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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Roxanna Panufnik

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is composer Roxanna Panufnik.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's piece is Rossini's String Sonata no.3

1010 Our Classical Century - Kate Molleson goes back to the roaring 'twenties for the British premiere of Rhapsody in Blue.

1050 Ian鈥檚 guest this week is the composer Roxanna Panufnik, who reveals the people, ideas and music 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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lucio Silla (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    My Heart's in the Highlands

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • A Simple Song.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 arr Ashmore (Prelude)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concertos: Robert Plane/Northern Sinfonia/Griffiths.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Amy Beach

    Danse des fleurs (3 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.28)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Amy Beach: Piano Music Volume 1 - Johnson.
    • Guild.
    • 21.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O come sei gentile

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Rebecca Outram. Ensemble: King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Monteverdi: Heaven and Earth.
    • Vivat.
    • 11.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    String Sonata no 3 in C major: i Allegro

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Marshall Marcus. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku.
    • Rossini: String Sonatas.
    • HELIOS.
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johanna Kinkel

    Abendlied nach der Schlacht, Op 21 No 5

    Performer: Thomas Palm. Singer: Ingrid Schmith眉sen.
    • Johanna Kinkel: Lieder.
    • cpo.
    • 22.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto after Sonata da Chiesa in D minor

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 20.
  • Anton Bruckner

    String Quartet in C minor (1st movement)

    Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.
    • Zehetmair Quartet: Beethoven / Bruckner / Harmann / Holliger.
    • ECM.
    • 5.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein/Previn/Gershwin: Great Performances.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    4 Lachian Dances: I. Starodavny, II. Pozhenany, III. Dymak, IV. Starodavny

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • Naxos.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Soir茅es musicales [after Rossini]

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
  • William Byrd

    The Great Service (Magnificat)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto Op.8'4 RV 297 'Winter'; 1st movt

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Rondo in C minor, Op 1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 6.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    5 Orchestral Pieces - No.5 Das obligate Rezitativ: Bewegte Achte!

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.1 in D major H.I/1

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No. 3 in E minor, iii. Allegro

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Ross Pople.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Antique

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • Maurice Ravel - Orchestral Works Vol.2.
    • Haenssler Classic.
    • 011.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major, Op 45 No 3

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

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