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Classical music to start the day

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

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No 1 in D major

    Performer: Angela Brownridge.
    • Eric Satie Piano Favourites.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV208 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!': Schafe konnen

    Singer: Sibylla Rubens. Ensemble: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV208 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!': Lebe, Sonne dieser

    Ensemble: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!: Ihr lieblichste Blicke:

    Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Ensemble: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F major K.138

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.
  • Gustav Lange

    Blumenlied, Opus 39

    Performer: Kjell Bækkelund.
    • Für Elise.
    • Talent.
    • 15.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud' - old Viennese dance no.1

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars

    Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    She Weeps over Rahoon by James Joyce, read by Finbar Lynch

  • Michael William Balfe

    I dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Unexpected Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Molloy

    Love's Old Sweet Song

    Composer: Clifton. Singer: Gordon MacRae. Singer: Jo Stafford.
    • Gordon MacRae.
    • Vintage Music.
    • 10.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Tzigane, Shehrazade, La Valse U.A..
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wenn es meines Gottes Wille (Cantata No 161)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • J.S.Bach: Christus, der is mein Leben: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (A Ball)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Iraida Yusupova

    Ave Maria for Oboe and Organ

    Performer: Alexey Balashov. Performer: Anastasia Braudo.
    • Artservice.
  • Iraida Yusupova

    Foxtrot for Oboe and Piano

    Performer: Alexei Balashov. Performer: Natalia Nikiforova.
    • Artservice.
  • Johannes Eccard

    When to the Temple Mary Went

    Conductor: David Terry. Choir: The Choir of Lincoln College Oxford.
    • Magnificat - The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Music.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 11.
  • Marie Bigot

    Suite d'etudes: Etude in C minor, Allegro & Etude in A minor, Allegretto

    Performer: Betty Ann Miller.
    • Music by Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel.
    • Centaur.
    • 3-4.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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