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Great classical music for your morning

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Naxos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in D Major, K. 381: III. Allegro molto

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Arielle Beck.
    • Four Hands.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Glen Dempsey. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Locus Iste.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Richard Strauss

    Liebesliedchen for Piano Quartet

    Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Les Roses d'Ispahan

    Composer: Leconte de Lisle. Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Paysage.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 15.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Concert Overture in E major Op.12

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Szymanowski: Violin concertos, Concert Overture.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chabrier: Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian Knot Unty'd

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Rêverie et caprice Op.8

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Charles Koechlin

    The Seven Stars' Symphony, Op. 132: II. Lilian Harvey

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Un siècle de musique française.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • EÌ„riks EsÌŒenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony No 12 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Bamert.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Sony.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani: The Four Seasons, Act III: II. Spring

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: New Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Verdi: Opera Choruses; Overtures & Ballet music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Live In Rome.
    • Gimell.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 24.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major, Op 98b (American)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum.
  • Vladimir Cosma

    Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 19.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Scherzando in A major, H.2.38

    Ensemble: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Haydn: Music for Prince Esterhazy and the King of Naples: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien.
    • Bis.
    • 21-24.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 238

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

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  • Thu 30 May 2024 09:30

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