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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Alban Gerhardt, The Bay Psalm Book, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms

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 Suzy鈥檚 guest is a graduate of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, celebrating its 20th anniversary.

1110 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential nocturnes.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A major for oboe d'amore, BWV 1055 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Iiro Rantala

    My Finnish Calendar - January

    Performer: Iiro Rantala.
    • Act.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    January - By the Hearth (The Seasons)

    Composer: Aleksander Vasil'yevich Gauk. Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.
    • Tchaikovsky, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons.
    • Delos.
    • 201.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Etudes, Book 2: No. 18, Moderato e cantabile

    • Louise Farrenc: Etudes & Variations for Solo Piano.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 1301.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369

    Performer: Ruth Wilkinson. Performer: Miriam Morris. Performer: John O'Donnell.
    • Handel's Recorder.
    • Divine Art.
    • 504.
  • 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.
  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bebe Risenfors.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K. 618

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Conductor: Peter Marschik. Orchestra: Symphonieorchester der Volksoper Wien. Choir: Chorus Viennensis.
    • Mozart: Requiem & Ave verum corpus - Bruckner: Motets.
    • Capriccio.
    • 201.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 'Trout' (5th mvt)

    Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Alois Posch.
    • Schubert: Piano Quintet 'The Trout': Capucon/Causse/Braley/Posch.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.
  • Time Traveller: Bay Psalm Book

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Winter with Sibelius.
    • ONDINE.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Encores as performed by Pablo Casals: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Psalm 100 'Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt'

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • William Walton

    Then sing aloud to God (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Choir: L'Inviti. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: Terfel, Bournemouth Symphony, Litton.
    • London.
  • Amy Beach

    Invocation Op.55

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Schumann, Smyth, Beach.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Cellist Alban Gerhardt on his love of Dostoevsky

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    From the House of the Dead (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Virgin.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No.7 in C major 'Reverie-Nocturne'

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • DECCA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: 7. Whither Must I wander?

    Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 in G Major: III. Sarabande

    Performer: Zuzana R暖啪i膷kov谩.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 290.
  • Jean F茅line

    Coucou

    Composer: Roger Henry Bertrand. Composer: Antonio Matas. Performer: Django Reinhardt. Singer: Josette Dayd茅. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Django Reinhardt 1940.
    • Classics.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 4 in G major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mahler Symphony No. 4: Valery Gergiev, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

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  • Mon 27 Jan 2020 09:00

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