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The ideal morning mix of classical music

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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

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Fri 2 Aug 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • The Copland Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Γ‰tude in F sharp minor, Op 26 No 10

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • ³§²ΉΎ±²Τ³Ω-³§²ΉΓ«²Τ²υ.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 28.

  • Hugo AlfvΓ©n

    Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Op 19 (Midsummer Vigil)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • The Swedish Orchestra.
    • Naxos Sweden - Caprice.
    • 6.

  • Jenny McLeod

    At the Bay (3 Celebrations, No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Pierre de la Rue

    O salutaris hostia

    Ensemble: New York Polyphony.
    • And the Sun Darkened: Music for Passiontide.
    • BIS.
    • 801.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Jesters and Jugglers (The Maid of Orleans)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvmt, Andante moderato)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 19.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G major (2nd mvmt, Presto)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 32, 40, 49, 50.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 111.

  • Henryk MikoΕ‚aj GΓ³recki

    Symphony No 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Joanna Kozlowska. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kazimierz Kord.
    • DECCA.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Furiant (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor PeΕ‘ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Jenny McLeod

    At the Bay (3 Celebrations, No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    NaΓ―s (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Ouvertures: Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Amanda RΓΆntgen-Maier

    Piano Trio in E flat major (3rd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Kati Raitinen. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Amanda Maier: Complete Works.
    • GOZZI RECORDS AB.
    • 03.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    In a Summer Garden

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

  • Jenny McLeod

    At the Bay (3 Celebrations, No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Trad.

    Po karekare Ana

    Music Arranger: Paraire Tomoana. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Ensemble: Maori Music Group. Ensemble: The Abbey Road Ensemble.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Michael Nyman

    To the Edge of the Earth (The Piano)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • The Composer's Cut Series, Vol. III: The Piano.
    • Michael Nyman Records.
    • 2.

  • Madeleine Dring

    A Bay in Anglesey (5 Betjeman Songs, No 1)

    Performer: Nathan Williamson. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol. 3.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer (Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea - conclusion)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Marche Ecossaise, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Scott Joplin

    Elite Syncopations

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Concerto No 3: 2nd movement (Adagio)

    Ensemble: Nova Casa.
    • Leclair - Blow - Matteis - Brescianello.
    • Magnatune.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, 'Italian' (1st mvmt, Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian" - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "Great".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Agathe Backer-Grondahl

    Aftnen er stille (The Evening is Quiet)

    Choir: Edvard Grieg Kor. Singer: Hilde Veslemoy Hagen. Singer: Orjan Hartveit. Conductor: Paul Robinson.
    • Edvard Grieg Kor Sings Grieg.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Alessio Allegrini, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Canti della stagione alta (Songs of the High Season): 1st mvmt

    Performer: Marisa Borini. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Alberth.
    • FY.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme (Ballet Music No 6)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TAFELMUSIK.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Serenade for Wind in D minor, Op 44 (2nd mvmt, Menuetto)

    Conductor: Jakub HrΕ―Ε‘a. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • Supraphon.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 22 (No 1)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • 12 Stradivari.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • ONDINE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`2 (Gavotte)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 16.

  • Clarice Assad

    Sin fronteras

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 201.

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  • Fri 2 Aug 2024 09:30
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