Thursday with Suzy Klein - Paul Whitehouse, Colour Therapy, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, actor and comedian Paul Whitehouse.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba is today's playlist choice.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Each day this week the actor, writer and comedian Paul Whitehouse, creator of unforgettable characters in The Fast Show and in his series with Harry Enfield, tells Suzy about the people, music and ideas that have inspired him over the years. Today he talks about his admiration for the work of the WW2 writer Alexander Baron.
Other music in the programme includes Korngold's Schauspiel Overture, Op.4; part of Thomas Ades music for his opera Powder her Face, and Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de Printemps.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps (Ballet and Final Tableau)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurka in B flat Minor, Op.24 no.4
Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32: Aria " Nun verschwinden alle Plagen"
Singer: Sophie Karth盲user. Singer: Michael Volle. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Raphael Alpermann.- Bach: Dialogkantaten, BWV 32, 49 & 57.
- harmonia mundi.
- 5.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.- BIS: 2109 SACD.
- BIS.
- 6.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Abu Hassan (Overture)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures.
- BIS.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi etc: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv.
- 10.
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Arthur Honegger
Pastorale d'ete
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Enrique Granados
El fandango de candil (Goyescas)
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
- Hyperion.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Moscow-Cheryomushki Suite (Dances)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447
Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6-8.
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Time Traveller: Colour Wards
Duration: 02:04
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Arthur Bliss
In the house of the Lord (Meditations on a Theme by John Blow)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow.
- Naxos.
- 8.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
M茅d茅e (ballet music)
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Erato.
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Francis Poulenc
L'Embarquement pour Cyth猫re
Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier.- Poulenc Piano Concertos.
- Chandos.
- 18.
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Ottorino Respighi
Belkis, Queen of Sheba
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de Printemps
Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Stringer.- Timpani.
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Alexander Glazunov
Albumblatt in D flat major
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott: Puccini, Falla, Hindemith, Rachmninov, Kreisl.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
Cultural Inspirations: Paul Whitehouse on Alexander Baron
Duration: 03:16
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Walter Kent
The White Cliffs of Dover
Singer: Vera Lynn. Orchestra: Jay Wilbur and His Band.- PAST.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major, RV 564
Performer: Enrico Onofri. Performer: Marco Bianchi. Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo' Coin. Il Giardino Armonico.
- Teldec.
- 1-3.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Powder Her Face - suite
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
- EMI.
- 8.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- BR Klassik.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo in G major, Op.129, 'Rage over a lost penny'
Performer: Ronald Brautigam.- Beethoven: Piano Music - Brautigam.
- Etcetera.
- 6.
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Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Choir: The Gentlemen of St John鈥檚. Director: Christopher Robinson.- Music for Men's Voices.
- Priory.
- 5.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Schubert: Octet: The Nash Ensemble.
- Virgin Classics.
- 3.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.- NAXOS.
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