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Essential Classics Episodes

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

    Journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural influences and inspirations.

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

    Armando Ianucci lists his cultural influences and inspirations.

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

    Armando Ianucci reveals his inspirations and influences.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Monday with Suzy Klein - Armando Ianucci, Road Signs and Musical Notation, Ravel's String Quartet

    Armando Ianucci names his cultural inspirations and influences that have shaped him.

  7. Friday with Rob Cowan - The Chance to Dance, Wagner's Meistersinger Overture, Patricia Routledge

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

  8. Thursday with Rob Cowan - Patricia Routledge, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Bone Piles

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

  9. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Johann Strauss II's Blue Danube, Patricia Routledge, Macon

    Dame Patricia Routledge lists her influences and inspirations.

  10. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Upsetting the Apple Cart, Patricia Routledge

    Dame Patricia Routledge reveals the cultural influences that have shaped and inspired her.

  11. Monday with Rob Cowan - Patricia Routledge, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto

    Rob Cowan presents as Dame Patricia Routledge lists her influences and inspirations.

  12. Friday with Suzy Klein - Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edgar Wallace and the Dictaphone, Tavener's Song for Athene

    Featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  13. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Kwame Kwei-Armah, Bizet's Habenara, Nails

    Featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  14. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Chabrier's Espana, Kwame Kwei-Armah, The Pointe of Shoes

    Suzy Klein looks for potential companion pieces to Emmanuel Chabrier's Espana.

  15. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - The Artificial Intelligence of Ada Lovelace, Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Kwame Kwei-Armah

    Featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  16. Monday with Suzy Klein - Kwame Kwei-Armah, Farewell to Stromness, The Early Modern Exercise Revolution

    Suzy Klein's guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  17. Friday with Rob Cowan - Vivaldi's Autumn (from the Four Seasons), Derren Brown, Rossetti's Wombats

    Rob Cowan with the best in classical music, plus illusionist Derren Brown.

  18. Thursday with Rob Cowan - Indecent Exposure of an Australian Mermaid, Adam's Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Derren Brown

    Guest Derren Brown reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  19. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - How to Smell Like a Georgian, Chopin's Military Polonaise, Derren Brown

    Featured guest Derren Brown reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

  20. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Sibelius's Finlandia, Derren Brown, LOLs

    Rob Cowan looks for potential companion pieces to Sibelius' 'Finlandia'.

  21. Monday with Rob Cowan - Derren Brown, Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, Cigarettes and the Crimea

    Rob Cowan is joined by guest Derren Brown, who reveals his cultural influences.

  22. Friday with Rob Cowan - Lakme's Flower Duet, Christine Rice, Stoke Potteries

    Rob Cowan is joined by leading British mezzo-soprano Christine Rice.

  23. Thursday with Rob Cowan - Munch's Scream, Handel's Water Music, Christine Rice

    Rob Cowan looks for potential companion pieces for Handel's 'Water Music'.

  24. Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Pigeon Cure, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Christine Rice

    Rob Cowan looks for companion pieces to Tchaikovsky's Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'.

  25. Tuesday with Rob Cowan - Schubert's Quartettsatz, Christine Rice, Sunday Night TV

    Rob Cowan hears from leading British mezzo Christine Rice.

  26. Monday with Rob Cowan - Christine Rice, Static Electricity Parties, Brahms' Academic Festival Overture

    Rob Cowan is joined by leading British mezzo Christine Rice.

  27. Friday with Suzy Klein - painting Chopin, Dame Diana Rigg, Elgar's Cockaigne overture

    Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music and chats to Dame Diana Rigg.

  28. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Debussy's Children's Corner, Dame Diana Rigg, Viking Funerals

    Suzy Klein looks at potential companion pieces for Debussy's Children's Corner for piano.

  29. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Feathered hats, Allegri's Miserere, Diana Rigg

    Suzy Klein looks for potential companion pieces for Allegri's Miserere.

  30. Tuesday - Suzy Klein with Dame Diana Rigg, Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture and the Victorian seaside

    Suzy Klein brings the best in classical music, and chats to Dame Diana Rigg.

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