
Monday with Ian Skelly - Knossos, Wiren's Serenade for Strings, Stephen Mangan
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, the actor Stephen Mangan.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. Includes an orchestral serenade by Ruth Gipps, a piano sonata by Beethoven and a concerto for three violins by J S Bach.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today - what might go well with Dag Wiren's March from his Serenade - a familiar tune even if not a familiar composer.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Matthew Sweet on a creative use of concrete in Crete.
1050 This week Ian’s guest is the actor Stephen Mangan, best known for his roles in “Green Wing”, “I’m Alan Partridge” and “Episodes”, and recently ѿý television’s “The Split”. He talks about some of the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation
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Music and featured items
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1&2: LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas.
- Sony Classical.
- 11.
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Frédéric Chopin
Introduction et Polonaise brillante, Op 3
Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- VIRGIN.
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Ruth Gipps
Song for Orchestra op 22 (1948)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major
Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.- Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Dag Wirén
Serenade, Op.11 (Marcia)
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Symphony No. 3.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet G minor K.478 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Michael Barenboim. Performer: Yulia Deyneka. Performer: Kian Soltani.- DG.
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Götterdämmerung)
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Wagner - Dudamel.
- Gustavo Dudamel.
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Dag Wirén
Serenade, Op.11 (Marcia)
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Symphony No. 3.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Franz Schubert
Credo - Et Incarnatus Est (Mass no. 6 in E flat major D.950)
Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: James Gilchrist. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Within a Dream. A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox.
- Chandos.
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Time Traveller: Knossos by Matthew Sweet
Duration: 02:50
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo (Overture)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
Franz Liszt
Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (3me Années de pèlerinage)
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage: Bertrand Chamayou.
- Naive.
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Trevor Duncan
Little suite for orchestra: March
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- MARCO POLO.
Hamish MacCunn
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
- Hyperion.
- 001.
Zoltán Kodály
Intermezzo
Ensemble: Dante Quartet.- HYPERION.
Cultural Inspirations: Stephen Mangan on Mozart's Requiem
Duration: 03:58
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K 626)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Choir: Swedish Radio Choir.- DG.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064
Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 10-12.
Gabriel Fauré
Fantaisie Op.79
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.- ALPHA.
John Foulds
Keltic Overture Op.28
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: ѿý Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
O Canto do Cisne Negro, W122 (Arr. R. Bonfiglio for Harmonica & Orchestra)
Composer: Robert Bonfiglio. Performer: Robert Bonfiglio. Orchestra: New York Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Villa-Lobos: Works for Harmonica.
- Naxos.
- 401.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.24 in F sharp major Op.78
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- The Piano Sonatas Vol. VI.
- ECM.
- 6-7.
George Frideric Handel
Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon)
Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.- Handel Duets: The English Concert.
- Chaconne.
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Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Best of The Academy.
- EMI Classics.
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Broadcast
- Mon 10 Sep 2018 09:00ѿý Radio 3