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Friday with Suzy Klein - Ravel's L'Aurore, Al Murray, The Venerable Yew

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Presented by Suzy Klein with this week's guest, Al Murray.

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

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

1010 Time Traveller 鈥 a quirky slice of history.

1050 Cultural inspirations from comedian, actor and write Al Murray, best known as The Pub Landlord.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Concert overture no.2 Op.16

    Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Dag Wiren, Symphonies 2 & 3, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • Frank Martin

    Mass for Double Choir: Agnus Dei

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • The Music of King's: Choral Favourites from Cambridge.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 14.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Schumann: Carnaval/Papillons/Kinderszenen/Arabeske: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.
    • 47.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 3, Sc 1: Polonaise)

    Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • The Kirov Collection: Valery Gergiev.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L'Aurore

    Singer: Marc Duguay. Choir: Ch艙ur de l鈥橴niversit茅 Paris-Sorbonne. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Universit茅 Paris-Sorbonne. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert.
    • Prix de Rome Cantatas.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 9.
  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Overture for orchestra

    Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Andante in E major, Op 81 No 1 (4 Pieces for string quartet)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 109.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Music Arranger: Crabb & Draugsvoll. Performer: James Crabb. Performer: Geir Draugsvoll.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-8.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No.10 in E minor

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Carnival in Paris Op.9

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral works vol.1: Thorsen/BPO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Hubert Parry

    Crossing the Bar

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • Remembrance.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (No.1 of his Three Ghost rags)

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Albumblatt in D flat major

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott: Puccini, Falla, Hindemith, Rachmninov, Kreisl.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Addison

    A Bridge Too Far

    Performer: Band of the Parachute Regiment.
    • E2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.63 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Visions of Prokofiev.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ballade in B major, Op.10 no.4

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Strauss: Orchestral Works: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberfl枚te, Act I: Quintet "Hm! hm! hm! hm!"

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Andreas Schmidt. Singer: Nancy Argenta. Singer: Eirian James. Singer: Catherine Denley. Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • EMI.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trio in E flat major D.897 'Notturno'

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine for piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • MD&G.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 09:00

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