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Monday with Ian Skelly - Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux, Tips from a Victorian joke writer, Jessie Burton

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Ian's guest is novelist Jessie Burton.

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 Ian鈥檚 guest this week is the novelist Jessie Burton (鈥淭he Miniaturist鈥, 鈥淭he Muse鈥) who reveals the people, places and ideas that have inspired her throughout her life and career.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Alla marcia

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Various orchestras and conductors.
    • Finlandia.
    • 4.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No. 60 in C Major, G. 324 "La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid": V

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Ensemble: Orquestra barroca Casa da M煤sica.
    • 脌 Portuguesa.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 805.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.53 in D major 'L'imp茅riale' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Chopin: 4 Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas: Emanuel Ax.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.2)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Regina coeli (Kyrie)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Palestrina - Volume 3.
    • Coro.
    • 10.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto, Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos: Jacob/Arnold/Bowen/Gipps/Vinter.
    • Lyrita.
    • 11.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From my life' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Max Bruch

    Romanian Melody and Scherzo for Clarinet, Viola & String Orchestra, Op. 83; ii

    Performer: Dimitri Ashkenazy. Performer: Anton Kholodenko. Orchestra: Baltic Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Mats Liljefors.
    • Weber & Bruch: Works for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 401.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.420

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • MIRARE.
  • Frederick Delius

    Brigg Fair

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • English Rhapsody: Butterworth; Delius; Grainger.
    • Halle.
    • 7-11.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga

    Ensemble: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Lasst mich allein Op.82 / Songs my mother taught Op.55 no.4

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D, K.485

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Kallai kettos (Double dance of Kallo)

    Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus. Conductor: Zolt谩n V谩s谩rhelyi. Orchestra: Hungarian State Orchestra.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Sevilla (Suite Espanola No.1, Op.47)

    Music Arranger: Francisco T谩rrega. Music Arranger: Miguel Llobet Sol茅s. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Leyendas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 4

    Orchestra: Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Raumklang.
    • 009.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.5

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
  • Geoffrey Toye

    The Haunted Ballroom (Waltz)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Robert Fayrfax

    Most clear of colour

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

    Phantasy Pieces, Op. 73

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.
    • Myrios.

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