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The ideal mix of classical 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 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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances Set 2 (No 1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Arnold: Symphony No. 1 etc.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 2.
  • Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

    Erwin und Elmire (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter G眉lke.
    • Masters of the Goethe Era.
    • Capriccio.
    • 6.
  • Philip Glass

    Anthem Part I (Powaqqatsi)

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.
    • Circle Line.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 18.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    November (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047

    Performer: Gabriele Cassone. Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Liza Lehmann

    The Wren (Birdsongs)

    Singer: Janice Watson. Performer: Steuart Bedford.
    • Naxos.
  • Guy Woolfenden

    Gallimaufry

    Ensemble: Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Harlan D. Parker.
    • Naxos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Turn our captivity, O Lord

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.
    • ALPHA.
  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cypresses B.152 - 3. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Old World - New World.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Una Dia de noviembre

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Naxos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The heavens are telling (The Creation)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Creation.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 14.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire (Overture)

    Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Naxos.
  • Moondog

    Pastoral II

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Lost & Found.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 106.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Florence Price

    The Mississippi River

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Spring Song (Song without Words in A major)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Gemma McGregor

    Love was his meaning

    Performer: Louise Thomson. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 701.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre Du Roi Soleil: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Sa.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Imogen Holst

    Persephone

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 1.
  • Anton Rubinstein

    2 Melodies Op.3 (no.1 in F major)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Piano Album 2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 04.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Nov 2024 09:30

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