Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Sakari Oramo, Elizabethan scandal, Gianni Schicchi
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, conductor Sakari Oramo
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0915 New releases, featuring music by Korngold and Gottschalk.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is Lauretta's famous aria O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi. Other music in today's programme includes Brahms' Song of Destiny, Peter Warlock's Serenade - a birthday gift to Frederick Delius, and a rarely heard concerto for two pianos by the American composer Harl McDonald.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Nandini Das examines a scandal from the Court of Elizabeth I.
1050 This week Ian鈥檚 guest is Sakari Oramo, the Chief Conductor of the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. He talks about some of the places, people and ideas that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation with music by Hildegard of Bingen.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)
Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in E major, D 353 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.- Schubert: String quartets D887 & D.353.
- DECCA.
- 8.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Greeting, Op 63 No 3
Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Nathan Berg.- Mendelssohn, Songs and Duets.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- American Concertos.
- Orfeo.
- 8.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
El Cocoye, Op 80
Performer: Antonio Iturrioz.- Gottschalk & Cuba.
- Steinway and Sons.
- 12.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' Op.66
Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Beethoven: Cello Sonata etc: Muller-Schott/Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Harl McDonald
Concerto for 2 pianos (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Long Duo. Orchestra: Eskisehir Greater Municipality Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Souillot.- Long Duo - Concertos for 2 pianos.
- Sono Luminus.
- 006.
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Johannes Brahms
Song of Destiny
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Brahms: Symphony no. 1: Gardiner.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Time Traveller: Dr. Lopez by Nandini Das
Duration: 02:38
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Anonymous
Danza de las espadas (Sabre Dance)
Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.- Oriet - Occident 1200-1700.
- Alia Vox.
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Gaspar Fernandes
Tleycantimo choquiliya
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Choir: La Capella Reial de de Catalunya. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Ludi Musici: The Spirit of Dance 1450 - 1650.
- Alia Vox.
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Peter Warlock
Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- British String Miniatures.
- White Line.
- 006.
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Padre Antonio Soler
Sonata No 84 in D major
Performer: Scott Ross.- Padre Soler - Fandango/Sonates.
- Erato.
- 009.
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Giacomo Puccini
Senza mamma (Suor Angelica)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Coro Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.![]()
Umberto Giordano
Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
- Decca.
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Aaron Copland
Letter from Home
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Four Dances from Rodeo.
- Naxos.
- 006.
Cultural Inspirations: Sakari Oramo on his love of Tuscany
Duration: 03:10
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Ottorino Respighi
The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn (Fountains of Rome)
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Respighi - Concerto in Modo Misolidio / Fontane di Roma.
- Ondine.
- 004.
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Louis Spohr
Nonet in F major Op.31 (Finale)
Ensemble: Ensemble 360.- Spohr: Septet and Nonet: Ensemble 360.
- ASV.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216 (1st mvt)
Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Viktoria Mullova.- Mozart: Violin Concertos: Viktoria Mullova.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Jonathan Dove
An Airmail Letter From Mozart
Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Signum Classics : SIGCD452.
- Signum Classics.
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Edvard Grieg
Gade (Lyric pieces - book 6 Op.57)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
- EMI CLASSICS.
- 011.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Caritas abundat in omnia
Singer: Arianna Savall. Ensemble: Hirundo Maris.- Vox Cosmica.
- Carpe Diem.
- 002.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works: Neeme Jarvi.
- CHANDOS.
- 1.
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Frank Bridge
When You Are Old and Grey
Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Kitty Whately.![]()
George Frideric Handel
Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro.
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