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Thursday with Suzy Klein - A Tudor Labradoodle, Bach's Violin Concerto in E, Armando Iannucci

Suzy Klein takes us through the morning with the best in classical music, and we hear about Armando Iannucci's cultural inspirations.

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

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

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Bach's Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Writer, satirist and classical music fan Armando Iannucci talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped him throughout his life.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Overture in D major H.1a.7

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR Klassik : 40357-190010-2.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig Thuille

    Quartettsatz

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Late works Opp. 59-64.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Manuel Ponce

    Scherzino mexicano

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    La princesse jaune (Overture)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Neeme Jarvi conducts Saint-Saens.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Music Arranger: Fabrice Pierre. Performer: Chris Laurence. Performer: Sioned Williams. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Debussy: String Quartet etc: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5-6.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, K 545

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor Op.49

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • William Byrd

    Browning, 'The leaves be green'

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Max Reger

    Variations and Fugue on a theme of J.S. Bach, Op.81

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion CDA66996.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.32 in G major K.318 [Overture]

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Symphonies: SCO, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
  • Lombardini Sirmen

    Concerto no.2 in E, 1st movement

    Performer: Piroska Vitarius. Orchestra: Savaria Baroque Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Antonio Estévez

    Mediodia en el llano

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • George Gershwin

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • CBS.
  • Johann Stamitz

    Sinfonia a 4 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Scherzo in D major for string quartet [from "Les vendredis"]

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • SIMAX.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Essential Piano: Various Artists.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 (Tema con variazioni)

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dohnanyi: Symphony no. 2: ѿý Philharmonic/Bamert.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Fantasie, Op.79

    Performer: Ileana Ruhemann. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • ENSEMBLE MUSIC.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott.
    • ORFEO: C 902 161 A.
    • Orfeo.
    • 12.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Christine Pendrill. Performer: Maurice Murphy. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • EMI.
  • Teresa Carreño

    La Corbeille de Feurs, Op.9

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Magnificat, C75

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies: Ex Cathedra/Concerto Palatino/Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

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