Friday with Suzy Klein - Ella Kew Shun, Joyce DiDonato
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 the second movement of Haydn's Symphony in D major, famously nicknamed the 'Clock'.
Other music in the programme includes a sparkling new recording of Beethoven's Polonaise in C major, Op.89, the elegiac Andante from Elgar's Violin Concerto, Sammartini's Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op.2 No.1, and a rarely-heard overture by Goldmark - Sukuntala.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Today - Dr Naomi Paxton talks about Edwardian and Victorian advice on elocution.
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 talks about her optimism for the future.
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Joyce DiDonato: I'm an optimist by choice
Duration: 03:11
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Isaac Alb茅niz
The Magic Opal - suite (Overture)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- CHANDOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89
Performer: Alessio Bax.- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 & Works for Solo Piano.
- Signum Classics.
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Thomas Tallis
Suscipe, quaeso Domine 脿 7
Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.- Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
- Obsidian.
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Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quintet No 4 in D, G448 "Fandango"
Performer: Sean Shibe. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet. -
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Impromptu, Op 35 No 5
Performer: Joanne Polk.- The Flatterer.
- STEINWAY & SONS.
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Elgar: Violin Concerto.
- EMI.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Papillon Op.77
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.- HYPERION.
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Samuel Scheidt
Galliarda battaglia 脿 5
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall. -
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Edvard Grieg
Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Leif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg.
- EMI Classics.
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Time Traveller: Ella Kew Shun
Duration: 02:03
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Arthur Sullivan
A modern Major General (The Pirates of Penzance)
Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance: mackerras / Orchestra & Chorus of.
- Telarc.
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Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini
Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op.2 No.1
Ensemble: I Musici.- Sammartini: 6 Concertos in 7 Parts, Op. 2.
- Dynamic.
- 101.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
L脿 ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)
Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese.
- Decca.
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Albert Ket猫lbey
The Clock and the Dresden Figures
Orchestra: Ketelebey's Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Albert Ket猫lbey.- COLUMBIA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
- Arte Nova Classics.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Philips.
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Franz Liszt
Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Performer: Sergio Tiempo.- Avanti.
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George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No 1
Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Music Arranger: Franz Waxman. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Adams: Violin Concerto.
- Naxos.
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Cultural Inspirations: Joyce DiDonato on optimism
Duration: 03:12
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George Frideric Handel
Brilla nell'alma (Alessandro)
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.- Drama Queens Joyce DiDonato.
- Virgin Classics.
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Alexander Glazunov
Orientale (5 Novelettes Op.15)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
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Karl Goldmark
Sakuntala - Overture, Op.13
Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andr谩s K贸rodi.- HUNGAROTON.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae verae
Ensemble: Sit Fast Viol Consort.- Evidence EVCD034.
- Evidence.
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Sir James MacMillan
Ave maris stella
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.- James Macmillan: Tenebrae Responsories: Westminster Cathedral Choir/Baker.
- Hyperion.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Sevillanas (Suite Espa帽ola no.1)
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc..
- Decca.
- 13.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freisch眉tz (Overture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Weber: Overtures: The Philharmonia/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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