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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Benjamin's Written on Skin, Kirsty Wark, Rameau's La Poule

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music presented by Suzy Klein. Our guest this week is presenter, journalist and novelist Kirsty Wark.

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, presenter, journalist and novelist Kirsty Wark.

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

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Fri 12 Jul 2019 09:00
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Music Played

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    H盲nsel und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Junto al Generalife

    Performer: Dale Kavanagh.
    • Rodrigo: Works for Guitar & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos, RV.531

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo'.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La Poule (Concert en sextuor no.6 in G minor)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 11.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo fantastique, Op 3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rimsky: Royal Concertgebouw, Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che Si Puo Fare Op.8 no.6

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: La magnifica comunit脿. Director: Enrico Casazza.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Philip Glass

    The Secret Agent

    Ensemble: Cello Octet Conjunto Ib茅rico. Conductor: Elias Arizcuren.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Performer: Daniel Bates. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Stone Records.

  • Sir George Benjamin

    Written on Skin

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Singer: Bejun Mehta. Singer: Christopher Purves. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin.
    • Nimbus.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Overture in A minor

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Jean Sibelius.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Le Golf (Sports et divertissements)

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Hen (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Hens and Roosters (Carnival of the Animals)

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Philips.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La pintade (Histoires naturelles)

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: G茅rard Souzay.
    • Melodies Francaises: Gerard Souzay.
    • Newton.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.

  • Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

    • Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five: 1944-1946.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Violin Sonata in B minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Traditional Scottish

    Loch Lomond

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Michael George. Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Storm Clouds from 3 Piano Pieces, EG110-112

    Performer: Einar Steen-N酶kleberg.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229

    Performer: Ageet Zweistra. Performer: Jan Kleinbussink. Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • PHILIPS.

  • George Enescu

    Romanian rhapsody no. 1, Op.11`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Liszt And Enesco Rhapsodies.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.

  • Marin Marais

    Airs des Matelots 1 & 2 (Alcione)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze in F major

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Strauss: Don Quixote Op.35; Romanze F-dur; Cellosonate Op.6.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 14.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major, no 58, H.16.48 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 7.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.64 (I Know A Bank)

    Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Voyevoda, Op 78

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Jul 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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