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Ian Skelly with Essential Vivaldi, Schubert's An die Musik, Berlioz and the Octobass

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.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five essential works by Vivaldi.

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

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Fri 3 Apr 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Capriccio in A minor (3 Pieces Op.23)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Dohnanyi: Piano Music: Martin Roscoe.
    • ASV.

  • Maurice Ravel

    L'Aurore

    Singer: Marc Duguay. Choir: Ch艙ur de l鈥橴niversit茅 Paris-Sorbonne. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Universit茅 Paris-Sorbonne. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert.
    • Prix de Rome Cantatas.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 9.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (Act 4 Symphony)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    There is a flower

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • What Sweeter Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    F锚te polonaise (Le roi malgr茅 lui)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D.547

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • DG.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY.

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major Op.6 (1st mv)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    Palm Court Waltz

    Performer: Ian Brown. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Lennox Berkeley: A Centenary Tribute: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Helios.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance for viola and orchestra Op.85

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gerard Reuter. Performer: Marc Schachman. Performer: Charles Neidich. Performer: Ayako Oshima. Performer: Dennis Godburn. Performer: Michael O'Donovan. Performer: William Purvis. Performer: Stewart Rose. Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Conductor: Charles Neidich.
    • Beethoven: Chamber music for wind instruments: Mozzafiato/Neidich.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Music Makers, Op 69 (Introduction; 'We are the music makers')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: The Music Makers/Sea Pictures: LSC/LSO/Hickox.
    • EMI.
    • 1-2.

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    From harmony, from heav'nly harmony (Ode for St Cecilia's Day)

    Choir: Ch艙ur des Musiciens du Louvre. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Royal Handel.
    • Naive.
    • 14.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

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

  • Gerald Finzi

    Summer schemes (Earth and air and rain, Op.15)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Finzi: The English Song Series 15: Williams/Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Vivaldi: La Viole de gambe in Concerto: Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    On the Seashore Op.17

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion CDA68062.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt0

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.5: LSO/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scherzo for strings

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Vanska/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Apr 2020 09:00
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