Thursday with Suzy Klein - Lenny Henry, Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein with guest Lenny Henry.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - the first of 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. This morning, Gillian Moore takes us back to 1921 and the first performance of Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending for violin and orchestra.
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1050 As the 成人快手 launches Our Classical Century our guest this week is Lenny Henry, who talks about his music discoveries and the cultural icons that inspire him. Join Suzy and Lenny at 9 o'clock tonight for the first episode of 成人快手4's new series Our Classical Century, which looks at the period 1918-1936.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier (Act 3 Waltz sequence)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- R.Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Burleske: Thibaudet/Blomstedt.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6 Morceaux Op.19 (no.5, Capriccioso)
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Hyperion.
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William Byrd
Quomodo cantabimus
Choir: Gallicantus. Director: Gabriel Crouch.- SIGNUM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: IV. Molto allegro
Ensemble: Quatuor Akilone.- Haydn, Mozart & Schubert.
- Mirare.
- 8.
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Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides Op.73
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Sibelius: Orchestral Songs, etc..
- Chandos.
- 14.
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Anon.
惭补谤颈锄谩辫补濒辞蝉
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar. Singer: B茅atrice Mayo-Felip.- NAIVE.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 2.
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John Adams
Violin Concerto - 3rd mvt 'Toccare '
Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- NAXOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230
Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Senesino Players. Director: Barnaby Smith.- Bach Motets.
- Signum.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- BR Klassik.
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies of Winds (original 1920 version)
Orchestra: Twentieth-Century Classics Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Craft.- Naxos.
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Luigi Russolo
Awakening of a City
Performer: Luigi Russolo.- The Wire Recordings.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Beethoven: Symphony no.6/Leonore overtures: Swedish Chamber Orch/Dausgaard.
- Simax.
- 6.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ritual of the Rival Tribes; Dance of the Earth (The Rite of Spring)
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 5.
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Edward Elgar
Where corals lie (Sea Pictures Op.37)
Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli.
- EMI.
- 8.
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Claude Debussy
Sir猫nes (Nocturnes)
Choir: Women's Voices of the Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Philips.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Alex North
Antony and Cleopatra's Love (Cleopatra)
Conductor: Alex North.- Cleopatra - soundtrack.
- VARESE SARABANDE.
- 006.
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L茅o Delibes
Cortege de Bacchus (Sylvia)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS MEDIA.
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Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec
Recit et Air de Medee: 'Ah! Faut-il me venger ... Ma rivale triomphe (Act 4, Scene 1)
Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- ERATO.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptus D.935: No.4 in F minor
Performer: Paul Lewis.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Romance in F minor, Op.11
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.- Dvorak Violin Concerto.
- Ondine.
- 5.
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John Dowland
I saw my lady weep
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Hyperion.
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Arnold Bax
The Garden of Fand
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Chandos.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla S眉ssmann.- AVIE.
Broadcast
- Thu 15 Nov 2018 09:00成人快手 Radio 3