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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Chabrier's Espana, Kwame Kwei-Armah, The Pointe of Shoes

Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music, including potential companion pieces to Emmanuel Chabrier's Espana. Plus featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah.

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 a well known piece of music. Today, she's after your suggestions for where to head musically after the sunny brilliance of Emmanuel Chabrier's evocative rhapsody 贰蝉辫补帽补, written after a trip to Spain.

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 theatre production.

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Wed 18 Oct 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Cox and Box (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Cadiz (Suite espa帽ola)

    Music Arranger: Unspecified. Performer: John Williams.
    • Echoes of Spain.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Te Deum in C major H.23c.2

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: Nelson Mass, Te Deum: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 12-14.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Percy Grainger

    Mock morris

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.

  • Thomas Morley

    The Frogge Galliard [after Dowland]

    Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 23.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ballade in B major, Op.10 no.4

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours - conclusion (La Giaconda)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute: Act 1 Aria. 'Die Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon'

    Singer: Pavol Breslik. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Lange.
    • ORFEO.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op.7`1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miroslav Vil铆mec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franti拧ek Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 9.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    The Taming of the Shrew Op.61

    Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Harmonious Blacksmith (Keyboard Suite no.5 in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • The Harmonious Blacksmith - Favourite Harpsichord Pieces: Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Act 2 Aria. Senta's Ballad (Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff)

    Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Choir: The John Alldis Choir.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, theme and variations

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.

  • Louis Vierne

    Clair de Lune (Suite Op.53 No.5)

    Performer: Jennifer Bate.
    • unicorn.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • Fanny Mendelssoh-Hensel Klavierwerke vol.1.
    • CPO.
    • 12.

  • Eric Coates

    London Suite, 'London Everyday'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

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    大象传媒 Radio 3

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