Wednesday with Suzy Klein - The Nutcracker, Christmas Pigs, 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 Tchaikovsky's much loved ballet The Nutcracker, full of sparkling music and festive magic. What would you recommend to a friend who loves the ballet?
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history. Today Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough champions that most festive of animals...the pig
1050 Brian Blessed regales us with the experiences, times and places that have inspired him throughout his life. Today his big acting break in a Greek epic.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Children's Christmas Song (Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)
Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.- In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1042 (1st mvt)
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Ensemble: Amsterdam Bach Soloists.- Bach: Violin Concertos: Zehetmair/Amsterdam Bach Soloists.
- Berlin Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Pr茅ludes, Book 1 - Minstrels (arr. for brass septet)
Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.- Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
Pr茅ludes, Book 1 - La fille aux cheveux de lin (arr. for brass septet)
Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.- Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
- 17.
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Siri Dyvik
Travel set
Composer: Nils 脴kland. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Conductor: Bjarte Eike.- The Alehouse Sessions.
- RUBICON.
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Padre Antonio Soler
Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
- Hyperion.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
- CBS.
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George Frideric Handel
Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in C major for flute and harp K.299 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
- EMI Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Rondo in C major B.27, Op.73
Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Sergei Babayan.- Chopin Evocations.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Percy Grainger
There was a pig went out to dig
Choir: CBSO Chorus. Director: Simon Halsey.- Conifer.
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George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in D major, HWV 385 (1st mvt)
Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Convivium.- Handel, Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin: Convivium.
- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
La valse
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.- Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Sanctus, Pleni sunt coeli)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach: Sacred Choral Works: Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 10.
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Hector Berlioz
Trojan March (Les Troyens, Act 1, No 11)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Berlioz: La Marseillaise: Zinman/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
- Telarc.
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Margaret Hubicki
Rigaudon (Lonely Mere and Rigaudon)
Performer: Robert Max. Performer: Leyland Kirby.- Chandos.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Tafelmusik, Lamon.
- Sony Classical.
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Benjamin Britten
The Salley Gardens
Singer: Mairi Campbell. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.- Revenge of the Folk Singers.
- Delphian.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzona da sonar II (Sacrae symphoniae)
Music Arranger: John Serry. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- OPENING DAY.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Performer: Robert Jordan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding With Sunrise and other works.
- LINN.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)
Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.- Bach: Matthaus-Passion.
- Decca.
- 28.
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George Gershwin
Variations on 'I got rhythm'
Performer: Freddy Kempf. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- BIS.
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Dominic Carter
Sir Christemas
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: David Hill.- 2017 Breakfast Carol Competition.
- 大象传媒 recording.
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Bernard Trafford
2017 Breakfast Carol Competition WINNING ENTRY Sir Christemas
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Singer: Olivia Robinson. Conductor: David Hill.- 大象传媒 recording.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles Op.23 for clarinet and piano (No. 3 Carol; No. 4 Forlana)
Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 18-19.
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