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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Sir Mark Elder, Debussy's Jeux, The Boy Detective

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. With guest this week, Sir Mark Elder.

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

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

1010 Time Traveller 鈥� a quirky slice of history.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the conductor Sir Mark Elder.

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

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Thu 17 Jan 2019 09:00
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Music Played

  • David Popper

    Dance of the Elves

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Cello World: Steven Isserlis/Thomas Ades.
    • BMG.
    • 11.

  • George Antheil

    Archipelago "Rumba"

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Chandos.

  • John Ireland

    Decorations (The Island Spell)

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Ireland: Piano Works Vol. 1: Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major for 2 violins, RV 516

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske [for wind quintet]

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux - po猫me danse

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (IV. Allegro maestoso)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, drop, slow tears

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Anthony Way. Director: John Scott.
    • Passiontide at St Paul's: The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 10 No 1

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 12.

  • Charles Williams

    Devil's Galop

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Citizen Kane (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in G major, K 80

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.

  • Arthur Honegger

    Mouvement symphonique No 2, 'Rugby'

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, K.498 'Kegelstatt Trio'

    Performer: Pascal Moragu猫s. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Vladimir Mendelssohn.
    • PRAGA DIGITALS.

  • Erik Satie

    Sports et divertissements for piano

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Wagner: Halle/Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.

  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Quartet for flute and strings No.3 in G major

    Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Ensemble: Le Nouveau Trio Pasquier.
    • Gossec: 6 Flute Quartets.
    • Talent.
    • 007.

  • John Foulds

    Puppet Ballet Suite: no.5 March Finale

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Exploits for Orchestra (Comedy Suite from The Belles of St Trinians)

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

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70

    Performer: David Pyatt. Performer: Martin Jones.
    • David Pyatt Recital / Schumann.
    • Erato.
    • 14-15.

  • Friedrich Gulda

    Prelude & Fugue

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Jan 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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