
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Jennifer Pike, Shostakovich's Waltz from Dance of the Dolls, New Year, New Music: Edmund Finnis
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Suzy Klein's guest is violinist Jennifer Pike.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 As part of New Year, New Music, Radio 3 presenters introduce some of the latest pieces of music that they love.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the violinist Jennifer Pike.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
January: By the Fireside (The Seasons)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La finta giardiniera (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- RCA Red Seal.
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.- In Praise of Woman.
- HELIOS.
- 017.
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Antonín Dvořák
Polonaise in E flat major
Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- SUPRAPHON.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Lyrical Waltz (Dances of the Dolls)
Orchestrator: Tamás Batiashvili. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Echoes of Time: Lisa Batiashvili/Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne Op.78
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.- Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in F minor, D 935 No 4
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- Schubert: Impromptus D899 & D935: Krystian Zimerman.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Suk: Fantastic Scherzo, A Summers Tale: Czech PO, Mackerras.
- Decca.
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Edmund Finnis
Elsewhere
Performer: Daniel Pioro.- Bedroom Community.
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Aram Khachaturian
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Onyx.
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Johann Christian Bach
Symphony for wind instruments no.1 in E flat major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
- MDG.
- 1.
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Geoffrey Toye
The Haunted Ballroom (Waltz)
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.- NAXOS.
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Juan García de Zéspedes
Guaracha: Aye que me abrazo
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.![]()
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E major, Op.116 no.4
Performer: Barry Douglas.- Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 1.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Henry Mancini
The Pink Panther Theme
Orchestra: Mancini Pops Orchestra.- RCA.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Silken Ladder (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Kerry Andrew
Apples, Plums, Cherries
Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Snow Queens.
- Resonus Classics.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
Danse sacrée et danse profane
Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Ravel: Sheherazade / Tombeau / Pavane; Debussy: Danses / Ballades de Villon.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major H.15.25 'Gypsy rondo' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Haydn: Piano Trios Nos. 24-27: Beaux Arts Trio.
- Philips Classics.
- 006.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
- Channel Classics.
- 2.
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Max Reger
Piano Concerto in F minor Op 114 2nd mvt: Largo con gran espressione
Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- Hyperion.
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Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol.1: Thorsen, Bergen PO, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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William Byrd
Fantasia no. 1 in F major for consort a 6
Ensemble: Phantasm.- Byrd: Consort Music.
- LINN.
- 10.
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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.
Broadcast
- Wed 9 Jan 201909:00BBC Radio 3
