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Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Alpesh Chauhan, Dowland's Lachrimae pavan, Stockhausen's Gruppen

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus guest, the conductor Alpesh Chauhan.

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today, revel in Elizabethan melancholy with Dowland's Lachrimae Pavan. Other musical highlights include Doreen Carwithen's sweeping overture Bishop Rock, and a sunny sonata for piano duet by Mozart.

1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music. Gillian Moore on Stochkausen's Gruppen

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the conductor Alpesh Chauhan.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection: Owain Park's choral gem Ave maris stella.

3 hours

Music Played

  • William Byrd

    The March Before the Battle

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Romanze in F major, Op 118 No 5

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Brahms Handel Variations - Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Andante con moto in C minor

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae verae

    Ensemble: Sit Fast Viol Consort.
    • Evidence EVCD034.
    • Evidence.
    • 7.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D major Op.46 no.6

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells Op.35 (2nd mvt)

    Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Our Classical Century: Stockhausen's Gruppen

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Gesang der J眉nglinge

    Performer: Karlheinz Stockhausen.
    • BnF Collection.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Gruppen

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Trad.

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Africa Fantasie, Op.89

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    When David heard that Absalom was slain

    Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Conductor: Anthony Rooley.
    • ASV.
  • George Harrison

    While my Guitar Gently Weeps

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise D.911)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Charles Spencer.
    • RCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Beethoven: Symphony no.3 etc: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Conductor Alpesh Chauhan on the 大象传媒's 10 Pieces

  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen)

    Conductor: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet in A major, D.667 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Lukas Hagen. Performer: Clemens Hagen. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet: Schiff, Hagen Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 004.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Bishop Rock

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in B flat major for piano duet, K 358

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Owain Park

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Rose Magnificat.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in D major, Op.3 No.1

    Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.
    • ALPHA.
  • 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.

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  • Wed 10 Apr 2019 09:00

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