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Friday with Ian Skelly - Ian Bostridge, Midwinter Solstice

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.

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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Fri 21 Dec 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Byrd

    The Bells

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
    • CBS.

  • Otto Nicolai

    Christmas Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Scherzo. Presto (Sonata (Duo) in A major, D.574

    Music Arranger: Jacob Kellermann. Ensemble: Duo KeMi.
    • BIS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • VIVALDI: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Quem vidistis pastore (4 motets pour le temps de No毛l)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria, Motets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 13.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Romantic Intermezzo, Op 69

    Orchestra: Philharmonia of Russia. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • NAXOS.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaconna

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Adolphe Adam

    O holy night (Minuit, chretiens)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: The Bach Choir. Music Arranger: John Rutter.
    • The Colours of Christmas.
    • DECCA.
    • 15.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gabetta/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Venzago.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Mario Nascimbene

    Attack on the Castle (The Vikings - film score)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Prometheus.

  • Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin

    Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

    • Music for Pleasure.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Midvinter (Midwinter)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Gothenburg Concert Hall Choir. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in B flat major, Op 7 No 1

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas - 1, Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Helios.
    • 5.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur, or The British worthy Z.628: Act 3 sc.2, no.20b;What pow'r art thou

    Singer: Petteri Salomaa. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.

  • Peteris Vasks

    White Landscape [Winter] (The Seasons)

    Performer: Alessandro Stella.
    • KHA.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Serenata alla spagnola

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise: Gefrorne Trane

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • EMI.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat major

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Mussorgsky 鈥� Night on the Bare Mountain/Pictures at an Exhibition.
    • WARNER APEX.
    • 20.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Wachet auf (Christmas Vespers)

    Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Orchestra: Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Avie.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Rhapsody no.1 Sz.87

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.1

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-9.

  • Harold Edwin Darke

    In the bleak midwinter

    Performer: Simon Preston. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • ARGO.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: H氓kon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture in C major Op.115 (zur Namensfeier)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • SONY.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols (Deo Gracias)

    Performer: Sioned Williams. Conductor: David Hill. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.
    • Hyperion.

  • Erland von Koch

    Nordic Capriccio

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Per Hammarstrom.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Dec 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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