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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Peer Gynt, Ian Bostridge, Winter in the Dark Ages

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is tenor Ian Bostridge.

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 Anitra's Dance from Grieg's Peer Gynt.

1010 Time Traveller - a quirky slice of history.

1050 The acclaimed English tenor Ian Bostridge talks about the people, ideas and music that have inspired him throughout his career.

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

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Thu 20 Dec 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Five Flower Songs, Op. 47: 4. The Evening Primrose

    Conductor: Justin Doyle. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir.
    • Britten: Choral Works.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Trumpet Overture in C major, op. 101

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance Op.65

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough In Recital.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Christmas Lullaby

    Ensemble: Goeyvaerts String Trio. Singer: Zsuzsi T贸th. Singer: Barnab谩s Hegyi. Singer: Olivier Berten.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS: CC72696.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Folk Sketches

    Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Krenz.
    • Bacewicz: Polish Radio SO/Krenz.
    • ACCORD.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Grieg/Nielsen: Peer Gynt/Aladdin: San Francisco Symphony/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major for 2 violins, RV 530

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Holland Baroque Society.

  • Richard Galloway

    2018 Breakfast Carol Competition No. 1 The Bee Carol

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Ester M盲gi

    Bukoolika

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.
    • Magi: Orchestral Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 5.

  • Max Bruch

    String Octet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zsolt Fej茅rv谩ri. Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch: String Quartets.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ice Floes from Scott of the Antarctic suite

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • J贸n Leifs

    Geysir, Op 51

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Sarka (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Panton.

  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie etc..
    • LPO.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondino in E flat major, WoO 25

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • CPO.

  • John Merrick

    The Bee Carol

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

  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

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

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Op.71 (Coffee 'Arabian Dance')

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    脡l茅gie Op.24

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Children's Christmas Song (Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)

    Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 63 No 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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