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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: The Fairy Investigation Society, Ravel's Pavane pour une infante defunte, John Rutter

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. Today's starter, Ravel's nostalgic lament, Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte. Other highlights include Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 and the joyous finale of Beethoven's Choral Symphony.

1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥� stories behind the music making of the British Isles. Leah Broad on the Fairy Investigation Society

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the composer John Rutter.

1110 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five essential pieces of music by Elgar. Today, his Sea Pictures in Janet Baker's classic recording.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection. A festive classic - Silent Night.

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Tue 17 Dec 2019 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Coventry Carol

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Christmas Carols and Motets.
    • Gimell.
    • 6.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Thy hand Belinda ... When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • ERATO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 in B flat major: III. Scherzo

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Lso Live.
    • 103.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites: European Union Baroque Orchestra/Goodman.
    • Naxos.
    • 24.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY BMG.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in D minor, D810 (鈥楧eath and the Maiden鈥�); 1st mvt, Allegro

    Performer: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.

  • Dominic Veall

    Go to the Child

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ERATO.

  • Time Traveller: Fairy Investigation Society

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat major K.482 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Bliss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 22.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum (Liber primus missarum)

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Choir: Gabrieli Consort.
    • Morales: Requiem.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 19.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane Op.50

    Choir: Ch艙ur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Faure: Requiem: Paavo Jarvi.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 010.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Chris Black

    Go to the Child

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • John Rutter on Lord Reith and the 大象传媒

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 2

    Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Sibelius . Grieg.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 005.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Viola Sonata, Op 147 (3rd mvt, 'In memory of Beethoven')

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano: Power/Crawford-Phillips.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edward Elgar

    In Haven (Sea Pictures, Op.37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    Where corals lie (Sea Pictures Op.37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Performer: Kate Rusby.
    • Sweet Bells.
    • Pure Records.
    • 05.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Dream on 'Silent Night'

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Carl Nielsen: Complete piano music: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Stille Nacht

    Lyricist: Josef Mohr. Choir: Taverner Choir. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 302.

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    Amahl And The Night Visitors (Shepherds' Dance)

    Ensemble: Members of the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Ensemble: Members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alastair Willis.
    • Amahl And The Night Visitors.
    • NAXOS.
    • 18.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor 'Choral' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Singer: Janice Watson. Singer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Singer: Detlef Roth. Choir: Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Dec 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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