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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 favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best classical music for your morning, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Including the Playlister challenge: our regular listener-created sequence inspired by a different piece of music each day. Plus a new classical release in focus for Album of the Week.

1000 Playlister starter: listen and send us your ideas for the next step in today's musical journey. Text 83111 or email essentialclassics@bbc.co.uk.

1030 Album of the Week: an exciting new classical release in focus throughout the week.

1115 Playlister reveal: an uninterrupted sequence of music suggested by you in response to today's starter piece.

1200 Feast of a Piece: indulge your ears with an orchestral masterpiece.

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Thu 21 Aug 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Violin Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Tchaikovsky / Glazunov: Violin Concertos.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.664 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Radu Lupu plays Schubert.
    • Decca.
    • 34.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Papillon Op.77

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.

  • Ulysses Kay

    Concerto for Orchestra; 1st mvt

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in A-Flat, Op. 25 no 1: "Aeolian Harp"

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Green Bushes

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Grainger: Power of Love (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: Malin Broman. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Breaking Waves.
    • BIS.
    • 105.

  • William Byrd

    Quomodo cantabimus

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Edward Elgar

    Soliloquy

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • DG.

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.
    • Where is 蜜芽传媒 / Hae ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannh盲user: Overture

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Papillon: Main Theme

    Lyricist: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • Papillon (Expanded Original Soundtrack).
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Spinning Song (Song without Words - Bk 6 Op.67)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Valse des rayons (Le papillon)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Famous Waltzes.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Faur茅: Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1

    Lyricist: Victor Hugo.
    • Faur茅: La chanson d'脠ve & Other Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
    • OEHMS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied

    Performer: Alexander Mason. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Marie Ja毛ll

    Cello Concerto in F Major: III. Andantino sostenuto

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • Cello Concerto in F Major/III. Andantino sostenuto.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che far貌 senza Euridice?"

    Singer: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: La Petite Bande. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • ACCENT.

  • Kod谩ly Zolt谩n

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis Angelicus (Mass, Op 12)

    Performer: Cinzia Maurizio. Performer: Luigi Piovano. Performer: Daniele Rossi. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Conductor: Charles Neidich.
    • Beethoven: Chamber music for wind instruments: Mozzafiato/Neidich.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Morris: Ritmico (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3