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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Edith Sitwell, Patrick Gale

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

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 Suzy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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Wed 29 Aug 2018 09:00
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Music and featured items

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in F major (Czech Dances Book 1)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in E flat major Op.38 for clarinet, cello and piano: 1st mvt

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Claudio Boh贸rquez. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • ALPHA.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Plus que lente, arr. for orchestra [orig. piano]

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus Que Lente.
    • SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks - Overture

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • CFM.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov piano concertos 2 & 3 : Simon Trpceski, RLPO, Vasily Petrenko.
    • Avie.
    • 3.

  • Anna Meredith

    Heal You

    Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Nonclassical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in G major, BWV 572

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • J.S. Bach: Alio modo.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Time Traveller: Edith Sitwell

    Duration: 02:25

  • William Walton

    Valse (Fa莽ade)

    Narrator: Edith Sitwell. Ensemble: English Opera Group. Conductor: Anthony Collins.
    • London.

  • Donato Lovreglio

    Fantasy on themes from Verdi's La traviata, Op 45

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Eliahu Inbal.
    • Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Scherzo a la Russe: Philharmonia Orchestra/Inbal.
    • Teldec.

  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre - coronation march

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 18.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments musicaux, D 780 (No 2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Great Pianist of the 20th Century: Andras Schiff.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Cultural Inspirations: Patrick Gale on Cornwall

    Duration: 02:52

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Elgar: City of London Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • John Adams

    Absolute Jest (II Presto)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexander Arutiunian

    Impromptu

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Patil Harboyan.
    • DIVINE ART.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • 尝鈥橭滨厂贰础鲍-尝驰搁贰.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • A Christmas Present from Polyphony.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Sailing at dawn (Songs of the Fleet, Op.117)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op 46 (Finale)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • Nicola Benedetti - Homecoming.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Aug 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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