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Thursday with Suzy Klein - David Nicholls, Dancing to Norwich

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Cultural inspirations from leading figures in the arts world.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Danse espagnole)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Philips.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, RV 431a, 'Il gran mogol'

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in C sharp minor, Op 25 No 7

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Rhapsody no.1 Sz.87

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B major, Op 100

    Performer: Stephen Coombs. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote (K.620), Act 2, no.14; Der Holle Rache kocht [Queen of Night]

    Singer: June Anderson. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • LONDON.
  • Percy Grainger

    Mock morris

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso after Corelli's 'La Folia' Sonata, Op.5`2

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Laurence Cummings.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Fountains of Rome

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Orchestrator: Albert Lasry. Performer: Charles Trenet. Orchestra: Orchestra & Choir. Conductor: Albert Lasry.
    • Les Plus Grandes Chansons Du Siecle CD2.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    The Sledge (The Story of an Unknown Actor)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Frank Strobel.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Nunc dimittis for chorus

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Da pacem Domine.
    • Ondine.
    • 013.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mars, the Bringer of War (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Football (Russian River Suite, Op 66)

    Performer: Rustem Hayroudinoff.
    • Chandos.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite: Orford Ness

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto: Perlman/Barenboim.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Wetterfahne (Winterreise)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Schubert Winterreise: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Jan 2018 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

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Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.