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Your classical alarm call

Hannah French 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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Tue 27 Feb 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Mel Bonis

    Sonata, Op. 112: III. Thème populaire grec recueilli par Bourgeault-Ducoudray

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Le Temps retrouvΓ©.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Performer: Nardo Poy. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.29 'Wir danken dir, Gott' (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major, Op 10 (Intermezzo)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

    Performer: Kyohei Sorita.
    • Frederick Chopin Institute.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in C major Op.15 no.3

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Winter with Sibelius.
    • ONDINE.
    • 2.

  • LUDOVIC NEUROHR

    Remointze

    Ensemble: Brass band Treize Etoiles.
    • RNCM Brass Band Festival 2024.

  • Anonymous

    Sonata 'Chiquitana' no.4

    Music Arranger: Piotr Nawrot. Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.
    • Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Joseph Havlat.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Martin Kraus

    Γ„fventyraren, eller Resan till MΓ₯nans Γ–, VB 32: Overture

    Orchestra: Theresia Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Astronio.
    • Kraus: Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Requiem

    Performer: Ian Boughton. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Requiem.
    • Signum-Cala.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto in D major Op.61 for violin and orchestra 3rd movement; Rondo

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • BERLIN PHIL.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Santiago CaΓ±Γ³n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I: Overture

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Handel: Jephtha.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DG.

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  • Tue 27 Feb 2024 06:30
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