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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Graham Fellows, Bees, William Tell Overture

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, comedy actor and musician Graham Fellows.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history.

1050 This week Suzy’s guest is the comedy actor and musician Graham Fellows, aka John Shuttleworth and “Jilted Johnâ€. He talks about some of the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation

3 hours

Music and featured items

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 23 in D major K.181

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Dacapo.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: IV. Rondo all zingarese. Presto

    Composer: Lukáš Sommer. Ensemble: Civitas Ensemble. Ensemble: Gipsy Way Ensemble.
    • Alla zingarese.
    • Cedille.
    • 13.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O rossignol (Madrigals, Book 3)

    Choir: La Venexiana.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G minor, Kk.30 'Cat's Fugue'

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 etc..
    • ERATO.
    • 12.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite (March)

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass from the Masters, Vol.2: Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band, Parkes, Cutt.
    • Chandos.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing (Garden scene)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Capriccio - Violin Pieces.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.
  • Time Traveller: Bees by John-Henry Clay

    Duration: 02:20

  • John Wilbye

    Sweet honey-sucking bees; Yet sweet, take heed

    Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La parade

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Richard Wagner

    Rienzi (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • Cultural Inspirations: Graham Fellows talks about his eclectic and varied employment history

    Duration: 03:52

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Schauspieldirektor, K486: Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Phaëton, Op.39

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • SONY.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No.2 in F major (op. 38)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • SONY.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque in G minor, Op.89 no.3

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Works for Violin and Orchestra.
    • ONDINE.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Vivaldi: Sinfonie: Avanti L'Opera E Concerti: La'rte Dell Arco: Hogwood.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4-7.
  • Arvo Pärt

    The Deer's Cry

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • Coro.
    • 003.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Blues (Sonata in G major arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Andrew Haveron. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-Fours, Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Sep 2018 09:00