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Tuesday - Suzy Klein with Dame Diana Rigg, Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture and the Victorian seaside

Suzy Klein brings the best in classical music, and chats to Dame Diana Rigg about the things that have inspired her over the years.

Suzy Klein takes us through the morning with the best in classical music

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Mendelssohn's much loved Hebrides Overture, inspired by his trip to Fingal's Cave on the Scottish Island of Staffa.

1010 Time Traveller - a quirky slice of cultural history. Kate Romano on the Victorians love of a trip to the British seaside

1050 Throughout the week we'll hear from Dame Diana Rigg, most recently on our screens in "Game of Thrones" and "Victoria", talking about the cultural icons that have inspired her over the years. Today, she talks about a self-portrait by Rembrandt that has a special place in her heart.

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Tue 26 Sep 2017 09:00
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Music Played

  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Convidando est谩 la noche

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33 - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Cl谩udio Cruz.
    • Avie.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Impromptu in B major, Op.14 No.1

    Performer: Klara Min.
    • STEINWAY & SONS.

  • William Mathias

    A Dance Overture Op.16

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Mathias: Orchestral Works.
    • Lyrita.
    • 001.

  • John Playford

    Faronell's Division

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus Tuus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Universal.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Scherzo-valse (Suite pastorale)

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bizet/Chabrier: Les Siecles/Francois-Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in C minor, K 475

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Fantasies: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Where corals lie (Sea Pictures, Op 37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in C, Op. 1 no 5

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op 97

    Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DG.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Chandos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oto帽o Porte帽o (Autumn), from Las Cuatro Estaciones Porte帽as

    Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Performer: Lara St. John. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Marturet.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.
    • Ancalagon.
    • 13.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    The Building Plot (The Waltz suite)

    Music Arranger: Frank Strobel. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Frank Strobel.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Snowflakes)

    Choir: Libera. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Niccol貌 Jommelli

    Sinfonia in E flat major [The Periodical Overtures in 8 parts]

    Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 19.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, D776

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • Philips.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Georg Druschetzky. Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

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