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Ian Skelly with Shostakovich's Jazz Suite and essential music for children

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 – a movement from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five – 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

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Virgin.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea pictures Op.37 (The Swimmer)

    Singer: Kathryn Rudge. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marcia Crayford. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Rodney Slatford. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/The Shepherd on the Rock; Nash Ensemble.
    • I.M.P..
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite no. 1 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor, Op.11 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Clementi-Trio Köln.
    • Largo.
  • Robert White

    Portio mea, Domine

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Phoenix Rising: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor, Op.95 'From the New World' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • GB´óÏó´«Ã½.
  • Herbert Howells

    Rhapsody No 4 for organ

    Performer: Simon Bell. Conductor: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Howells: The Winchester Service and other late works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A major, K 386

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • CBS.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Le Jazz

    Choir: Sbor Lubomíra Pánka. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Zbyněk Vostřák.
    • Supraphon.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ebony concerto for clarinet and jazz band

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Antonia Bembo

    Lamento della Vergine

    Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche. Singer: Roberta Invernizzi.
    • Naive.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dreaming - Envoi (Nursery Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
  • Erik Satie

    Parade

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Serenade & Sonatina No. 2.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overture in the French style, BWV 831 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jane

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Lucy Crowe.
    • Debussy Songs 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

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  • Tue 2 Jun 2020 09:00

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