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Monday with Suzy Klein - Bernard MacLaverty, Jelly Babies, Gershwin's An American in Paris

Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music, and author Bernard MacLaverty talks about the cultural influences that have shaped and inspired him throughout his career.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Each day this week the author Bernard MacLaverty talks about the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped his life and career.

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Mon 30 Apr 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    12 German dances WoO.13 (Nos.11 and 12)

    Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Novelette, Op.21 No.8 (1838)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Kennst du das Land?; Gretchen am Spinrade

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • Bis.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • GERSHWIN Lincoln Mayorga - Harmonie Ensemble/NY - Steven Richman.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etudes, Op. 10 - Nos. 3 & 4

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina)

    Singer: Patricia Petibon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Rosso Italian Baroque Arias: Patricia Petibon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 3.

  • Constant Lambert

    Prize Fight

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lambert: Piano concerto (1924): 大象传媒CO, Wordsworth.
    • ASV.

  • Time Traveller: Jelly Babies

    Duration: 02:32

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel Und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Divertimento in C major, H.4.1

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Performer: Marion Moonen. Performer: Barbara Kernig.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Frederick Delius

    Paris - The Song of the Great City

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • WARNER.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Bernard MacLaverty on his schooldays

    Duration: 05:12

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio in B, Op. 8: i) Allegro con brio

    Performer: Josef Suk. Performer: J谩nos Starker. Performer: Julius Katchen.
    • Decca.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Masques et Bergamasques

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Seattle Symphony.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the bringer of peace (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Steinberg.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in G minor, RV 439, 'La notte'

    Performer: S茅bastien Marq. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Director: Jean鈥怌hristophe Spinosi.
    • Naive.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtst眉ck, D 672 No 8

    Performer: Justus Zeyen. Singer: Measha Breuggergasman.
    • Measha Bruggergosman - Night And Dreams - Justus Zeyen.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 8.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles: Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Apr 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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