Classical Fix

Classical Fix

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Classical Fix episodes

  • Bolu Babalola

    Journalist, academic and author Bolu Babalola tries Clemmie's classical playlist which takes in fairy tales, yearning Harlem poetry, and popular High Life melodies from Nigeria.

    Bolu's playlist in full:

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Theme

    Errollyn Wallen: Horseplay - Lively
    Margaret Bonds: Three Dream Portraits - Dream Variation
    Philip Glass: Glassworks - opening
    Fela Sowande: African Suite - Akinla
    Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051 - Allegro

    31 min
  • Daisy Buchanan

    Journalist, author and podcast host Daisy Buchanan tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Daisy's playlist in full:

    Nicola Matteis: La Vecchia Sarabanda

    Anton Bruckner: Locus iste
    Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis
    Erik Satie: 'Sylvie' from Trois Melodies
    Ann Southam: Glass Houses
    Edward Elgar: Sea Slumber-Song from Sea Pictures

    31 min
  • Liam Williams

    Comedian, actor and writer Liam Williams tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Liam's playlist in full:

    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Mélodie Op. 42, No. 3

    Matthew Locke: The Tempest: The Second Musick: Curtain Tune
    Camille Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata Op. 168 (3rd movement)
    Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin
    William Henry Harris: Faire is the Heaven
    Scott Joplin: Stoptime Rag

    30 min
  • Andy Zaltzman

    Comedian and host of the satirical news podcast The Bugle, Andy Zaltzman, tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Andy's playlist:

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Violin Sonata in C minor (2nd movement)
    Franz Schubert: Litanei auf des Fest Allerseelen
    Rachel Grimes: First Self-Portrait Series
    Tomas Luis de Victoria: Requiem Mass (Kyrie)
    Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata for Harp (1st movement)
    Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (aka Fingal's Cave)

    29 min
  • Matt Edmondson

    Writer, board game creator, magician and co-host of Weekend Breakfast on Radio 1, Matt Edmondson, tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Matt's playlist in full:

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in G (reworked for piano)

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C (3rd movement)
    Hildur Gudnadottir: Elevation
    Johannes Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis (Kyrie)
    Michael Nyman: If from The Diary of Anne Frank
    Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in A minor RV461 (Larghetto)

    30 min
  • Suzi Ruffell

    Comedian and podcaster Suzi Ruffell tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Suzi's playlist in full:

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (version for 2 pianos)

    Marin Marais: Les voix humaines
    Ennio Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
    Carl Orff: Gassenhauer from Four Studies for Xylophone
    Jessie Montgomery: Strum
    Benjamin Britten: Sunday Morning from 4 Sea Interludes (from the opera Peter Grimes)

    30 min
  • Rob Auton

    Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival, writer and comedian Rob is in the hot seat. He's listened to Chopin's greatest hits and he's brought his homework along. So what will he make of Clemmie's eclectic classical playlist?

    Rob's playlist in full

    Philip Glass: Études (No 2)

    Emmanuel Chabrier: España
    Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 (Adagio)
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré : La Catedral (Allegro solemne)
    Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 30 (Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo)

    Classical Fix is a podcast for classical music lovers and classical music newbies. If you're keen to try classical and don't know where to start - this is where you start.

    30 min
  • Mim Shaikh

    Broadcaster, actor and writer Mim Shaikh tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Mim's playlist in full:

    Florence Beatrice Price: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: III. Juba Dance

    Frédéric Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
    Nico Muhly: A Hudson Cycle
    Amy Beach: 4 Sketches, Op. 15: No. 3. Dreaming (arr. for cello and piano)
    Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
    George Frideric Handel / Arr Pluhar: Sinfonia (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon HWV 67)

    30 min
  • The Guilty Feminist aka Deborah Frances-White

    Writer, comedian and host of the hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White, tries Clemmie's classical playlist.

    Deborah's playlist in full:

    John Adams: Hallelujah Junction: 1st Movement

    Isobel Waller-Bridge: The Last Words of M
    George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2: Vo' far guerra
    Howard Skempton: More Sweet Than My Refrain
    Miriam Hyde: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor: 2. Andante tranquillo
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

    30 min

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