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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Vaughan Williams' The Wasps, Terence Stamp, Bus Shelters

Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music, and actor Terence Stamp talks about his cultural inspirations and influences.

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

Suzy takes us through the morning with the best in classical music:

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Actor Terence Stamp talks about his cultural inspirations.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Handel/Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Maurice Delage

    4 po猫mes hindous: II. Lahore

    Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.
    • Mirages.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic dances Op.45 for orchestra: no.1; Non allegro - lento - tempo 1

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninov: The Bells, Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 005.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.
    • BIS: 2109 SACD.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    This is the record of John

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simone Dinnerstein. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Mozart In Havana.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Anna Cederberg-Orreteg

    闯辞谤诲苍盲谤补

    Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • BIS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major

    Performer: Minna Pensola. Performer: Antti Tikkanen. Performer: Tuomas Lehto. Performer: Niek de Groot.
    • Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-3 - Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartets Nos. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 1-3.
  • Sidney Torch

    Rosie, The Red Omnibus (London Transport Suite)

    Performer: Martin Knowles. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Sidney Torch: London Transport Suite, Petit Valse, Barbecue and other works.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Insanae et vanae curae

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op.23

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Michael Brown.
    • Echoes.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps - Overture

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Song of the Flea

    Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Great Operatic Arias.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Josquin des Prez

    El grillo

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • EMI.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 447 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: New Seasons Ensemble.
    • Decca.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (Symphonic Dances from West Side Story)

    Orchestrator: Sid Ramin. Orchestrator: Irwin Kostal. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dance Mix: Baltimore Symphony Orchstra/Zinman.
    • Argo.
    • 1.
  • John Taverner

    Audivi vocem

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Decca.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen - suite

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Fontalis.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus tuus

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.2 in D minor

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Salome - opera in 1 act Op.54 [1903-5]: Sc.4; Dance of the seven veils

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in F major TWV55:F16 (La Tempete)

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Telemann - Concertos & Cantata Ihr V枚lker H枚rt.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 023.

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  • Wed 13 Dec 2017 09:00

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