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A feast of great music

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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

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

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

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

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Aug 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Les chasseresses (Sylvia)

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

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézetâ€Séguin.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Stewart Goodyear

    Callaloo (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Gershwin & Goodyear.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
    • 03.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Il Proteo ò il Mondo al Roverscio for violin, cello, 2 flutes, 2 oboes,

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X2².
    • Signum Classics.
    • 120.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Freunde von Salamanka (Overture)

    Lyricist: Johann Mayrhofer. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer.
    • Schubert: Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326; Der Spiegelritter, D. 11.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Amy Dickson. Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mikel Toms.
    • Amy Dickson. Glass Tavener Nyman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in G minor Op 2 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 7.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    When maiden loves (The Yeomen of the Guard)

    Lyricist: William S. Gilbert. Singer: Pamela Helen Stephen. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard & Trial by Jury.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure

    Music Arranger: Henk de Vlieger. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Wagner: The Ring, An Orchestral Adventure & Siegfried Idyll.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 No.6

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joby Talbot

    Fool'd Paradise (Part 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Fool's Paradise.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Cello Sonata No 1 in G (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Eloquence.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dio, che nell'alma infodere (Don Carlo)

    Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Classic FM: The Full Works).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 – Barry: Beethoven, Piano Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    My beloved spake

    Singer: Julian Podger. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Charles Pott. Singer: Peter Harvey. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: Cacilien-Ode; Zwei Verse Anthems.
    • Archiv Producktion.
    • 14.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Love at Last.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 17.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scenes historiques - suite no.1 Op.25 (Festivo)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Jean Sibelius: Scenes Historiques I & II, Rakastava, Valse Lyrique.
    • Chandos.
  • William Walton

    Facade Suite

    Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Lambert: Horoscope – Bliss: Checkmate – Walton: Façade.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata [F.A.E.] (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Decca.
  • Eric Coates

    Footlights - Concert Waltz

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • KnudÃ¥ge Riisager

    Erasmus Montanus Overture, Op. 1

    • Riisager: Etudes.
    • Chandos.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K.136 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    I have a love & Mambo (West Side Story Suite)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • America.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

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  • Mon 19 Aug 2024 09:30

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