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Friday with Suzy Klein - The Original Santa, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Brian Blessed

Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and Brian Blessed lists his cultural inspirations and influences.

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

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

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Brian Blessed regales us with the experiences, times and places that have inspired him throughout his life.

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Fri 22 Dec 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Weihnachtsmusik for 2 violins, cello, harmonium and piano

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Christmas Carols: Taverner Consort, Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major Op.18`2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Concert Overture

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet, beat the drum

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Royal Welcome Songs.
    • Coro.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thea King. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart; Clarinet Quintet in A major, Jeffrey Tate and the ECO with Thea King.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D 899 No 2

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Four Impromptus, D899 & D935: Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thea King. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart; Clarinet Quintet in A major, Jeffrey Tate and the ECO with Thea King.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances, Op.21

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz.
    • CARLTON.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Weihnachtslied

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Anna Grevelius.
    • Hyperion.

  • Richard Strauss

    Weihnachtslied, TrV. 2

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet movement in B flat major

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • CRD.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Prelude (Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op.23: No.2 Romance

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37 - iii) Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Wuthering Heights - Introduction

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tutti i fior (Madam Butterfly)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Great Operatic Duets: Sutherland/Pavarotti/Freni/Horne.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No 4, 'Sunrise'

    Ensemble: Matangi Quartet.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe, Cantata no.156 (opening)

    Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bis.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    Lyric Fantasy

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ulf Bj枚rlin.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Music for String Orchestra: Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Dec 2017 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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