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Ian Skelly with 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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cavatina (Miniatures for two violins and viola, Op 75a)

    Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartet - No.8 Op.80, Miniatures B.149; Cypresses B.152..
    • Praga.
    • 5.
  • Rolf Martinsson

    St. Luke Passion: Introduction

    Choir: Vaxjo Cathedral Oratorio Choir. Ensemble: Vaxjo Cathedral Oratorio Ensemble. Conductor: Sten-Inge Petersson.
    • Daphne.
  • Florence Price

    Mississippi River Suite (final section)

    Orchestra: Women's Philharmonic. Conductor: Apo Hsu.
    • Koch.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Intermezzo: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    July (from Das Jahr)

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • CPO.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.3 in D major Op.33 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Gran Partita.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Russian songs Op.41

    Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Rachmaninoff: Choral Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Conductor: James DePreist. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony etc: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/DePreist.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances, Op.21

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz.
    • CARLTON.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Rautavaara: Angel of Light etc..
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Pianger貌 la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e. Director: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • G. F. Handel: Cleopatra: Arias from Giulio Cesare: Natalie Dessay/Emmanuelle Hai.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • John Ireland

    Amberley Wild Brooks

    Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Ireland: Piano Works 3: John Lenehan.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.
  • Gustav Holst

    Suite no.2 in F major Op.28`2

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in A major, Op 53 No 6

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 24.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Ensemble: Melos Ensmble.
    • EMI Classics.

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  • Fri 10 Jul 2020 09:00

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