Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Bernstein 100
Bernstein 100. Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus Leonard Bernstein in his own words.
Bernstein 100. Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. This morning's starter is a classic piece of late 20th Century minimalism: The Chairman Dances from John Adams's opera Nixon in China. Other musical highlights include a Bach concerto for two harpsichords, and Dukas's magical Sorcerer's Apprentice.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough on historical footnotes.
1030 As we celebrate the Bernstein 100 season on Radio 3, Ian's virtual 'guest' is Leonard Bernstein himself, this morning introducing one of his recordings of Brahms' fourth symphony
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Georges Bizet
L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 2
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites no. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite no. 1: LSO, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5-8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for 2 harpschords in C Major BWV 1061 - Ist mvt: Allegro
Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.- Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 3.
- CPO.
- 201.
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Trad.
Down by the Salley Gardens
Performer: Barry Douglas. Music Arranger: Barry Douglas.- Celtic Reflections.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Ensemble: Civitas Ensemble. Ensemble: Gipsy Way Ensemble. -
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Thomas Campion
Never weather-beaten sail
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Hubert Parry
Never weather beaten sail (Songs of Farewell)
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short. -
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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.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in E major, K 542 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio.- Mozart: Piano Trios: Vienna Piano Trio.
- Nimbus.
- 5.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
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Ernest John Moeran
Cello Concerto - 2nd mvt: Adagio
Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.- Chandos.
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Time Traveller: Footnotes
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Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy, Op.16 (Serenade)
Performer: Lise Berthaud. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Berlioz: Harold en Italie.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Die Nonne, Op.9 no.12
Singer: Sophie Daneman. Performer: Eugene Asti.- Mendelssohn, Songs and Duets.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Song without Words, Op 6 No 2
Performer: Irene Barbuceanu.- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Klavierwerke.
- Koch Schwann.
- 12.
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Michael Nyman
MGV
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Orchestra: Michael Nyman Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Nyman.- Argo.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
When thy sweet glances fall on me (Cypresses)
Ensemble: Prague String Quartet.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no. 4 in E minor - i) Allegro non troppo
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Sony.
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