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Monday with Suzy Klein - John Foulds' April - England, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Martha Lane Fox

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus guest Martha Lane Fox.

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter marks the first day of April with John Foulds's sparklingly cinematic tone poem April-England. Other musical highlights today include the Romance from Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto, arranged for chamber ensemble and played on period instruments, and Strauss's rambunctious Horn Concerto No.1.

1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music. Today, Kate Romano on the 'first' Last Night of the Proms, presided over by Malcolm Sargent.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chancellor of the Open University, Martha Lane Fox.

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

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Mon 1 Apr 2019 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Signum.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3

    Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor: 2nd mvt - Romance

    Performer: David Lively. Performer: Thomas de Pierrefeu. Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.
    • Chopin: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 105.

  • John Foulds

    April-England Op.48`1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Foulds - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 4.

  • John Dowland

    Come heavy sleep

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Art of Melancholy.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Turco in Italia (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Our Classical Century: The 'first' Last Night of the Proms

  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia on British Sea Songs

    Music Arranger: Malcolm Sargent. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • English Landscapes.
    • HALLE.
    • 4.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Za茂s (Entr'acte)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.

  • John Ireland

    April (Two Pieces)

    Performer: Daniel Adni.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Varen (Last Spring), Op.34, no.2

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.

  • Vernon Duke

    April in Paris (Walk a Little Faster)

    Music Arranger: Danny Troob. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Stern.
    • Dawn Upshaw sings Vernon Duke.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797 (Ballet in G major)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Classical Masterpieces: English Chamber Orchestra/James Judd.
    • Novalis.
    • 5.

  • Martha Lane-Fox on her love of Cyd Charisse

  • Arthur Schwarz

    The Band Wagon : The Girl Hunt Ballet

    Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Adolph Deutsch.
    • CBS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op 79

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.

  • Richard Strauss

    Cacilie (4 Songs Op.27)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto no.1 in E flat major Op.11

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • EMI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Armida al campo d'Egitto (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Antonio Vivaldi, Armida al campo d'Egitto; Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Toshio Hosokawa

    Lullaby of Itsuki (Japanese Folk Songs)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.
    • WARNER.

  • Percy Grainger

    Green Bushes

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.1 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni - Act 1 Finale (conclusion)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Spring Fairy (Cinderella, Op.87)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

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  • Mon 1 Apr 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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