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Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest

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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Last on

Tue 10 Dec 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Leos Janáček

    Sokol Fanfare (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba: Wiener Philharmoniker/Mackerras.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op 26

    Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • LINN.
  • Claude Balbastre

    Ou s'en vont ces gais bergers?

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.
    • Daquin/Balbastre/Noels A L'orgue d'uzes/Christmas Organ Music Marie-Claire Alain.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C major Op.9`1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jiri Zilak. Performer: Jan Motlik. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.
    • Saint-Georges: Symphonies and Violin Concertos Vol 5.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 2.
  • Kerry Andrew

    Apples, Plums, Cherries

    Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon - Overture

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.
  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Christmas carols Sz.57

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.
    • Philips.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Consecration of the House - Overture

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration) & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Gustav Holst

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Decca.
  • Kerry Andrew

    EC Playlister clip 101224

    Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Francesco Manfredini

    Sinfonia da chiesa in D major, Op 2 No 12, 'Sinfonia pastorale'

    Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Christian Trompler. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Gérard Korsten. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on earth

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 1.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite: III. Minuet

    Ensemble: London Brass Virtuosi. Conductor: David Honeyball.
    • English Music for Brass: Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Ireland.
    • CRD.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz of the Flowers (Moscow Cheryomushki)

    Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O Ruddier Than The Cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Chandos.
  • Eric Coates

    Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Amy Beach

    Masked Ball, Op.22

    Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird): 4th mvmt (Rondo - Presto)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Philippe Verdelot

    Beata es virgo, Maria à 7

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Christmas Carols and Motets.
    • Gimell.
    • 9.
  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
    • RPO.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    March in D major, K 445

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Ensemble. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Mozart: Divertimento K334 & Oboe Quartet K370: SCO/Janiczek.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Messe de minuit pour Noël

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle in A minor Op.6

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Harri Mäki. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto No. 6 in G Minor, RV 316a 'La stravaganza'

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    A Cradle song

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Celestial Bird.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 8.

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