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Classical music to set you up for 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

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Fri 16 Feb 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Delius: Violin Concerto: Little/Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • ARGO.
    • 4.

  • Josef Suk

    At Noon (Summer Moods, Op 22b)

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in F sharp minor (Book 6, Op. 67; No. 2)

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 6: RPO/Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es ist vollbracht (Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159)

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Concerto KΓΆln.
    • Bach.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gardΓ©e)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • EMI.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.

  • Massimiliano Neri

    Sonata in 12 parts, Op.2 No.15

    Ensemble: Concerto Scirocco. Director: Giulia Genini.
    • Arcana.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony No 9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ANTONIN DVORAK Symphonie Nr. 9 'Aus der Neuen Welt' Heldenlied, op.111.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite for Variety Orchestra No.1)

    Music Arranger: Levon Atovmyan. Director: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: ZΓΌrcher Kammerorchester.
    • Dance!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Nocturne

    Performer: Sebastian Wybrew. Singer: Gemma Summerfield.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden Op.39

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 13.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance, The Willow Song, Military March (Othello Suite)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Decca.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    "The Call" by Charlotte Mew, read by Joanne Froggatt

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • BIS.

  • Helena Paish

    Twilight

    Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ‘n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    Capriccio Op.18

    Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DG.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Robert Bruce: Overture

    Music Arranger: Louis Niedermeyer. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini Discoveries.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Jonathan Dove

    In beauty may I walk

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op 110 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Beethoven, The Late Piano Sonatas Nos. 28-32: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • William Croft

    Ground in C minor

    Performer: Naoko Yoshino. Music Arranger: David Watkins.
    • Music for Quiet Contemplation.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 10.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • Lso Live.
    • 1.

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