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Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Alistair McGowan, Leonardo’s Last Work, Delius’s Summer Night on the River
3 hours
on BBC Radio 3
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Show more
16th-century England boasted a musical culture unparalleled anywhere on the continent. Today, Donald explores the conditions that let composers flourish under Elizabeth I's rule. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, Ilya Gringolts plays some of Stravinsky's most tuneful and attractive violin music, including numbers from The Firebird, Pulcinella and The Fairy's Kiss. Show more
Elizabeth Alker presents a cracking afternoon of music performed by the BBC Philharmonic, including Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor and Sibelius's Symphony No 6 in D minor. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live music in the studio from cellist Matthew Barley, and we hear from conductor Nicholas Collon. Show more
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including Dvorak at his most humorous, and Mozart at his most poignant. Show more
Percussionist Colin Currie joins Martyn Brabbins and the BBC SSO to perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's tribute to Steve Martland, alongside music by Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Show more
Tom meets Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Show more
Harland Miller is an artist whose word-play and dexterous brushwork has won him acclaim. He recalls how past decades have informed his work, beginning with childhood and home life. Show more
Soweto Kinch presents the duo of Nikki Yeoh and Zoe Rahman at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, and Emma Smith meets singer Kandace Springs.
Thomas Ades's Lieux retrouves was inspired by the cello’s ‘haunting sense of time and place’. Francisco Coll’s piquant Iberian miniatures contrast with ‘Classical’ symphonies. Show more
