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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. Monday - Rob Cowan with Lee Child

    With Rob Cowan. Including Vladimir Horowitz (piano) performing music by Liszt.

  2. Friday - Sarah Walker with Tamsin Greig

    With Sarah Walker. Including Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1 and Brahms's Symphony No 3.

  3. Thursday - Sarah Walker with Tamsin Greig

    With an excerpt from Weber's Der Freischutz and Haydn's Symphony No 6.

  4. Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Tamsin Greig

    Sarah Walker with Auber's Overture to La muette de Portici and Mozart's Coronation Mass.

  5. Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Tamsin Greig

    Sarah Walker with Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Shostakovich's Symphony No 15.

  6. Monday - Sarah Walker with Tamsin Greig

    With Sarah Walker. Including Schubert's Trio in B flat, D471, and Sibelius's Symphony No 2

  7. Friday - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey

    Including Wagner's Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhauser), plus the BBC Singers live in Bristol.

  8. Thursday - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey

    Including the Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus in Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpts).

  9. Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey

    With Sarah Walker. Including the Bach Choir in Bach's St Matthew Passion (excerpt).

  10. Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey

    Music by Palestrina, plus Edinburgh Festival Chorus in excerpts from Mendelssohn's Elijah.

  11. Monday - Sarah Walker with Guy Garvey

    Including Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius (Part 1), with the Huddersfield Choral Society.

  12. Friday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman

    Including Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Schubert's Piano Trio in B flat, D898.

  13. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman

    Including Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Brahms's Piano Trio No 1 in B.

  14. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman

    Including Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Beethoven's Piano Trio in D (Ghost).

  15. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman

    Including Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Dvorak's Piano Trio No 3 in F minor.

  16. Monday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman

    Including Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor.

  17. Friday - Rob Cowan with Helen Sharman

    Including Artist of the Week: Clifford Curzon, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5.

  18. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Helen Sharman

    Includes Artist of the Week: Clifford Curzon, featured in Brahms's Piano Sonata in F minor

  19. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Helen Sharman

    Includes Artist of the Week: pianist Clifford Curzon, featured in Schubert's Trout Quintet

  20. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Helen Sharman

    Artist of the Week: pianist Clifford Curzon, featured in Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor.

  21. Monday - Rob Cowan with Helen Sharman

    Artist of the Week: pianist Clifford Curzon, featured in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23.

  22. Friday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

    Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Strauss's Four Last Songs.

  23. Thursday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

    Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5

  24. Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

    Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Sibelius's Symphony No 5.

  25. Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

    Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, conducting Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1.

  26. Monday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

    Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Beethoven's Symphony No 6.

  27. Friday - Rob Cowan with Francesca Simon

    Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat.

  28. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Francesca Simon

    Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Beethoven's String Quartet, Op 131.

  29. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Francesca Simon

    Artists of the Week: the Juilliard Quartet, in Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet.

  30. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Francesca Simon

    Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor.

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