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Thursday with Ian Skelly - Lapboard ladies, Elgar's Falstaff, Stephen Mangan

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

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history.

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

3 hours

Music and featured items

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Valse nonchalante Op.110

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Aaron Copland

    El sal贸n M茅xico

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat, Op 7

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • BIS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Falstaff, Op 68

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • British Composers: Enigma Variations / Grania and Diarmid / Falstaff.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 18-23.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Telarc.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor RV.565, Op.3`11

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Performer: Elfa R煤n Kristinsd贸ttir. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Time Traveller: Lap Board Ladies by Naomi Paxton

    Duration: 02:13

  • Samuel Barber

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Singer: Karina Gauvin. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote:Finale

    Performer: John Sharp. Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.
    • 0927496142.
    • 11.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Iberia Book 3 (El Polo)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Cultural Inspirations: Stephen Mangan on

    Duration: 04:29

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • chandos.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in B flat major, D 68

    Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CASCAVELLE.
  • Pietro Gnocchi

    Concerto no. 1 in G major

    Orchestra: Main Baroque Orchestra Frankfurt. Conductor: Martin Jopp.
    • Aeolus.
  • Frank Martin

    Pavane couleur du temps

    Orchestra: Camerata Z眉rich. Conductor: Marc Kissoczy.
    • Guild.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.4 in F minor Op.52

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Sep 2018 09:00