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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - John Simpson, Calvin's case, Vaughan Williams's Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

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 journalist and author John Simpson, who will be talking about the people, places and ideas that have inspired and shaped him throughout his life and career.

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

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Wed 3 Oct 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy in E flat maj Op.46: 4th mvt "Scots Wha Hae"

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Paysage S.139 no.3

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • MYRIOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Insanae et vanae curae

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio no.3 in F minor, Op.65 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rite of Spring.
    • Signum.
    • 20.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor Op.132: 3rd mvt; Canzona di ringraziamento

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosa茂ques.
    • NAIVE.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fancy in C fa ut

    • Hyperion.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No 1 in E minor, Op 23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • CPO.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta in A major Op.5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev Symphonies Vol. II.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Michael Tippett: Sonatas, Quartets, Double Concerto.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle, Op 6

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Saint-Saens: Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Music Arranger: Denis Wright. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Naxos.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Quartet in A minor for strings: 3rd mvt Rondo; Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Maria Magdalene

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major K.382

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Edvard Grieg

    2 Elegiac melodies Op.34 for string orchestra: no.2; Letzter Fruhling [The last spring]

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Music Arranger: Benjamin Wallfisch. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • ASV.

  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rebel/Les Elemens/Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Musifrance.
    • 12-25.

  • Claude Debussy

    L' Isle joyeuse

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Debussy: Suite bergamasque.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Consolati, o bella (Orlando)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: Rosa Mannion. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Handel: Alcina / Orlando.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Oct 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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