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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

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in D major, H VIIb 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Müllerâ€Schott. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Haydn, Beethoven: Muller-Schott.
    • Orfeo.
    • 7.
  • Robert Schumann

    Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Víkingur Ólafsson - From Afar.
    • DG.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 103.
  • Malcolm Sargent

    An Impression on a Windy Day

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries.
    • ASV.
    • 9.
  • James Horner

    A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (From "A Beautiful Mind")

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Helena Blackman. Conductor: James Fitzpatrick.
    • 100 Greatest Classical Pieces.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 10.
  • Gottfried Keller

    Ciaccona in G Major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • The London Album.
    • Audax Records.
    • 115.
  • Franz Lehár

    Ballsirenen Waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D, K.485

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
  • Charles Gounod

    String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.
    • Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
    • ´¡±è²¹°ù³Ùé.
    • 111.
  • Richard Strauss

    September (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Strauss: 4 Last Songs: Renee Fleming.
    • RCA.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Prelude (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Arabesque in G minor Op.61 for piano

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro in G flat major

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists.
    • ±õ²Ô»å鳧±ð²Ô²õ.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.
  • John Foulds

    April-England Op.48`1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Foulds - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering, BWV1079: Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium

    Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Philip Glass

    Knee Play 1 (Einstein on the Beach)

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • SONY.
  • Frank Loesser

    Inchworm

    • Inchworm.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 1.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Imitation Game

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael England.
    • Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot, Op 16

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Galina Grigorjeva

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Theatre of Voices. Ensemble: Yxus Quartet. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ONDINE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatina in G minor D.408 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.
    • Pieter Wispelwey - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonate, 3 Sonatinas.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Variations on a Cavatina from Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 2

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

    Concert Waltz Op.13

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte BWV.174 (Sinfonia concerto)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • William Byrd

    Callino Casturame, BK 35

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet/Horn Quintet/Oboe Quartet: Academy of St. Martin in the.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique, Op.3

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

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