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Friday with Suzy Klein - Jane Glover, Gershwin Prelude, Dread Pirate Ward

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein.

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's guest this week is the conductor Jane Glover, who'll be revealing the people, places and ideas that have inspired her throughout her life and career.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation

3 hours

Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Il pirata - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A minor D.821 for arpeggione (or viola or cello) and piano: 3rd mvt

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.
    • Hyperion.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    A Farewell to St Petersburg for voice and piano: no.6 Poputnaya pesnya [Travelling song]

    Performer: Semion Skigin. Singer: Sergei Petrovich Leiferkus.
    • CONIFER.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt, Adagio Assai)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De Espa帽a.
    • Hyperion.
    • 002.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.2)

    Orchestrator: Roy Bargy. Orchestra: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.3`3

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.
  • Charlotte Bray

    Agnus Dei (a reflection on Byrd's Agnus Dei from the Mass for 5 voices)

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Concert fantasy on 'Carmen'

    Performer: Akiko Suwanai. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvor谩k: Violin Concerto / Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy - Bennett, Suwanai.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Cantabile for string orchestra

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in C minor K.475

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

    Recorded 28 November 2014 at 大象传媒 Maida Vale Studio 1

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major (Blues)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Janine Jansen: Beau Soir: Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the "A" Train

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Ray Nance.
    • Battle of the Bands.
    • BMG.
    • 18.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G major for recorder, oboe, violin and continuo TWV:43:G6

    Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • MDG.
    • 16.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 'in echo duodecimi toni' 脿 10

    Music Arranger: Eric Crees. Performer: Christopher Martin. Performer: John Hagstrom. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Mark Ridenour.
    • CSOR.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor: 5th mvt; Rondo-finale

    Orchestra: D眉sseldorfer Symphoniker. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • AVIE.
  • William Lawes

    Consort Sett a 6 in F major "Sunrise" (Fantazy)

    Ensemble: Fretwork. Performer: Paul Nicholson.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    A Severn Rhapsody Op.3

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Weber: Concertante Works for Clarinet and Horn: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Nicola Benedetti, Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

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  • Fri 28 Sep 2018 09:00

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