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Boost your morning with classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 6 Nov 2023 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Fenby.
    • HERITAGE.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cypresses: Nos 3 and 11

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • Avie.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.98 in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 815: Gavottes, Menuet, Air, Gigue

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (Scottish Dance No. 3, Op. 59)

    Music Arranger: Ray Farr. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Orchestral, brass and piano music.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah)

    Singer: Tim Mead. Choir: Choeur du Concert d'Astrée. Orchestra: Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée. Director: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 109.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet no.2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen - The Six String Quartets.
    • CALA.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance (Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • RACHMANINOV: Music for 2 Pianos.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest. Conductor: Marco Boni.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings etc.: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/Boni.
    • Pentatone Classics.
    • 2.

  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth

    Performer: Alis Huws.

  • Alun Hoddinott

    Folk-song suite for small orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 5-8.

  • Traditional English

    The Salley Gardens

    Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Performer: Phyllis Spurr.
    • Kathleen Ferrier - Vol.8: Blow the Wind Southerly.
    • Decca.
    • 20.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    4 Mazurkas, Op. 33, B. 115: No. 2 in D Major

    Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Chopin: Complete Mazurkas, Vol. 1.
    • Ondine.
    • 123.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt: The complete Annees de Pelerinage: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • DG.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

    Singer: Tom Waits. Ensemble: Gavin Bryars Ensemble.
    • Phillips.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Wilbraham. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • The World of the Trumpet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan ('Davlsvit' Suite Dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Erik Satie: Encore: Roland Pontinen.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Bacchanale (Autumn, The Seasons Op 67)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • The Seasons etc..
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote K.620 (Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 6.

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  • Mon 6 Nov 2023 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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