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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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Apr 2024 09:30

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.

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