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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Handel in Chester, Sibelius's Karelia Suite, Seth Lakeman

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.

1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥 stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the folk singer and songwriter Seth Lakeman.

1110 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential piece of music for brass ensemble.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Fandango (Guitar Quintet no. 4 in D major G.448)

    Performer: Giangiacomo Pinardi. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Boccherini: Quintets: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 4.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.4 in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu D.935'4. Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • Ll欧r Williams: Schubert, Vol. 4.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 8.
  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 3.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: The Maiden in the Tower etc: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 13.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concert in E flat major, H VIIe 1

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.1 in B minor Op.20

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin; Liszt; Ravel.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Michael Torke

    Tahiti, Papeete (Tahiti)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 10/10. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Michael Torke: Tahiti: 10/10 Ensemble/Rundell.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 3 No 6

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317.
    • Philips.
    • 22-23.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (Ed. W. Shaw): No. 25, And with His Stripes We Are Healed

    Conductor: Edward Polochick. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Ed. W. Shaw).
    • Naxos.
    • 125.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (Ed. W. Shaw): No. 44, Hallelujah!

    Conductor: Edward Polochick. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Ed. W. Shaw).
    • Naxos.
    • 218.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Passacaglia in G minor

    Music Arranger: Johan Halvorsen. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on.
    • Renaud Capucon - Le violion Roi.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Orchestrator: Bernardino Molinari. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy - Engulfed Cathedral.
    • Cala.
    • 2.
  • Armas J盲rnefelt

    Praeludium

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.
  • Dag Wir茅n

    Serenade, Op.11 (March)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Magnus Ericsson.
    • BIS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite: Praeludium

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Spirit, Strength & Sorrow.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    Egdon Heath

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Novelette (Four Pieces, Op 11)

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Russian Piano Music: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata No 20 a 22

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op.44 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.
    • 大象传媒 Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 (Gavotte)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 32.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    I am the true vine

    Choir: Pro Arte Singers. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • David Popper

    Dance of the Elves

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • RCA.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Africa, Op 89

    Performer: Laura Mikkola. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • BIS.

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