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Friday with Suzy Klein - Rebel monks, John Simpson

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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Fri 5 Oct 2018 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61)

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    An Sylvia, D 891

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.
    • Schubert - Complete Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Swan Lake)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Keyboard Works.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 2102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D Major, K.320 "Posthorn" (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Posthorn Serenade & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Nastya's Quick Dance (Orango)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsodie in G minor, Op 79 No 2

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Brahms: Rhapsodies, Waltzes, Piano Pieces, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Time Traveller: Rebel Monks by John-Henry Clay

  • Samuel Barber

    The Monk and his Cat (Hermit Songs)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Critics' Choice: American Songs.
    • Decca.
    • 27.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in E flat major Op.126 no.6

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Alfred Brendel plays, vol.4.
    • Vox Box.
    • 6.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Winter with Sibelius.
    • ONDINE.
    • 2.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Belle of the ball

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • RCA.

  • Thomas Morley

    Sacred End Pavin and Galliard

    Composer: John Baxter. Music Arranger: Philip Rosseter. Ensemble: Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 11.

  • John Simpson on his passion for Lawrence of Arabia

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Capriccio.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence and the Desert)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • LPO.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`7

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Frank Loesser

    The Ugly Duckling

    Singer: Danny Kaye.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Leos Janacek: Orchestra works Vol.1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Mauro Giuliani

    Guitar Concerto No.1 in A Major, Op.30: II. Siciliana (Andantino)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Giuliani: Guitar Concertos No. 1&3, Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Ibrahim Ferrer

    De Camino A La Vereda

    Singer: Ibrahim Ferrer. Ensemble: Buena Vista Social Club.
    • World Circuit.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boh猫me - Act 3 (conclusion)

    Librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Librettist: Luigi Illica. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Oct 2018 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.