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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Elizabeth Alker with a breakfast melange of classical music, folk and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

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Sat 10 Feb 2024 07:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder (St Matthew Passion)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • J.S. Bach: Matth盲us-Passion BWV 244.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76 no.4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Alexander Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Lark in the Morning

    Performer: Belinda O'Hooley. Music Arranger: Jackie Oates. Singer: Jackie Oates. Singer: Phil Beer.
    • Chudleigh Roots.

  • Gustav Holst

    Nocturne (A Moorside Suite)

    Music Arranger: Peter D枚rpinghaus. Ensemble: Salaputia Brass.
    • Roots.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 202.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Aeterna fac (Te Deum)

    Singer: Hayley Westenra. Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Gloria / Te Deum Hayley Westenra / National Youth Choir of Great B.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann (No.7)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • SOMM.

  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Aapki Khushi from Orpheus

    Singer: Ashnaa Sasikaran. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Real World Records.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Choir of Temple Church. Choir: Holst Singers. Performer: Ian le Grice. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DECCA.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Roger Eno

    Strangely, I Dreamt (Instrumental Version)

    Composer: Cecily Eno. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin. Conductor: Roger Eno.
    • Strangely, I Dreamt.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • EMI.

  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits: London Symphony Orchestra/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Invocatio

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Charles Brett. Singer: John Williams. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ERATO.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • The Film Music Of Jerry Goldsmith.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 419 iii) Allegro

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Venice.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

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