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Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia antartica, Anoushka Shankar, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

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

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Festmarsch in E flat major, Op 1

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Strauss: Josephslegend etc: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 27.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Capricho Arabe

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos: The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R: III. Allegro

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in D minor, Op. 44: I. Moderato, quasi marcia

    Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists.
    • Naxos.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (Op.14), 5th movement; Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-9.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Danse pa茂enne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • 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.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Our Classical Century - Sinfonia Antarctica

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Baba-Yaga, Op.56

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the night wind howls (Ruddigore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Tam O'Shanter, Op 51

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Overtures: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    River Pulse

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Nitin Sawhney. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah.
    • Traces of you.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle (Act 1, Valse)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • The Great Waltzes: The Essential Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • James McMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Rose Magnificat.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in A minor, K.310: ii) Andante cantabile con espressione

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • Philips.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 20.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in A major, D 96 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Director: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Concerto Veneziano: Carmignola/Venice Baroque Orchestra/Marcon.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 13.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in C minor D.915

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Pastor animarum

    Choir: Sequentia.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Mar 2019 09:00

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