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Ian Skelly with essential Halloween music, Rakhi Singh, Debussy's Bruyeres

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well-known musicians reveal their favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five great pieces of music for Halloween.

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

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Mon 26 Oct 202009:00
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.6 in D major 'Le matin' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies no. 6-8@ Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruyères (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Valse-caprice no. in A major Op.30

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Faure Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Erato.
    • 103.

  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • American Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Joseph Joachim

    Romance in B flat major, Op.2 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • DG.

  • Jan Antonín Koželuh

    Oboe Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Lost and Found.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Tielman Susato

    4 Dances from Danserye

    Music Arranger: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata no.2 in C minor BWV.526 (1st mvt)

    Performer: David Goode.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works.
    • SIGNUM.

  • George Enescu

    String Octet in C major, Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Members of Kremerata Baltica.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Guitare Op.32

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works - Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Frederick Delius

    North Country Sketches (Autumn)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Paul Le Flem

    Par landes

    Performer: Giorgio Koukl.
    • Le Flem: Complete Piano Works.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 301.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Qual farfalletta (Partenope)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Chandos.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Percy Grainger

    Ramble on Love

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Grainger: Piano Transcriptions: Piers Lane, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Music Arranger: Edwin Lemare. Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Voyages.
    • ERATO.
    • 11.

  • Siri Dyvik

    Travel set

    Composer: Nils Okland. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Conductor: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 9.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Caritas abundat in omnia

    Singer: Arianna Savall. Ensemble: Hirundo Maris.
    • Vox Cosmica.
    • Carpe Diem.
    • 002.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata no.1 in C minor Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorak: Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Chorea (5 Ancient Hungarian Dances)

    Performer: Janna Huneke. Performer: Sarah Devonald. Performer: Mark Lacey. Performer: Tim Swanwick. Performer: Alec Forshaw.
    • Harmoniemusik.
    • The Classical Recording Company.
    • 21.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Ruins of Athens, Op.113 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Beethoven: Complete Overtures: Gewandhausorchester.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Oct 202009:00
    BBC Radio 3