Thursday with Ian Skelly - Ed Weston's Walks, Simon Armitage, Tippett's Concerto for double string orchestra
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Ian's guest is poet Simon Armitage.
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 poet, playwright and novelist Simon Armitage
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection
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Music Played
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John Ireland
When lights go rolling round the sky
Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.- Elgar - Sea Pictures & Pageant of Empire.
- DUTTON.
- 5.
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Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke, Op.111
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Chandos.
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Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian March (Prince Igor)
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Tchaikovsky 1812 - Borodin - Glinka - And More - Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev.
- Phillips.
- 5.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Gavotte avec six doubles in A minor
Performer: Sophie Yates.- La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
- Chandos.
- 17.
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Michael Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tippett.- Tippett Conducts Tippett.
- Virgin Classics.
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Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op.67 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.- ASV.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance no.2 in F major, Op.50
Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G major for violin and keyboard, BWV 1021
Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Performer: Jaap ter Linden. Performer: Hendrik Bouman.- ARCHIV.
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Performer: Nelson Freire.- Decca.
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Herbert Howells
Elegy for viola, string quartet and string orchestra
Performer: Matthew Souter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
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Sir Arthur Somervell
Piano Concerto in A minor, 'Highland' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Somervell/Cowen: Martin Roscoe/大象传媒 Scottish SO/Brabbins.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Conductor: Charles Neidich.- Beethoven: Chamber music for wind instruments: Mozzafiato/Neidich.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major S.124
Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Philips.
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Alessandro Stradella
La Susanna - Da chi spero aita, o cieli
Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora. Conductor: Enrico Gatti.- Glossa.
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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.- HYPERION.
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Arnold Bax
In a vodka shop
Performer: Ashley Wass.- Naxos.
Broadcast
- Thu 24 Jan 2019 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3