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Monday with Ian Skelly - Knossos, Wiren's Serenade for Strings, Stephen Mangan

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, the actor Stephen Mangan.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. Includes an orchestral serenade by Ruth Gipps, a piano sonata by Beethoven and a concerto for three violins by J S Bach.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today - what might go well with Dag Wiren's March from his Serenade - a familiar tune even if not a familiar composer.

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Matthew Sweet on a creative use of concrete in Crete.

1050 This week Ian鈥檚 guest is the actor Stephen Mangan, best known for his roles in 鈥淕reen Wing鈥�, 鈥淚鈥檓 Alan Partridge鈥� and 鈥淓pisodes鈥�, and recently 麻豆社 television鈥檚 鈥淭he Split鈥�. He talks about some of the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation

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Mon 10 Sep 2018 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1&2: LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Introduction et Polonaise brillante, Op 3

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for Orchestra op 22 (1948)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Serenade, Op.11 (Marcia)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Symphony No. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet G minor K.478 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Michael Barenboim. Performer: Yulia Deyneka. Performer: Kian Soltani.
    • DG.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried's Rhine Journey (G枚tterd盲mmerung)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 1.

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Serenade, Op.11 (Marcia)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Symphony No. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Credo - Et Incarnatus Est (Mass no. 6 in E flat major D.950)

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: James Gilchrist. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Within a Dream. A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Time Traveller: Knossos by Matthew Sweet

    Duration: 02:50

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eaux 脿 la Villa d'Este (3me Ann茅es de p猫lerinage)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.
    • 4.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Kod谩ly Zolt谩n

    Intermezzo

    Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Stephen Mangan on Mozart's Requiem

    Duration: 03:58

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K 626)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Choir: Swedish Radio Choir.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064

    Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10-12.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Fantaisie Op.79

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • ALPHA.

  • John Foulds

    Keltic Overture Op.28

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    O Canto do Cisne Negro, W122 (Arr. R. Bonfiglio for Harmonica & Orchestra)

    Composer: Robert Bonfiglio. Performer: Robert Bonfiglio. Orchestra: New York Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Works for Harmonica.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.24 in F sharp major Op.78

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • The Piano Sonatas Vol. VI.
    • ECM.
    • 6-7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel Duets: The English Concert.
    • Chaconne.
    • 3.

  • Otto Nicolai

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Sep 2018 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3