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Morning Classical

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

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Chopin: Preludes/Nocturnes/Waltzes: Thibaudet.
    • Dal Segno.
    • 26.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Bryars.
    • Skempton - Lento.
    • GB RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Caprice in E flat major [Alla saltarella]

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Homage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 228

    Choir: VOCES8. Orchestra: The Senesino Players. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • Bach Motets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica: After Mozart.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.
  • Scott Joplin

    Solace (A Mexican serenade)

    Performer: Richard Dowling.
    • The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin.
    • Rivermont Records.
    • 34.
  • Quincy Jones

    The Color Purple; Main Title

    Composer: Jeremy Lubbock. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Joel Rosenbaum.
    • The Color Purple.
    • HIP-O (Geffen AM).
    • 2.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra: Stephen Hough, CBSO, Or.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scherzo for strings

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Vanska/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.
  • Richard Rodgers

    People Will Say We're In Love

    Singer: Damon Daunno. Singer: Rebecca Naomi Jones. Orchestra: 2019 Oklahoma Broadway Production Band. Conductor: Nathan Koci.
    • Oklahoma! (2019 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • VDB - Verve Decca Broadway.
    • 8.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Harmonica. Written, introduced and read by Michael Longley

  • George Gershwin

    Someone to Watch over Me

    Performer: Larry Adler.
    • Again!.
    • Audio Fidelity.
    • 7.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in E major for strings Op.22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Jubilate deo for 8 voices

    Choir: London Oratory Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Charles Cole.
    • HYPERION.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass From The Masters Vol. 2:.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
    • Pentatone.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle Époque.
    • ï.
    • 4.
  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Aminata Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Mariatu Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Carnival.
    • DECCA.
    • 45.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

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