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Essential Classics

Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Patrick Gale, Kites, Rodrigo's Canario

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Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Patrick Gale, Kites, Rodrigo's Canario

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Patrick Gale, Kites, Rodrigo's Canario

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus guest, author Patrick Gale

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is the Canario finale of Rodrigo's guitar concert, Fantasia para un gentilhombre - quintessentially Spanish music for a quintessentially Spanish instrument. Other musical highlights today: the triumphant final scene of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, and a Benjamin Britten rarity: his Canadian Carnival, based on French-Canadian folk tunes. 

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Kate Romano explores the history of kites.

1050 Suzy Klein’s guest this week is the writer Patrick Gale, whose latest novel “Take Nothing With You” is out now. He’ll be sharing his favourite cultural inspirations.

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