Classical coffee break
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.
1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
- Decca.
- 1.
-
Franz Schubert
Ständchen (Schwanengesang, D.957)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- DG.
-
Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
- DIVOX.
- 3.
-
Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Suite: Orford Ness
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
-
Arnold Bax
4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)
Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Bax: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 2.
-
Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore, Act 2 Scene 8: Una furtiva lagrima (Arr. for Solo Trumpet by W
Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
- Chandos.
- 112.
-
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
Concerto in E minor for violin, strings and basso continuo
Performer: David Plantier. Ensemble: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Director: Václav Luks.- Brescianello: Concerti, Sinfonie, Ouverture.
- Glossa.
- 7-9.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
-
Thomas Vautor
Sweet Suffolke Owle
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- Madrigals.
- Warner Classics.
- 220.
-
Alfred Grünfeld
Soirées de Vienne Op.56
Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.- Strauss, Johann ii : Waltz Transcriptions For Piano: Rudolf Buchbinder.
- Elatus.
- 1.
-
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: II. Allegretto grazioso
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
- Chandos.
- 102.
-
Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Concerto in F major H.18.3 (1st mvt)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- CHANDOS.
-
Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Phaeton: Overture
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ERATO.
-
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Orfeo.
-
George Frideric Handel
Samson, Act 1, 2: 'Total Eclipse'
Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.- As Steals The Morn: Handel Arias & Scenes For Tenor.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 7.
-
Ferde Grofé
Grand Canyon Suite (Sunset)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Hans-Dieter Baum.- Capriccio.
-
Sir Hamilton Harty
A John Field Suite (Polka)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Harty: A John Field Suite: Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 1.
-
Edward Gregson
Friday A.M.
Performer: Murray McLachlan.- Edward Gregson: Complete Music for Solo Piano.
- Naxos.
- 701.
-
Ottorino Respighi
Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon.
-
Margaret Hubicki
Theme and Variations for string quartet
Ensemble: Bochmann String Quartet.- Chandos.
-
Zoltán Kodály
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
-
Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder: No. 3, "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.- EDEN (Deluxe Edition).
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concerto no. 1 (BWV.1046) in F major
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
-
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)
Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 1.
-
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne
Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Fauré & Poulenc.
- harmonia mundi.
- 115.
-
Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Sexteto Mistico
Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.- Villa-Lobos - Chamber & Choral Music.
- Lorelt.
- 1.
-
Isaac Albéniz
España arr for guitar (Zortzico)
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.- Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
- EMI Classics.
- 14.
-
Joachim Raff
Romeo and Juliet - overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Mon 8 Apr 2024 09:30鶹Լ Radio 3