Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Pub carolling, Poston's Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Refresh your Christmas 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.
1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥� stories behind the music making of the British Isles.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the choral maestro Gareth Malone.
1110 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five essential pieces of ballet music.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Departure (Winter Bonfire, Op 122)
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Prokofiev: Music for Children: New London Orchestra/Corp.
- Hyperion.
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Anon.
There is no rose
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Medieval Carols, Oxford Camerata.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 06.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite for viola and small orchestra - Group 1 (Prelude, Carol & Christmas Dance)
Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Vaughan Williams: Suite / Flos Campi.
- Hyperion.
- 1-3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Jauchzet, frohlocket)
Choir: Choir of St Thomas's, Leipzig. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Gotthold Schwarz.- Accentus Music.
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D茅sir茅鈥惷塵ile Inghelbrecht
Nazareth (No 1 of Pastourelles)
Performer: Peter Froundjian.- Sony.
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Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.- Abacus.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto grosso con una pastorale per il Ss Natale Op.8`6
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Christmas Concertos: Il Giardino Armonico.
- Teldec.
- 10-12.
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Jakub Jan Ryba
Gloria (from Hail Master! - Czech Christmas Mass)
Singer: Jaroslava Vymazalov谩. Singer: Marie Mr谩zov谩. Singer: Beno Blachut. Singer: Zden臎k Kroupa. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: V谩clav Smet谩膷ek.- FIDELIO.
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Victor Hely-Hutchinson
A Carol Symphony
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Rose.- EMI.
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Anonymous
O Jesulein zart
Music Arranger: Winnie Br眉ckner. Ensemble: Papagena. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3 German Dances, K.605: No 3 in C major 'Schlittenfahrt' (Sleigh Ride)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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George Whitefield Chadwick
No毛l, from Symphonic Sketches
Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Hanson.- Mercury.
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Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes
Convidando est谩 la noche
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
- Hyperion.
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Raymond Johnston
Cherry Tree Carol
- Christmas Carols.
- Naxos.
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Josef Suk
Christmas Dream (Lullabies, Op 33)
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.- Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
- Chandos.
- 15.
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William Grant Still
Christmas in the Western World (Las Pascuas)
Performer: Greg Kostraba. Ensemble: Toledo Clarinets.- CAMBRIA.
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William Grant Still
Christmas in the Western World (Las Pascuas)
Performer: Greg Kostraba. Ensemble: Toledo Clarinets.- CAMBRIA.
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Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols (Wolcum Yole!)
Performer: Sioned Williams. Conductor: David Hill. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.- Hyperion.
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Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols (Balulalow)
Performer: Sioned Williams. Conductor: David Hill. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
For unto us a child is born (Messiah)
Orchestra: The English Concert. Choir: Choir of English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Messiah: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv.
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Felix Mendelssohn
6 Kinderst眉cke, Op 72
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 25-30.
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Anonymous
Pesen Na Put (Singing On Our Way) - Christmas song from Thrace
Music Arranger: Nikolai Kaufmann. Choir: Bulgarian State Television Female Choir. Conductor: Dora Hristova.- ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker - Highlights from Act 2
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Philips.
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Chris Black
Go to the Child (Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition 2019 Winning Entry)
Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Turkey Trot (Divertimento for Orchestra)
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Noels sur les instruments H.534: Les bourgeois de Ch芒tre
Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- Simphones des noels.
- Dorian.
- 22.
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Gerald Finzi
In terra pax Op.39
Singer: John Noble. Singer: Jane Manning. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
- LYRITA.
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