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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Mahler's Blumine, Seth Lakeman, Besses o' th' Barn Brass Band

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

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Romance sans paroles No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Erato.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C K.373

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Mozart Anniversary Orchestra.
    • CACBC.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino. Presto

    Performer: Florent H茅au. Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.
    • Brahms.
    • Klarthe.
    • 7.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert champ锚tre (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Poulenc: Organ concert/Piano concertos: Conlon.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • Bach: The Motets.
    • BIS.
    • 18.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (Symphony No.1 in D major - original version)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Bol茅ro, Op.19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 4.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no. 2 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 (Pr盲ludium)

    Ensemble: London Winds. Director: Michael Collins.
    • Richard Strauss - Complete Music for Winds.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    7pm G茅ranium triste; 9pm Sil猫ne noctiflore (L'horloge de flore)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias M枚nius.
    • Decca.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Signum Quartet.
    • Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
    • Capriccio.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Touareg De Fewet

    Analla

    • Musique du Monde.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina (Prelude to Act 1)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Hans Pfitzner.
    • Orfeo.
    • 001.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Gloria (Missa Papae Marcelli)

    Director: Peter Phillips. Choir: Tallis Scholars.
    • Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 4.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Cunning Little Vixen - Suite

    Music Arranger: V谩clav Talich. Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    Piano Concerto Op. 29: ii: Andante

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Il F谩solo

    Ciaconna 'Acceso mio core'

    Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.
    • Il Fasolo: Le Poeme Harmonique/Dumestre.
    • Alpha.
    • 17.
  • Claude Debussy

    Rondes de printemps (Images)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Jan 2020 09:00

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