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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 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (Finale)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • J. Haydn: Symphonies nos. 103 & 104: Norrington.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • ONYX.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Odelette, Op. 162

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Hornpipe in D Major, HWV 356

    Performer: Daniel Moult. Orchestra: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel At Vauxhall, Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.
  • Edgar Bainton

    And I saw a new Heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 9.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Treasure Waltz

    Performer: Heinz Medjimorec. Performer: Alfred Mitterhofer. Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Strauss: Walzer.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Classic Brass.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in D major Op.9`12

    Performer: Frank de Bruine. Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet No 3 in E flat major, Op 97 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Parker Quartet. Performer: Kim Kashkashian.
    • ECM.
  • Arnold Bax

    Dance of Wild Irravel (4 Orchestral Sketches)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: To Lizbie Browne

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu.
    • Jonathan Lemalu: Song recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima (Arranged for Violin & Orchestra)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: J.A.C. Redford. Music Arranger: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚.
    • Voice of the Violin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35: III. Scherzo. Vivace

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph K枚nig.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

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

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Jan谩_ek.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 'Non sa che sia dolore' BWV 209; Sinfonia

    Ensemble: Die Freitagsakademie. Director: Katharina Suske.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (2nd mvt, Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Borodin/Smetana: String Quartet No.2/String Quartet No.1 "From My Life".
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Ecstacy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone. Orchestra: Roma Sinfonietta.
    • Essential Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • William Walton

    Praise ye (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Apex.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Ruins of Athens, Op.113 (Overture)

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

    Sinfonia 脿 8 in A minor ZWV.189 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Interstellar: Stay

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    5 Preludes (no.1 in E minor)

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Pastoral, Op 40 No 6 (Eight Concert Etudes)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Richard Wagner

    Overture and Venusberg Music, concert version (Tannh盲user)

    Performer: William Chandler. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Wagner, Parsifal, an orchestral quest: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.
  • Judith Weir

    We sekyn here rest

    Performer: Louise Thomson. Lyricist: Julian of Norwich. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 301.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle, K.538

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Ramuntcho Suite No 1 (Overture)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos.

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