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Suzy Klein

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Suzy Klein plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to today鈥檚 starter.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 as we lead up to the 大象传媒 Proms this week, we hear another outstanding piece premiered or arranged by Henry Wood.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 27 Jul 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Praise the Lord (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.
  • Arnold Bax

    Concertante (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Chandos.
  • David Popper

    Dance of the Elves

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • RCA.
  • Paul Schoenfield

    Four Parables (Dog Heaven)

    Performer: Jeffrey Kahane. Ensemble: New World Symphony. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • ARGO.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Symphony in G major

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • ARCHIV.
  • James McMillan

    Motet 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
    • Soft.
    • Delphian.
    • 11.
  • Roger Quilter

    Now sleeps the Crimson Petal (3 Songs Op.3)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • The English Songbook.
    • EMI.
    • 21.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 8.
  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Stefano Landi

    Passacaglia della vita

    Singer: Marco Beasley. Singer: Johannette Zomer. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major K.417

    Performer: Timothy Brown. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Fanfare for Bima for brass quartet

    Performer: Philip Smith. Performer: Philip Meyers. Performer: Joseph Alessi. Performer: Warren Deck.
    • CALA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Elegy on the death of a poodle WoO.110

    Singer: Hermann Prey. Performer: Leonard Hokanson.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Jimmy McHugh

    On the Sunny Side of the Street

    Singer: Joe Carroll. Performer: Dizzy Gillespie. Performer: Billy Graham. Performer: Percy Heath. Performer: Al Jones. Performer: Wynton Kelly. Performer: Stuff Smith.
    • Details tbc.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Fred the Cat Flies to Heaven (Piano Sonata Op.301 'Fred The Cat')

    Performer: Lucy Wenger.
    • INNOVA.
  • Edgar Bainton

    And I saw a new Heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 9.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    Allegro de Concert

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • Bowen: The Complete Works for Viola and Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Josef Strauss

    Die Libelle, Op 204

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Manfred Honeck conducts Strauss.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.
    • 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Piano Concerto Op.13 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • HYPERION.
  • John Harle

    The Three Ravens (Since First I Saw Your Face)

    Singer: Sarah Leonard. Performer: John Harle. Performer: Alexander B膬l膬nescu. Ensemble: John Harle Band.
    • Argo.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gringolts Quartet. Ensemble: Meta4.
    • Felix Mendelssohn & Enescu: Octets.
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 22.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Suite espa帽ola (Sevilla)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milo拧: The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • David Baker

    Calypso (Jazz Suite '3 Ethnic dances')

    Performer: Alan Balter. Orchestra: Akron Symphony Orchestra.
    • American Voices: The African-American Composers' Project.
    • TELARC.
    • 9.

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