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The classical soundtrack for your evening

Ian Skelly is joined in the studio by cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkönig (arranged for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Singer: Mary Bevan.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Siciliano' Flute Sonata, BWV 1031

    Music Arranger: Paul Wittgenstein. Music Arranger: Paul Wittgenstein. Performer: Yeol Eum Son. Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Kodály Zoltán

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvmt Andante)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DG.
  • Carl Czerny

    La Ricordanza - variations on a favourite theme of Rode Op.33

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.
  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude (Tristan und Isolde)

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Boulez Conducts Wagner.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K 545 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat anima mea (Magnificat in D major, BWV 243)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria; Caldara: Stabat Mater; Bach: Magnificat.
    • Collins Digital.
    • 22.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op.50 arr McFerrin for voice and orchestra.

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Hubert Parry

    Ye congregated pow'rs of heav'n' (Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. Conductor: William Vann. Singer: David Butt Philip.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Florestan's aria

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. Singer: David Butt Philip.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major

    • Chopin: 24 Préludes - Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 117 No. 1 - Schumann: Ghost Variat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies nos. 5 & 1: Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Mar 202517:00

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