Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Essential music for spring, Lang's light moving, Red Rob Mackintosh

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.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential pieces for spring.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.959 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert, The Late Piano sonatas D.784,958, 959 960.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 3.
  • Julius R枚ntgen

    Serenade in E Major: I. Moderato

    Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: David Porcelijn.
    • R枚ntgen: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Georges H眉e

    Chansons lointaines: IV. Soir Pa茂en for voice, flute and piano

    Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Performer: Emmanuel Olivier. Singer: Anna Reinhold.
    • Soir Pa茂en.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 122.
  • Josef Fiala

    Concerto in C major for cor anglais

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Director: Albrecht Mayer.
    • DG.
  • David Lang

    Light Moving

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Scottish Overture, Op 7, 'In the Highlands'

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 10.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • David Lang

    Light Moving

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas III: Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5-7.
  • Robert Mackintosh

    Lady Emelia Ker's Minuet

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Robert Mackintosh

    Miss Campbell's Reel; A Minuet; Quickstep

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Traditional Polish

    Kazimierz

    Music Arranger: Jerzy Bawo艂. Music Arranger: Nigel Kennedy. Music Arranger: Tomasz Lalo. Music Arranger: Tomasz Kukurba. Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Ensemble: Kroke.
    • EMI.
  • Richard Strauss

    Duett-Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Julie Price. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Concertante Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 004.
  • Stefano Landi

    Augellin

    Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.
    • Hush.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 3.
  • Steve Reich

    Duet for 2 violins and strings

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • Different Trains.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Claude Debussy

    Toccata

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol Op.34

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24, 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for piano & violin: Faust, Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Traditional Malian

    Ichichila

    Performer: Toumani Diabat茅. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble. Director: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Sony.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Homages: III. Lullaby

    Performer: Ivana Gavri膰.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Gigue

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simovi膰.
    • LSO LIVE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Mar 2020 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.