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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Peter and the Wolf, Dan Snow

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. His guest is historian Dan Snow.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury

1050 The historian, writer and presenter Dan Snow talks about the books, music, art and places that inspire him.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat Op.90 No.3

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes, CD 98: 2. F锚tes

    Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles.
    • Debussy: Jeux, Nocturnes, Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr茅s midi d'un faune.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Marin Marais

    La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevi猫ve du Mont de Paris

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.
    • Auvidis.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Town Hall, Brno (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • 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.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.7 in E major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in B flat major, HWV 380

    Ensemble: Convivium.
    • HYPERION.
  • John Taverner

    Western wynde - Mass for 4 voices (Gloria)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter & the Wolf

    Narrator: David Attenborough. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • 大象传媒.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - petite suite d'orchestre

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K 310 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti.
    • Philips.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Rachmaninov-Shostakovich.
    • ONYX.
    • 3.
  • Charles Ives

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Performer: Tan Crone. Singer: Roberta Alexander.
    • Ives: Songs.
    • ETCETERA.
  • Dan R.MacDonald

    Abergeldie Castle, Strathspey

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances for violin, Op 22

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • David Hughes

    2018 Breakfast Carol Competition No. 2 The Bee Carol

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Joy Williams

    The Bee Carol (2018 Breakfast Carol Competition, No.5)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Daniel Barenboim Staatskapelle Berlin Beethoven For All The Piano Concertos.
    • Decca.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent Woods

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • RCA.
  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Dec 2018 09:00

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