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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Barbara Taylor Bradford, The Peach Melba

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. This morning's starter: Poulenc's gothic Organ Concerto.

1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥� stories behind the music making of the British Isles. Nellie Melba.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the author Barbara Taylor Bradford.

1110 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five essential pieces of music for Advent.

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

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大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    Popular Song (Fa莽ade)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • William Walton.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Agrippina (Overture)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Agrippina: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino

    • Ll欧r Williams: Schubert, Vol. 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Trad.

    Away in a manger

    Music Arranger: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Ruth Wall.
    • The Three Harps of Christmas.
    • GFR.
    • 14.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Organ Concerto in G minor

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Poulenc: Concerto Pour Orgue/ Concert Champ锚tre: Conlon, Alain, Koopman.
    • Erato.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Anthony Gray

    Breakfast Carol Competition 2019; No.4 Go to the Child

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K.453 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria Pires - Piano.
    • DGG.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Camille Saint-Saens: Music for Cello: Lidstrom/Forsberg.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'Arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Nellie Melba. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Walter B. Rogers.
    • Romophone.

  • Time Traveller: Nellie Melba at the Savoy

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Wagner: Preludes: Siegried-Idyll/Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.

  • L茅on Bo毛llmann

    Suite gothique in C minor, Op.25 (Toccata)

    Performer: Ian Tracey.
    • Bombarde! French Organ Classics - Ian Tracey.
    • Chandos.

  • Simon Hancock

    Breakfast Carol Competition 2019; No.5 Go to the Child

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Henry Purcell

    Timon of Athens (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.

  • Barbara Taylor Bradford on newsrooms

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy i) Harold aux montagne

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto in D major, Op.3 no.1 - 1st movement, Allegro maestoso

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Anon.

    Veni, veni, Emmanuel - Advent hymn [French missal]

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Anon.

    O come, O come

    Music Arranger: David Rees-Williams. Ensemble: David Rees-Williams Trio.
    • Signum.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in A major, Op 4 No 3

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    M谩 Vlast (T谩bor)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Smetana: Ma Vlast.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Dec 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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