  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.

  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors.
    • Coro.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Stuttgart Recordings.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Scherzo in D major for string quartet [from "Les vendredis"]

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • SIMAX.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.5

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.

  • Arnold Krug

    String Sextet, Op. 68 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • A. Krug: String Sextet & Piano Quartet.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Concertino in E flat major Op.26

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • EMI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor, RV 129, 'Concerto madrigalesco'

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per archi: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Caprice fantastique

    Music Arranger: R贸zsika R茅vay. Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • DG.

  • Time Traveller: Dorothy Arzner

    Duration: 02:21

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto TWV 51:D8 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Performer: J枚rg Schultess. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.
    • 22.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op 33b

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Peccantem me quotidie

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Music Arranger: Victor Babin. Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • The Rite of Spring.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Dr. Christian Jessen on Empire style

    Duration: 04:08

  • 脡tienne M茅hul

    Symphony No 1 in G minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jorge Rotter.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op 46 (Finale)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • Nicola Benedetti - Homecoming.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Louis Couperin

    Passacaille from Suite in G minor

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ester M盲gi

    Bukoolika

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.
    • Magi: Orchestral Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Kitty Whately.

  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina; Prelude to Act 3

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Blues (Sonata in G major arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Andrew Haveron. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-Fours, Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony in D minor, 'Youth'

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

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