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Essential Classics Episodes

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

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

  4. 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.

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

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

  6. 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'.

  7. 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'.

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

    Rob Cowan hears from leading British mezzo Christine Rice.

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

    Rob Cowan is joined by leading British mezzo Christine Rice.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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

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

  13. 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.

  14. Monday - Suzy Klein with Dame Diana Rigg, Villa-Lobos and Marmalade

    Suzy Klein chats to Dame Diana Rigg about the things that have inspired her over the years

  15. Vivienne Westwood, Debussy, and mesmerising cows

    Suzy Klein looks at companion pieces for Debussy's 'Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune'.

  16. Brandenburg No 3, Vivienne Westwood, and how the railways synchronised UK time

    Suzy Klein looks for companion pieces to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 3.

  17. Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Captain Cook's surfboard, Vivienne Westwood, Holst's Jupiter

    Suzy Klein explores potential companion pieces for Holst's Jupiter.

  18. Tuesday - Suzy Klein with Dame Vivienne Westwood

    Suzy Klein looks at potential companion pieces to Mozart's 'Alla Turca' Piano Sonata.

  19. Monday - Suzy Klein with Dame Vivienne Westwood

    Suzy Klein is joined by this week's guest, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

  20. Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

    Suzy Klein explores potential companion pieces for Handel's great oratorio 'Messiah'.

  21. Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

    Suzy Klein explores potential companion pieces for the finale of Schubert's Third Symphony

  22. Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

    Suzy Klein looks at potential companion pieces for Ravel's Bolero.

  23. Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

    Suzy Klein looks for potential companion pieces for Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

  24. Essential Classics

    Suzy Klein looks for companion pieces for Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite Scheherazade.

  25. Friday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

    Rob Cowan's guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

  26. Thursday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

    Rob Cowan's guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

  27. Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

    Rob Cowan's guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

  28. Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

    Rob Cowan's guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

  29. Monday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

    Rob Cowan's guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

  30. Friday - Rob Cowan with Michael Morpurgo

    Rob Cowan's guest is children's author Michael Morpurgo.

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