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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. Monday with Suzy Klein - Poisonous Hosiery, Mendelssohn Symphony No 4, Terence Stamp

    Suzy Klein takes us through the morning with the best in classical music.

  2. Friday with Rob Cowan - Grieg's Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Libraries, Antonio Pappano

    Rob Cowan takes us through the morning with the best in classical music.

  3. Thursday with Rob Cowan - The Talking Mongoose, James MacMillan's O Radiant Dawn, Antonio Pappano

    Rob Cowan takes us through the morning with the best in classical music.

  4. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Life in the Arctic, Antonio Pappano, Farandole from Bizet's L'Arlesienne

    Musical Director Antonio Pappano lists his cultural influences and inspirations.

  5. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Antonio Pappano, Whiskers, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine

    Musical Director Antonio Pappano lists his cultural influences and inspirations.

  6. Monday with Rob Cowan - Antonio Pappano, Corinthian Spirit, Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol

    Musical Director Antonio Pappano lists his cultural influences and inspirations.

  7. Friday with Suzy Klein - Pig on the Thames, Rick Stein, Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours

    Restaurateur Rick Stein discusses the ideas and influences that inspired him.

  8. Thursday with Suzy Klein - The Telectroscope, MacCunn's Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Rick Stein

    Restaurateur Rick Stein discusses the ideas and influences that inspired him.

  9. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Rick Stein, Mussorgsky's Night on Bare Mountain, Agniology

    Restaurateur Rick Stein discusses the ideas and influences that inspired him.

  10. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Gluck's Dance of the Blessed spirits, Rick Stein, Department Stores

    Restaurateur Rick Stein discusses the ideas and influences that inspired him.

  11. Monday with Suzy Klein - Rick Stein, Steel Jewellery, Andante from Schubert's Trio D 929

    Restaurateur Rick Stein discusses the ideas and influences that inspired him.

  12. Friday with Rob Cowan - Jacqueline Wilson, Bandstands

    Dame Jacqueline Wilson names her cultural inspirations and influences.

  13. Thursday with Rob Cowan - Strauss II's Thunder and Lightning Polka, Baritsu, Jacqueline Wilson

    Dame Jacqueline Wilson names her cultural inspirations and influences.

  14. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Captain Pouch Clair de Lune, Jacqueline Wilson

    Wednesday with Rob Cowan, Clair de Lune, Jacqueline Wilson.

  15. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Jacqueline Wilson, Bach's B Minor Mass, Il Cupolone

    Dame Jacqueline Wilson names her cultural inspirations and influences.

  16. Monday with Rob Cowan - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Jacqueline Wilson, Kinoplastikon

    Dame Jacqueline Wilson names her cultural inspirations and influences.

  17. Friday with Rob Cowan - Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, Vladimir Jurowski, Tom Service in Russia

    Conductor Vladimir Jurowski lists his inspirations and influences.

  18. Thursday with Rob Cowan - Handel's Va tacito, Vladimir Jurowski, Tom Service in Russia

    Conductor Vladimir Jurowski lists his inspirations and influences.

  19. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Scriabin and fake synaesthesiacs, Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights, Vladimir Jurowski

    Conductor Vladimir Jurowski lists his inspirations and influences.

  20. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Tom Service in Russia, Vladimir Jurowski, Weber's Invitation to the Dance

    Conductor Vladimir Jurowski lists his inspirations and influences.

  21. Monday with Rob Cowan - Vladimir Jurowski, Onfim, Shostakovich's Romance from The Gadfly

    Conductor Vladimir Jurowski lists his inspirations and influences.

  22. Friday with Suzy Klein - Bridget Kendall, Beethoven 5, Tom Service in Russia

    Bridget Kendall talks about the ideas that inspired and shaped her throughout her life.

  23. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Rachmaninov's second piano concerto, Bridget Kendall, Vikings in Russia

    Journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural influences and inspirations.

  24. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Stravinsky's Firebird, Swan Lake, Bridget Kendall

    Journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural influences and inspirations.

  25. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Bridget Kendall, Lenin's Tomb, Pachelbel's canon

    Journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural influences and inspirations.

  26. Monday with Suzy Klein - Soviet Synthesizers, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Bridget Kendall

    Journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural influences and inspirations.

  27. Friday with Suzy Klein - Copland's Appalachian Spring, Armando Iannucci, Solar Storms

    Armando Ianucci lists his cultural influences and inspirations.

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

    Armando Ianucci reveals his inspirations and influences.

  29. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium, Armando Iannucci, The Telediphone

    Suzy Klein takes us through the morning with the best in classical music.

  30. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre, Armando Ianucci, The Celestial Bed

    Armando Ianucci lists his cultural influences, and new companion pieces for Danse Macabre.

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