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Ian Skelly with essential music for children and Beethoven's Zur Namensfeier

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

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Essential Symphony 鈥 a movement from the 大象传媒 archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five pieces of music for children.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Sarema (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Alexander Zemlinsky 1871-1942.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30

    Performer: Lukas Geniu拧as.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas & Sonate No. 3.
    • Mirare.
    • 4.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Go, lovely rose (3 Flower Songs)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Cloudburst and other choral works.
    • HYPERION.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Quintet in D major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: the Early Chamber Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture in C major Op.115 (zur Namensfeier)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • SONY.
  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

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

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Suite espa帽ola (Sevilla)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milo拧: The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Oboe sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • CALA.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella's Waltz; Midnight (Cinderella Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella; Romeo and Juliet.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Cecilia virgo

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • HYPERION.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Come Ye Sons of Art: See nature rejoicing

    Ensemble: Tavener Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Gilbert Kalish.
    • Bernstein/Kirchner/Gershwin: Made in America: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6-8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV.1066 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra M眉llejans. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17.
  • Claude Debussy

    La boite a joujoux [The Toy Box]: The Toy Shop

    Music Arranger: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • SEATTLESYMPHONY.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Caprice in E flat major, Op.1 no.14

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
    • Paganini: 24 Capricci: Leonidas Kavacos.
    • Dynamic.
    • 14.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le spectre de la rose (Les nuits d'茅t茅)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete: SCO/Ticciati.
    • Linn.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A Major, Op. Post. 120 D. 664: II. Andante

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • Ll欧r Williams: Schubert, Vol. 6.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 325

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.
    • Vivaldi: Carmignola/Venice Baroque Orchestra/Marcon.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7-9.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Canzon vigesimanona 脿 8; Canzon 脿 4

    Ensemble: London Brass.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Josef Suk

    String Serenade Op.6 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 - Suk: Serenade f眉r Streicher, Op. 6.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 204.

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  • Thu 4 Jun 2020 09:00

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