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A feast of great music

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

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

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

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

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Ravel: Bolero: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Se muove

    Performer: Amanda Keesmaat. Performer: Luc Beaus茅jour. Performer: Sylvain Bergeron. Singer: Shannon Mercer.
    • Francesca Caccini: O Viva Rosa.
    • Analekta.
    • 5.

  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze in F major

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Julien Masmondet. Conductor: Julien Masmondet.
    • Strauss: Don Quixote & Cello Works.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 104.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 1 Twilight Way)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Dvor谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Michael Allen. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Legends: Canadian Brass.
    • Opening Day Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Waverley Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Menuets en rondeau (Les Paladins)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
    • 9.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Gluckwunsch, Op.38 no.1

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Korngold; Strauss: Lieder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Path茅tique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Path茅tique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Violin Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Joanna Kurkowicz. Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
    • Chandos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.141

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Erato.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Performer: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Byrd: Motets.
    • Choir of King鈥檚 College.
    • 14.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Composer: Henry F. Chorley. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Sirens' Song.
    • CORO.
    • 24.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Notturno (Lyric pieces - book 5 Op.54)

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto & Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: J谩nos Rolla.
    • Haydn/Hertel/Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Andre/Rolla.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Allegro Feroce

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut cervus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Palestrina: Sicut cervus: I. Sicut cervus.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • Schubert: Octet.
    • Nimbus.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije - suite, Op 60

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Telarc.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Three Piece Suite (Arr. for Oboe & Piano by Roger Lord): III. Finale

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal. Music Arranger: Roger Lord.
    • Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Les chasseresses (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Delibes: The 3 Ballets: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Zdenka's Variations arr. for wind quintet

    Music Arranger: Alban Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 63 No 3

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

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