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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Stravinsky's Circus Polka, Angela Hewitt, Wilton's Music Hall

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 Musical Time Travellers 鈥 stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the pianist Angela Hewitt..

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 for strings no.2; Orientale (Allegro con brio)

    Ensemble: casalQuartett.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    R锚verie d'amour, Op.20`2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle Styrienne [Danse]

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • James Whitbourn

    Pure river of water of life

    Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus polka

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • BELART.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47: 3rd mvt Cantabile

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Die Schone Melusine Op.32

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • ELATUS.
  • Lera Auerbach

    Prelude for cello and piano no 24: Vivo

    Performer: Ani Aznavoorian. Performer: Lera Auerbach.
    • Cedille Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat, Op 7

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • BIS.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Caprice basque Op.24

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Svanda the bagpiper [Svanda dudak] - suite: Polka

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Karl鈥怘einz Steffens.
    • CPO.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Parade (Divertissement for orchestra)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hi Fi Special - Various Artists.
    • ASV.
    • 5.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Divertissement for orchestra ... , 6th movement; Finale

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hi Fi Special - Various Artists.
    • ASV.
    • 6.
  • Charles Ives

    The Circus Band

    Music Arranger: Not named. Choir: San Francisco Girls Chorus. Choir: San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Solitaire (Polka)

    Conductor: Malcolm Arnold. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 10.
  • Gaspar Sanz

    J谩caras El Pajarillo

    Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • El Nuevo Mundo: Fol铆as Criollas.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Sanctus)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 10.
  • Lowell Liebermann

    Revelry

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Lowell Liebermann: Revelry.
    • Albany Records.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.4 in F minor Op.52

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Kala kalla (Five Hebrew Love Songs)

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Ensemble: Pav茫o String Quartet. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella Op.87 (Grand Waltz)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Conductor: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart/Copland/Kats-Chernin: Clarinet Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Jorge Cardoso

    Milonga

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milo拧 Karadagli膰 - Latino Gold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major H.15.27 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Joseph Haydn - Piano Trios.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Little Suite

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

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