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The best classical morning music

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

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Peterborough String Orchestra.
    • 5 Italian Oboe Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Phyllis Tate

    London Fields – suite: no.4 Hampstead Heath

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lyrita.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Quartet concertant in G minor, Op 15 No 2 (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvo?ák

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr??a.
    • Pentatone.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.
    • NAXOS.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 19 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Orfeo.
    • 3.
  • Rued Langgaard

    Behind the wall stand the little roses (Rosengardsviser, No 2)

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Tamás Vet?.
    • Rued Langgaard: Rose Garden Songs.
    • Dacapo.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Ensemble: Los Otros.
    • Tinto: Los Otros.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Suite (2nd mvmt, Prelude - Activity)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mentre dormi (L'Olimpiade)

    Singer: Sara Mingardo. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.
    • NAXOS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op.10 no.5 'Black key'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 5.
  • Dani Howard

    Ellipsis

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.
    • Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • EMI.
  • Nathaniel Dett

    Ramah (Air Characteristic)

    Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.
    • NAXOS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Evening Primrose (5 Flower Songs, No 4)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950.
    • Collegium.
    • 4.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Yellow Hammers (Colour Suite)

    Performer: Leigh Kaplan.
    • Cambria.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Finishing the hat (Sunday in the Park with George)

    Singer: Mandy Patinkin. Orchestra: Original Broadway Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • Xian Xinghai

    Yellow River Concerto (1st mvmt, Song of the Yellow River Boatmen)

    Composer: Yin Chengzong. Composer: 刘庄. Composer: 储望华. Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Long Yu.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • BIS.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    ?tude No 101 in C sharp major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: ?tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 123.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 71 No 2 (1st mvmt)

    Ensemble: Apollon Musagete Quartet.
    • Apollon Musagète Quartett - Haydn, Brahms, Szymanowski, Shchedrin.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D minor (2nd mvmt, Andante cantabile)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 – William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Valse (Suite no.2 Op.17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • PHILIPS.
  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • MCA Records.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Springtime in Funen (Fynsk For?r)

    Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Singer: Inga Nielsen. Singer: Kim von Binzer. Singer: Jorgen Klint. Choir: University Choir 'Lille Muko'. Choir: St. Klemens School Children's Choir. Conductor: Tamás Vet?.
    • UNICORN KANCHANA.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    The Cat (Sonata representativa)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.
    • Biber: Violin Sonatas: Romanesca.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in C major Op.51`1

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Beethoven: Piano music: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Etcetera.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia - music for the film

    Performer: Renaud Capu?on. Music Arranger: Cyrille Lehn. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 18.
  • Agathe Backer-Grondahl

    Summer Song, Op 45 No 4

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen Z.629 (Symphony in Imitation of Birds)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 502.
  • Paul Constantinescu

    Piano Concerto (3rd mvmt, Presto)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Orchestra: Norddeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Marcus Bosch.
    • Constantinescu: Piano Concerto & Wedding in the Carpathians.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 May 2024 09:30

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