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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential flute music, Alpesh Chauhan, Richard Rodney Bennett's Murder on the Orient Express

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we bring you five great pieces of music written for the flute.

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

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Wed 30 Sep 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Clairieres dans le ciel (Les lilas qui avaient fleuri)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • BIS.

  • Trad.

    Now Found is the Fairest of Roses

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 16.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for two violins in C major, RV.507

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd-Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)

    Music Arranger: Christian Lindberg. Performer: Christian Lindberg. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • The Romantic Trombone.
    • Bis.
    • 7.

  • Philippe de Monte

    La dolce vista della donna mia

    Ensemble: Cinquecento.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.

  • John Playford

    Lilliburlero - Maiden Lane - Halfe Hannikin - Sellengers Rownde

    Music Arranger: William Lyons. Ensemble: The City Musick. Director: William Lyons.
    • AVIE.

  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Esther Jung-A Park.
    • Perspectives.
    • Delos.
    • 7.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Music for String Orchestra: Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion BWV.245 (Herr, unser Herrscher')

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp Op.40 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turnadot (Signore, asolta!)

    Singer: Ekaterina Siurina. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.
    • DELOS.

  • Vivien Ellis

    Coronation Scot (Paul Temple)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Cabaret Songs (Calypso)

    Singer: Jill Gomez. Performer: Martin Jones.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Se la mia morte brami

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Gesualdo: O Dolce Mio Tesoro.
    • PHI.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    The little train of the caipira (Bachiana brasileira no.2)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Volume 1.
    • Bis.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture, Op.81

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D major Op.94 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • EMI.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • James McMillan

    Memento

    Ensemble: Emperor Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • James McMillan

    Christus vincit

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: David De Winter. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Trisch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Galton Concert Productions.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, s眉sser Tod, BWV.478

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stokowski - Bach Transcriptions Volume 1.
    • Naxos.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Prokofiev & Stravinsky.
    • Naive.
    • 01.

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