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Ian Skelly with Essential Sibelius and Vaughan Williams's March Past of the Kitchen Utensils

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Essential Symphony – a movement from the BBC archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five – this week we suggest five great pieces by Sibelius.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Thu 7 May 202009:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne orch Ravel

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • NAIVE.

  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Jubilate Deo

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Ensemble: Nuova Musica. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphony no.9: Baltimore SO/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Anne Dudley

    Three Chorales In Common Time - no.2 Freut Euch, Ihr Christen

    Orchestra: London Session Orchestra. Conductor: Gavyn Wright.
    • Echo.

  • Franz Schubert

    Des Müllers Blumen, D 795 No 9 (Die schöne Müllerin)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Franz Schubert, Die Schone Mullerin: Padmore/Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit

    Performer: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer.
    • DG.

  • Gabriel Pierné

    Scherzo-Caprice in D major, Op.25

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Charleston (Kitchen review - suire)

    Orchestra: Holst-Sinfonietta. Conductor: Klaus Simon.
    • Martinu: Revue de cuisine etc: Holst Sinfonietta/Simon.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Spoon River

    Orchestra: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.38

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rondo alla Zingarese (Piano Quartet Op. 25 in G minor)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Orchestra: Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Raiskin.
    • Schoenberg, Berio: Brahms Arrangements.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Andrea Falconieri

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen.
    • Air, A Baroque Journey: Daniel Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Prelude No 4 in D major, BWV 936

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: Hallé Choir. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing the Piano / Out of Noise.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonata in B Flat Major, BuxWV.255

    Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Alpha.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Ace of Clubs (Four Aces)

    Performer: Philip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Tibor Serly

    Rhapsody for viola and orchestra

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 May 202009:00
    BBC Radio 3