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World-class classical music – live

Ian Skelly is joined in the studio by cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Amy Beach

    Masked Ball, Op.22

    Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.106 'Actus Tragicus': Bestelle dein Haus

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 6 in C major, D.589 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Schubert Symphonies vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 no.6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Lyric Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 1 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Transfigured Night.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude from Suite No.1 in G major

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Seventeen Come Sunday (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Vaughan Williams A Pastoral Symphony, Symphony No.4 in F minor, English Folk Son.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande from Suite No.4 in E flat major

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
  • Charles Gounod

    Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette)

    Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Kaleidoscope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo HWV7 (Overture)

    Ensemble: London Händel Players.
    • Handel at ѿý Vol.2.
    • SOMM.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quadro No. 1 in G major, TWV.43:G1: 1st mvt (Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro)

    Ensemble: London Händel Players.
    • SOMM.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major Op.72 no.7

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances: RSNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Whispers of Summer

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 11.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a Nursery Song (conclusion)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Mar 2025 17:00

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