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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including some seasonal music and a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 13 Dec 2020 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    La Poule (Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Book 2)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation H.21.2 (opening)

    Singer: Anna Lucia Richter. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Florian Boesch. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in F major K.616

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • CAMPANELLA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    There is sprung up a light (Chandos Anthem No 8, HWV 252)

    Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Handel: Chandos Anthems: Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/OAE/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in G major Op.9`1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Boccherini.
    • Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9 Nos. 1-3.
    • Genuin.
    • 104.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.3

    • Tim Tricker

      Christmas Carol

      Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
      • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ recording.
  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale Op.18

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Swedish Society.
  • Traditional

    Staffansvisa [FrΓ₯n Orust]

    Choir: Children from Adolf Fredriks School, Stockholm..
    • AF CD.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    ³’³ά³¦Ύ±²Ή²υΓ₯²Τ²΅

    Choir: Children from Adolf Fredriks school in Stockholm..
    • Recording courtesty of Swedish Radio.
  • Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann

    Bossa-Nova-Philharmonica

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Albert Roussel

    Orchestral Suite in F Major, Op.33 (Gigue)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Concerto in D minor BWV.596 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS-2241 SACD.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Anonymous

    Hymn of the Dawn

    Choir: Hover State Chamber Choir.
    • Recording courtesty of the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Arnold Bax

    Spring Fire symphony (In the Forest Before Dawn)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Viktor Sergeevich Kalinnikov

    Radiant Light Op.16 (All Night Vigil)

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
    • 9.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.2

    • Jonathan Ticher

      Christmas Carol

      Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Christmas Eve Suite (final section)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Decca.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Give me no splendour, Op.1 no.4

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Noel.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    High are the snowdrifts, Op.1 no.5

    Singer: Tom Krause. Performer: Irwin Gage.
    • Decca.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a (Tarantella)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Nutcracker Suite.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.
  • Edward Elgar

    Lux Aeterna

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei: Choir of New College, Oxford/Higginbottom.
    • Erato.

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  • Sun 13 Dec 2020 07:00

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