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Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4, Stephen Mangan, Student life in Rome

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actor Stephen Mangan.

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

0915 Ian's pick of the new releases, including music by Tchaikovsky

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is Bach's 4th Brandenburg Concerto.

1010 Time Traveller - John Henry Clay with a quirky slice of cultural history, charting the tale of a disaffected university tutor from Ancient Rome.

1050 This week Ian鈥檚 guest is the actor Stephen Mangan, best known for his roles in 鈥淕reen Wing鈥�, 鈥淚鈥檓 Alan Partridge鈥� and 鈥淓pisodes鈥�, and recently 蜜芽传媒 television鈥檚 鈥淭he Split鈥�. 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 with music by Eduard Tubin.

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Music and featured items

  • Nicola Porpora

    La gioia ch'io sento (Mitridate)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.
    • Philippe Jaroussky - Porpora Arias.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in D minor, Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Dvorak/Myslivecek: Blaserserenaden: Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 28 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.
    • Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67 - Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 18.

  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    July 2016/17 (12 Piano Prisms, No 1 in E flat major)

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • Tanya Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • Bach Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 001.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No 2 in B flat major, Op 87 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Hartmut Rohde. Performer: Stefan Fehlandt. Performer: Gustav Rivinius.
    • Heimbach Chamber Music Festival - Brahms, Mendelssohn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 006.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Der Gartner, Op.17 no .3

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Delyth Wynne. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Christian Rutherford. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Choral Works.
    • Philips.
    • 21.

  • James P. Johnson

    Yamekraw

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Performer: Gary Hammond. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Jazz Nocturne.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.

  • Time Traveller: Student Life In Rome by John-Henry Clay

    Duration: 02:25

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pini di Roma - symphonic poem: I Pini di Villa Borghese

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.
    • 3944292.
    • 5.

  • Plainchant

    Alma Redemptoris mater [Old Hall MS]

    Singer: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • CDC7541112.
    • 19.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Per lui che adoro (L'Italiana in Algeri)

    Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Singer: Rafael Harnisch. Singer: Dominik Licht. Singer: Matthias Beutlich. Choir: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Overture: Jealousy

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Janacek: Taras Bulba/Fiddler's Child etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto 'con molti strumenti' in C major, RV 558

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No 6 in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sofya Gulyak.
    • Sofya Gulyak - Piano.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 010.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Stephen Mangan on Adrian Mole

    Duration: 03:48

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C major, K 66 (Dominicus) - Agnus Dei

    Singer: Charlotte Margiono. Singer: Elisabeth von Magnus. Singer: Uwe Heilmann. Singer: Gilles Cachemaille. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Choir: Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Vienna. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Dominicus Messe, Vesperae de Dominica.
    • Teldec.
    • 016.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Elegiac trio No 1 in G minor

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninov - Piano Trios.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.11 in E major, G.275 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante.
    • Boccherini: String Quintets.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.4)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra; Bournemouth Symph, Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 35.

  • Eduard Tubin

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mark Lubotsky. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.

  • Andrea Falconiero

    Battaglia de Barabasso yerno de Satanas

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Clara Schumann

    Die stille Lotosblume, Op 13 No 6

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Stephan Loges.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C major, H.1.82 (The Bear) (Finale - Vivace)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Haydn: Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours".
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Sep 2018 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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