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Ian Skelly with Wallen's Photography and essential bird music

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

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

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five pieces inspired by birds.

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

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Tue 7 Jul 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Traditional Romanian

    The Lark

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Georgia Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op 48, No 2

    Performer: Bruno Rigutto.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto Movement for Horn in E flat Major K.370b

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Alpha.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The King shall rejoice - Coronation Anthem No 3, HWV 260

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Robin Blaze. Singer: Michael George. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel - Coronation Anthems.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 007.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.

  • Gerald Finzi

    I praise the tender flower (Part songs, Op 17 No 1)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    I have loved flowers that fade (Part songs, Op 17 No 2)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Gerald Finzi

    My spirit sang all day (Part songs, Op 17, No 3)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Music for Trumpet.
    • Sony.
    • 1-3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Leopold String Trio.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Leopold String Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (Images, Book 2, orch. Colin Matthews)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Joseph Crouch.
    • Vivaldi Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 16.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op 62

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. Fanfare

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • The Very Best of English Song.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 501.

  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Botsford

    Black and White Rag

    Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: Winifred Atwell.
    • Piers Lane Goes To Town Again.
    • HYPERION.
    • 31.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major, Op 76 No 3, 'Emperor' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Juch holla, freut euch mit mir

    Singer: Julla Von Landsberg. Singer: Christine-Maria Rembeck. Ensemble: United Continuo Ensemble. Director: Thor-Harald Johnsen.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Quartet Op.88

    Music Arranger: Christoph Enzel. Ensemble: Clair-Obscur.
    • Kapustin: Saxophone Chamber Music.
    • Capriccio.
    • 07.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus (preceded by Antiphon)

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble.
    • Monteverdi: The Other Vespers.
    • Decca.
    • 2-3.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.5 in B flat major, H.37

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.

  • Lowell Liebermann

    Nocturne No 2, Op 31

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • Avie.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, Op 38 'Spring' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • R. Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Op. 38 "Spring" - Schubert: Symphony No. 3, D. 200.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 4.

  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Das M眉hlrad, Op 72

    • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Lied-Edition, Vol. 2.
    • Orfeo.
    • 2.

  • P茅rez Prado

    Qu茅 Rico el Mambo

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Music Arranger: Joshua Davis. Ensemble: Havana Horns.
    • Alpha.

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  • Tue 7 Jul 2020 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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