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Friday with Ian Skelly - Falla's Three Cornered Hat, Sir Mark Elder, medieval manuscripts

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. Today's piece is the Jota from Falla's Three Cornered Hat.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sony.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Six Pieces from Cinderella Op. 102: No.3 Quarrel

    Performer: Wilhem Latchoumia.
    • Prokofiev: Cinderella.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in G major, HWV.384

    Ensemble: Convivium.
    • Handel, Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin: Convivium.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    The cloths of heaven

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel: Silent Noon - English Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Valse romantique

    Music Arranger: Lily Laskine. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • The Harpist: Catrin Finch.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Manuel de Falla

    El Sombrero de Tres Picos; Danza Final (Jota)

    Performer: Mari Kodame. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • De Falla.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 11.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Domine, quis habitabit

    Choir: Chapelle du Roi. Conductor: Alistair Dixon.
    • Signum.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Suite for piano, Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Carl Nielsen: Complete piano music: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Studt.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in B flat major for piano and orchestra, WoO 6

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy, etc..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Barber

    The monk and his cat (Hermit Songs)

    Singer: Cheryl Studer. Performer: John Browning.
    • Samuel Barber: Complete Songs: Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, John Browning.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D major K.285 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: William Bennett. Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio.
    • Mozart - Flute Quartets.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 007.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • De Falla: Love The Magician: Simon, LSO.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    3 Caprices Op.33 (no.2 in E major)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.
    • 012.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Mon seul tr茅sor (Les martyrs)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • OPERA RARA.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (Longing)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
    • 003.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Duet No 1 in E minor for keyboard, BWV 802

    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.
    • 4.
  • Charles Gounod

    Symphony no. 2 in E flat major: IV. Finale

    Orchestra: Jyv盲skyl盲 Sinfonia. Conductor: Patrick Gallois.
    • Naxos.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Valse (Divertissement)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
    • Decca.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op.70

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: The Music Makers: Short Pieces: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra / Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.
  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major, Op 31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko, Op 5

    Orchestra: State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony no.3, Sadko, Overtures: Svetlanov.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.

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  • Fri 18 Jan 2019 09:00

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