Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Ireland's Sea Fever, Joyce DiDonato, Wishing Wells
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, plus mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato lists her influences and inspirations.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today we're beginning with John Ireland's setting of Masefield's poem "Sea Fever".
Other music in the programme includes a scherzo by British composer George Lloyd, an orchestral piece inspired by Balinese gamelan music by Nico Muhly, and a beautiful performance by pianist Boris Giltburg of Schumann's set of character pieces, "Papillons".
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Today - Kate Romano on wishing wells, and our deep-seated desire to believe in the magical properties of throwing coins into water.
1050 Each day this week the world-famous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reveals the people, places and ideas that have inspired her throughout her life and illustrious career. Joyce leads the cast in the UK premiere of Jake Heggie's powerful opera about the American justice system and capital punishment, "Dead Man Walking", which is broadcast on Radio 3 on Saturday 26th May.
Today Joyce describes the profound effect that her involvement with this opera has had on her life.
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Juan Cris贸stomo de Arriaga
Los esclavos felices (Overture)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Arriaga/Vorisek: Symphonies: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Mackerras.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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George Frideric Handel
Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Performer: Doron David Sherwin. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Erato.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: II. Allegro grazioso - Meno mosso
Ensemble: Mori Trio.- Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 102.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Souvenir d'une nuit d'茅t茅 脿 Madrid
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Chandos.
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John Ireland
Sea fever
Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- EMI.
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George Lloyd
Symphony no.5 in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.- George Lloyd: Symphony No.5: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra/Lloyd.
- Albany.
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Franz Schubert
Sonata in D major, D 384, 'Sonatina'
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir: Accentus. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Naive.
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Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov
Valse-impromptu No. 3 in E major, Op. 70
Performer: Florian Noack.- ARS PRODUKTION.
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Time Traveller: Wishing Wells
Duration: 02:23
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Nico Muhly
Wish You Were Here
Orchestra: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
William Lawes
Alman; Galliard (Fantasia Suite No 1 in G minor)
Ensemble: London Baroque.- The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century England.
- BIS.
- 8-9.
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John Ireland
Sea fever
Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
Where corals lie (Sea Pictures Op.37)
Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli.
- EMI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- DG.
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Herbert Sumsion
They that go down to the sea in ships
Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Performer: David Leigh. Conductor: Philip Stopford.- Leigh, David: British Church Composer Series Vol.9.
- PRIORY.
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Jean-Baptiste Singel茅e
Grand Quatour Concertant, Op.79
Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.- FLUX.
- Chandos.
- 001.
Cultural Inspirations: Joyce DiDonato on Dead Man Walking
Duration: 03:34
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Jake Heggie
Dead Man Walking. Act 2 Scene 3
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Singer: Philip Cutlip. Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Summers.- Virgin Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Papillons, Op 2
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- NAXOS.
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Claude Debussy
Marche 茅cossaise sur un th猫me populaire
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- Musica Mundi.
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Alice Mary Smith
Symphony in A minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- Chandos.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Marche pour la c茅r茅monie des Turcs
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Lully: L'Orchestra du Roi Soleil/Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall.
- Alia Vox.
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Trad.
Arpeggiata addio
Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Singer: Arianna Savall.- Nuove Musiche.
- ECM New Series.
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Max Reger
Scherzo (Romantic Suite)
Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.- Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
- Erato.
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Francesco Molino
3 Duos Op.16 (no.3)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.![]()
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture: Ruy Blas
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- LSO LIVE.
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