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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Kerry Andrew, essential autumnal music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Suzy Klein.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by Autumn.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, Kk.551

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Rubicon.
    • 103.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet music (Rosamunde)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sconsolato rusignolo [Filli, tu sai s'io t'amo]

    Singer: Alicia Amo. Ensemble: La Ritirata. Director: Josetxu Obreg贸n.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English suite no.2 in A minor BWV.807 (Prelude)

    Performer: Anthony Romaniuk.
    • ALPHA.
  • Anthony Romaniuk

    Kora improvisation

    Performer: Anthony Romaniuk.
    • ALPHA.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major s49/w1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon H枚fele. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures, Op.37

    Singer: Kathryn Rudge. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
  • Trad.

    Blow the Wind Southerly

    Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Traditional

    All Things are Quite Silent

    Music Arranger: Kerry Andrew. Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • NAXOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Symphony no.1 in A major 'Symphonie Italienne' (Florence)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Vincent D'Indy: Orchestral works 4: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Francis Poulenc

    En Chemin de Fer (Promenades)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Souvenir d'Am茅rique on 'Yankee Doodle', Op. 17

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • William Babell

    Concerto No. II for sixth flute in D Major, Op. 3

    Performer: Sebastian Marq. Performer: Florence Bolton. Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Ensemble: La R锚veuse.
    • London circa 1720: Corelli's Legacy.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • John Dowland

    Awake, sweet love, thou art return'd

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • Dowland: Lute Music 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 16.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seasons (Autumn: Thus Nature rewards our toil!)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden. Singer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Choir: Ch贸r Narodowego Forum Muzyki. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody: Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Jake Heggie

    Iconic Legacies [First Ladies at the Smithsonian] (Eleanor Roosevelt)

    Singer: Jamie Barton. Performer: Jake Heggie.
    • Jake Heggie: Unexpected Shadows.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto no.3 in A major Wq.172 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Vidi speciosam

    Choir: Nordic Voices.
    • CHANDOS CHACONNE.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Scherzo for piano, Op.35 no.1

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 7.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Los Pajaros Perdidos: L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 19.

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  • Tue 22 Sep 2020 09:00

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