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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Berserkers, Copland's Quiet City, Judith Kerr

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Plus author and illustrator Judith Kerr.

  2. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1, Judith Kerr, Snuff

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Plus author and illustrator Judith Kerr.

  3. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Judith Kerr, Brahms Academic Overture, Physics on the Beach

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Plus author and illustrator Judith Kerr.

  4. Monday with Suzy Klein - Slinky, Judith Kerr

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Plus author and illustrator Judith Kerr.

  5. Friday with Suzy Klein - Kate Mosse, Debussy and the saxophone lady, Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus

    Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her sometimes cultural inspirations.

  6. Thursday with Suzy Klein - Kate Mosse, Critical Days, Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary

    Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her sometimes cultural inspirations.

  7. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - The Rorschach Test, Libera me & In paradisum from Faure's Requiem, Kate Mosse

    Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her sometimes cultural inspirations.

  8. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Learie Constantine, Kate Mosse, The Clog Dance from Herold's La fille mal gardee

    Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her sometimes cultural inspirations.

  9. Monday with Suzy Klein - Kate Mosse, The Waltzer, Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Author and playwright Kate Mosse reveals her sometimes cultural inspirations.

  10. Friday with Ian Skelly - US stars of North Korean cinema, Kate Adie

    Kate Adie reveals her sometimes surprising cultural inspirations.

  11. Thursday with Ian Skelly - Kate Adie, Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Traffic Lights and Roundabouts

    Kate Adie reveals her sometimes surprising cultural inspirations.

  12. Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Sophie Germain, Rossini's Largo al Factotum, Kate Adie

    Kate Adie reveals her sometimes surprising cultural inspirations.

  13. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Dorothy Parker's ashes, Kate Adie, Molly on the Shore by Percy Grainger

    Kate Adie reveals her sometimes surprising cultural inspirations.

  14. Monday with Ian Skelly - Purcell Chacony, Kate Adie, Respirators

    Kate Adie reveals her sometimes surprising cultural inspirations.

  15. Friday with Ian Skelly - Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, The Horse Dung Nebula, Grieg's Piano Concerto

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

  16. International Women's Day with Suzy Klein - Hildegard of Bingen, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, patriarchy crushing vikings

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

  17. Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Victorian Small Ads, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

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

  18. Tuesday with Ian Skelly - The Beano, Schumann's Traumerei from Kinderszenen, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

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

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

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

  20. 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

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

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  22. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Utopia, Evelyn Glennie

    Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie shares her cultural influences and inspirations

  23. 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

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

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

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

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

  26. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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