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The best classical morning music

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

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

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

1230 Album of the Week

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3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 207.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schon Rosmarin

    Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.3`3

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.
  • Teresa Carreño

    La Corbeille de Feurs, Op.9

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Silver Swan

    Choir: St Louis Chamber Chorus. Conductor: Philip Barnes.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    3rd mvt of Piano Concerto No.27

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestrator: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
  • Raimbaut de Vaquerias

    Estampie Ancienne d'apres: Kalenda Maya

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Every Time I Feel The Spirit from '3 Spirituals'

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    3rd mvt of Concierto de Aranjuez

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Gerald Finzi

    As I lay in the Early Sun (from 'Oh Fair to See', Op.13)

    Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    4th mvt of Symphony No.8

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Adoro te devote

    Singer: Lucy Sun. Singer: Annabel Green. Singer: Susannah Hill. Singer: Edward Cunningham. Choir: Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
  • Franz Schubert

    2nd mvt of Piano Trio in E flat major

    Ensemble: Florestan Trio.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    1st movement of Oboe Concerto in C major

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: New Seasons Ensemble.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • Scott Joplin

    Silver Swan Rag

    Performer: Richard Dowling.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Wild Swans; 3. Brothers

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
  • George Gershwin

    3rd mvt of Piano Concerto

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Symphony in C major

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
  • Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov

    Flight of the Bumblebee (from 'The tale of the Tsar Sultan')

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
  • Patrick Hawes

    Quanta Qualia

    Performer: Janet Coxwell.
  • Robert Pearsall

    Lay a Garland

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway College. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Donna e mobile from 'Rigoletto' (Duke's Song)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.
  • Philip Glass

    3rd mvt of Violin Concerto No.1

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    1st mvt of Cello Concerto No.6

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Steven Isserlis.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres un reve from '3 Songs'

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Piers Lane.
  • Florence Price

    4th mvt of Symphony No.4

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Joseph Haydn

    3rd mvt (finale) of Keyboard Trio No.36 Op.71 No.2 (Hob. XV:22) in E flat major (‘Sonata’)

    Ensemble: Gaspard Trio.

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