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Essential Classics Episodes

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

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

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

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

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

    Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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

    Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae talks about his inspirations.

  9. 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.

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

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

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

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

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

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

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

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

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

    Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences.

  15. 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.

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

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

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

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences.

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

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

  19. Monday with Suzy Klein - Joshua Bell, Egmont Overture, The Cloud Messenger

    Conductor and violinist Joshua Bell discusses his cultural influences.

  20. Friday with Suzy Klein - Don Saltero's, David Nicholls

    Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music.

  21. Thursday with Suzy Klein - David Nicholls, Dancing to Norwich

    Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music.

  22. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Mae West and Ho Chi Minh, David Nicholls

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

  23. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - David Nicholls, Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Irish Giant

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

  24. Monday with Suzy Klein - David Nicholls, Faure's Pavane, Fairy tales

    Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music.

  25. Friday with Suzy Klein - Bowdlerisation, Sue MacGregor, War Requiem

    Writer and broadcaster Sue MacGregor lists her cultural inspirations and influences.

  26. Thursday with Suzy Klein - The Banks of Willow Green, Sue MacGregor, Van Gogh

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus Sue MacGregor's cultural inspirations.

  27. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Sue MacGregor, Mac an t-Sronaich, Maple Leaf Rag

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus Sue MacGregor's cultural inspirations.

  28. Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, A Strange Meeting, Sue MacGregor

    A sequence of great music in classic recordings.

  29. Monday with Suzy Klein - Sue MacGregor, When this old cap was new, Brahms Symphony No. 4

    Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus Sue MacGregor's cultural inspirations.

  30. Friday with Ian Skelly - Harrison Birtwistle, Battles on Ice, New Year New Music

    Ian Skelly with music that steps from the old to the new.

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