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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Si芒n Phillips, American Cocktails, Beatus Vir

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actress Sian Phillips.

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 This week Ian's guest is the actress and writer Si芒n Phillips, who talks about some of the things that have inspired her throughout her life and career.

3 hours

Music and featured items

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Il credulo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Nicolaus Esterh谩zy Sinfonia. Conductor: Alessandro Amoretti.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet no.1 in F major Op.18 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven: Inventions 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Life Force.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 5.
  • Alfredo Casella

    Italia, Op 11 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus Vir

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • DECCA.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Dvorak: Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite italienne for cello and piano

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Russian Cello Sonatas.
    • Virgin.
    • 5-9.
  • Time Traveller: American Cocktails

    Duration: 02:10

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha毛ton, Op.39

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • SONY.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Bol茅ro, Op.19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Beati quorum via, Op 38 No 3

    Performer: Robert Quinney. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.2 in C major, Hob.I:2

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Cultural Inspirations: Dame Sian Phillips on Tennessee Williams

    Duration: 03:55

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the Clowns

    Performer: Si芒n Phillips. Conductor: John Owen Edwards.
    • That's Entertainment.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    L' Ondine [The Water sprite] Op.101

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 6.
  • Anonymous

    Chacona ytaliana 'Sencilla pastora'

    Ensemble: Piffaro.
    • Spanish Renaissance Wind Music: Piffaro - The Renaissance Band.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.
  • Il F谩solo

    Ciaconna 'Acceso mio core'

    Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.
    • Il Fasolo: Le Poeme Harmonique/Dumestre.
    • Alpha.
    • 17.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (4th mvt)

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

    Piano Quartet no 2 in G minor: 3rd mvt Adagio non troppo

    Ensemble: Domus.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Rest

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Gold.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 16.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Valsa da dor

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Piano music: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Jun 2018 09:00

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