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Monday with Suzy Klein - Kwame Kwei-Armah, Farewell to Stromness, The Early Modern Exercise Revolution

Suzy Klein looks for companion pieces to Maxwell Davies' piano piece Farewell to Stromness. Featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

Suzy takes us through the morning with the best in classical music including:

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Peter Maxwell Davies' simple yet memorable piano piece, "Farewell to Stromness".

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 Actor, director and playwright, the multi-talented Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him. Today - a book.

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Mon 16 Oct 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    8 Concert etudes Op.40 (no.7 'Intermezzo')

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • This & That: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Galton Concert Productions.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies no.5 & 6: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance in F major, op 36

    Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • BIS.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time' arr. for chorus, no.1; Steal away

    Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Director: Stephen Darlington.
    • Tippett: Choral Works.
    • Nimbus.
    • 15.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Die Frist ist um)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Franz Berwald

    Symphonic Poem 'Wettlauf'

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Berwald: Tone Poems: Gavle Symphony Orchestra/Sakari.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite, L. 88: I. En Bateau

    Music Arranger: David Riniker. Ensemble: Feininger Trio.
    • Debussy . Ravel.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 109.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Yesnaby Ground

    Performer: David Holzman.
    • Centaur.

  • Willie Hunter

    Leaving Lerwick Harbour

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no 26 "Les Adieux" First movt

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia for strings in G minor

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Venice by Night.
    • Avie.
    • 5-7.

  • Philip Glass

    Dance 8

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Scherzando in A major, H.2.38

    Ensemble: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Haydn: Music for Prince Esterhazy and the King of Naples: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien.
    • Bis.
    • 21-24.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-scherzo in C major, Op 34 arr for violin and piano

    Performer: Alexander Markov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.
    • Apex.

  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Maranoa Lullaby

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Sculthorpe: String Quartets.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Trumpet Concerto in D minor

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Baroque Trumpet Concertos.
    • Philips.
    • 16.

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