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Monday with Ian Skelly - Dame Penelope Keith, Smetana Ma Vlast, The Frog Service

Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and Dame Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Actress Dame Penelope Keith on some of the things that have inspired and influenced her throughout her life and career.

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Mon 29 Jan 2018 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss

    Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 13, TrV 137: II. Scherzo. Presto

    Performer: Tilo Widenmeyer. Ensemble: Munich Piano Trio.
    • The Young Richard Strauss.
    • Genuin.
    • 202.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Infelice, Op 94

    Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Brahms/Mendelssohn: Dame Janet Baker/Richard Hickox.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor, Op.16

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Wieniawski, Sarasate: James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel.
    • CBC Records.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Symfonick媒 orchestr hlavn铆ho m臎sta Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C major K.299, Last Mvt.

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Performer: Magali Mosnier. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Xavier de Maistre: Mozart.
    • Sony.
    • 6.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Amadis (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Semp茅.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No.1 in D major op.19 - ii. Scherzo

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Conctertos.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.50`6 'The Frog' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to St Cecilia, Op.27

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.

  • Richard Wagner

    Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (G枚tterd盲mmerung)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata 1

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Kapsberger: Lute Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Eric Coates

    Halcyon Days - Elizabeth Tudor (The Three Elizabeths)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
    • Classics for Pleasure.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Piece no.3 in B major

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Sextet in A major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture, Op.81

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Sony.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata pian' e forte alla quarta bassa 脿 8

    Music Arranger: Eric Crees. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Mark Ridenour.
    • CSO Resound.

  • Franz Liszt

    Die Heimkehr (Six Polish Songs transc for piano)

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt: The complete music for solo piano - Volume 5: Leslie Howard.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Ole Olsen

    The Ride of Asgaard, Op 10

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Ole Olsen: Symphony No.1 etc..
    • BIS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jan 2018 09:00
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