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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. Monday with Ian Skelly - Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Verdi's Va pensiero, Echo's Bones

    Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla reveals her cultural influences and inspirations.

  2. Friday with Ian Skelly - The Fat of the Hotchi-Witchi, Haydn's London Symphony, Evelyn Glennie

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  3. Thursday with Ian Skelly - Liszt's Rhapsodie espagnole, Evelyn Glennie, Le Guin

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  4. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Utopia, Evelyn Glennie

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  5. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Evelyn Glennie, King's Evil and the Royal Touch, Dvorak's Carnival Overture

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  6. Monday with Suzy Klein - Evelyn Glennie, Talking Dogs, Mozart's Queen of the Night

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

  7. Friday with Suzy Klein - The Laurel and Hardy theme tune, Sally Magnusson

    Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

  8. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, Sally Mangusson, Miracles and Wonders of the English Civil War

    Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

  9. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Sally Magnusson, Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Palimpsests

    Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

  10. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Shostakovich Jazz Suite, Rousseau, Sally Magnusson

    Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

  11. Monday with Suzy Klein - Snowflakes, Sally Magnusson, Handel's Ombra mai fu

    Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

  12. Friday with Ian Skelly - Prue Leith, the AI revolution, Chopin's 'Raindrop' Prelude

    Cookery writer and restaurateur Prue Leith lists her inspirations and influences.

  13. Thursday with Ian Skelly - Nicknames, Prue Leith, Carmina Burana

    Cookery writer and restaurateur Prue Leith lists her inspirations and influences.

  14. Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Pearl Fishers Duet, Jigsaws, Prue Leith

    Cookery writer and restaurateur Prue Leith lists her inspirations and influences.

  15. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Prue Leith, Bach's Italian Concerto, Fat Tuesday

    Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.

  16. Monday with Ian Skelly - Document leaks, Rosenkavalier, Prue Leith

    Cookery writer and restaurateur Prue Leith lists her inspirations and influences.

  17. Friday with Ian Skelly - Steven McRae, Punch and Judy, Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries

    Principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, Steven McRae, talks about his inspirations.

  18. Thursday with Ian Skelly - Bernstein's On the Town, Suffragettes on the run, Steven McRae

    Principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, Steven McRae, talks about his inspirations.

  19. Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Roller Skating Suffragettes, Saint-Saens's The Swan, Steven McRae

    Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Roller Skating Suffragettes, Saint-Saens' The Swan.

  20. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Human Letters, Steven McRae, Beethoven Symphony No 7

    Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae talks about his inspirations.

  21. Monday with Ian Skelly - Steven McRae, Prison cells, Dvorak's New World Symphony

    Principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, Steven McRae, talks about his inspirations.

  22. Friday with Ian Skelly - Mendelssohn Fruhlingslied, Dame Penelope Keith, The Decline of Archery

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  23. Thursday with Ian Skelly - Dame Penelope Keith, Winter Blues, Liszt La Campanella

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  24. Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Debussy Arabesque No. 1, Napoleon's wallpaper, Dame Penelope Keith

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  25. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Ships in Bottles, Dame Penelope Keith, Copland Rodeo

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  26. Monday with Ian Skelly - Dame Penelope Keith, Smetana Ma Vlast, The Frog Service

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  27. Friday with Suzy Klein - 17th Century Detoxing, Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Joshua Bell

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences with Suzy Klein.

  28. Thursday with Suzy - Joshua Bell, Electricity Pylons, Widor's Toccata

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences with Suzy Klein.

  29. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Mozart Symphony No.40, Joshua Bell, Ah Sing the Opium Master

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences.

  30. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Spiders on drugs, Spem in Alium, Joshua Bell

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences with Ian Skelly.

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