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Essential Classics

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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: Monday with Suzy Klein - John Foulds' April - England, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Martha Lane Fox

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Monday with Suzy Klein - John Foulds' April - England, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Martha Lane Fox

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Monday with Suzy Klein - John Foulds' April - England, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Martha Lane Fox

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music.

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus guest Martha Lane Fox.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. 

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter marks the first day of April with John Foulds's sparklingly cinematic tone poem April-England. Other musical highlights today include the Romance from Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto, arranged for chamber ensemble and played on period instruments, and Strauss's rambunctious Horn Concerto No.1.

1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music. Today, Kate Romano on the 'first' Last Night of the Proms, presided over by Malcolm Sargent.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the entrepreneur, philanthropist and  Chancellor of the Open University, Martha Lane Fox.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection

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