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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Nicknames, Prue Leith, Carmina Burana

Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and cookery writer and restaurateur Prue Leith talks about her inspirations and influences.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The cookery writer, novelist, restaurateur and television presenter Prue Leith talks about the things that have inspired her throughout her life and career.

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Thu 15 Feb 2018 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Early one morning

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 146, 'Wir m眉ssen durch viel Tr眉bsal')

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Cantatas, Vol. 44.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor - 2nd mvt: Andante

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Avie.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata for piano(H.16.46) in A Flat major, 3rd mvt; Presto

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina burana: O fortuna

    Singer: Patricia Petibon. Singer: Hans-Werner Bunz. Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • DG.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Una limosna por el amor de Dios

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Brahms Handel Variations - Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Time Traveller: Nicknames by Alun Withey

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer'

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Andr茅 Messager

    Solo de concours for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta: Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima Virga, Ave

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Director: Barbara Thornton.
    • Canticles of Ecstasy.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
    • 011.

  • Prue Leith on her love of gardening

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.6 in B flat, K238

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.2)

    Music Arranger: Paul Archibald. Ensemble: English Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • Sverre Bergh

    Norwegian Dance No 2 'Old Holin'

    Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
    • NORWEGIAN PIANO MUSIC.
    • NAXOS.
    • 008.

  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia para un gentilhombre (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen, D 920 (first version)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Singer: Udo Reinemann. Choir: Utrecht Vocal Soloists. Conductor: Udo Reinemann.
    • Globe Glo 5021 Schubert - Utrecht Vocal Soloists - Reinemann.
    • Globe.
    • 1.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld - Concert Overture

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
    • Mercury.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Feb 2018 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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