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Wake up with classical music

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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Mon 26 Feb 2024 06:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (PrΓ©lude)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Choral Music - Byrd / Victoria / Weelkes / Part / Holst / Jackson, G. / Bruckner.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op 70

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.
    • Sonatas: Franck, Schumann, Brahms.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schΓΆn leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique BΓ‘tiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 4.

  • Fredrik SjΓΆlin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64: III. Valse: Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • DECCA.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K. 94

    Performer: Christoph Ullrich.
    • Tacet.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vesperae solennes de confessore (K 339): Laudate Dominum

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: Kronungsmesse / Vesperae K339.
    • Editions L'Oiseau Lyre.
    • 12.

  • Benny Goodman

    I'm in the mood for love

    Ensemble: Jivin' Miss Daisy.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • James Oswald

    Airs for the Seasons; The Lady's Mantle (Spring)

    Performer: Jeremy Barlow. Ensemble: Broadside Band.
    • DORIAN.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.6 in D major H.1.6 'Le Matin' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op.28: No.15, "Raindrop"

    Performer: Joshua Spacht.
    • Chopin at Midnight.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works vol.5: Williams/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ NOW/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets, Opp. 25, 26 and 60.
    • Sony.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo VΓ€nskΓ€.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Florence Beatrice Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet.
    • Price: String Quartet No. 2: II. Andante cantabile.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus (Vespro della beata Vergine, 1610)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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  • Mon 26 Feb 2024 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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