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Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Patrick Gale, Kites, Rodrigo's Canario

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus guest, author Patrick Gale

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is the Canario finale of Rodrigo's guitar concert, Fantasia para un gentilhombre - quintessentially Spanish music for a quintessentially Spanish instrument. Other musical highlights today: the triumphant final scene of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, and a Benjamin Britten rarity: his Canadian Carnival, based on French-Canadian folk tunes.

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Kate Romano explores the history of kites.

1050 Suzy Klein鈥檚 guest this week is the writer Patrick Gale, whose latest novel 鈥淭ake Nothing With You鈥� is out now. He鈥檒l be sharing his favourite cultural inspirations.

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Tue 28 Aug 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Samba Classico

    Orchestra: New York Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Works for Harmonica.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Franz Schubert

    Trio for piano and strings in B flat major D.898; 2nd movement; Andante un poco

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie, Act V: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Rodrigo: Guitar Concerto: Craig Ogden/大象传媒 Phil/Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where e'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • British Composers - A Celebration.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D major, Op 46 No 6

    Performer: Peter Noke. Performer: Helen Krizos.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Peter Noke/Helen Krizos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV.124

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • OBSIDIAN.

  • Time Traveller: Kites by Kate Romano

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PentaTone classics.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor, Op 40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Winds & Piano.
    • Warner.
    • 5.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Guitar Concerto no.1 in D major Op.99 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • RCA.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata in D minor, No.12 'Folia'

    Performer: Paula Chateauneuf. Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Performer: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Patrick Gale on his passion for libraries and Britten operas

  • Benjamin Britten

    How beautiful it is (The Turn of the Screw)

    Singer: Joan Rodgers. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Virgin.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Late Symphonies: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Piano Sonata '1.X.1905, From the street'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion: CDA67895.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Te Deum

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio - Finale Act 2

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Singer: Nina Stemme. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.
    • Decca.

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