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Classical sunrise

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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Fri 19 Apr 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Largo [Ombra mai fu] (Serse)

    Music Arranger: Stephen Roberts. Ensemble: Desford Colliery Band. Conductor: Stephen Roberts.
    • The Real Brassed Off.
    • EMI.
    • 20.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A minor, K.511

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Late Works by Mozart, Schubert & Brahms.
    • Genuin.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    Hassan (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jamie Phillips.
    • Delius: Hassan, DCW 8, Act 1: Prelude.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Sebastian

    Concerto for 2 harpsichords in C major BWV.1061 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Performer: Andrea Buccarella. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part III.
    • Pentatone.
    • 104.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schon Rosmarin

    Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Jennifer Higdon: O magnum mysterium.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • SONY.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - suite no.2 (La garde montante)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

    Piano Quintet in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Taneyev and Schumann: Piano Quintets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Voici le printemps (Samson et Dalila)

    Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Samson et Dal卯la.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.

  • Friday Poem

    • Lord Byron

      Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (excerpt)

      Narrator: Tyrone Power.
      • The Poetry of Byron and Blake.
      • Heritage Records.
      • 6.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'茅t茅.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 3.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Hubert Parry

    My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird (English lyrics - set 10)

    Singer: Lynne Dawson. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • On This Island: English Song from Stanford to Britten.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Cuckoo (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Linley (the younger)

    Violin Concerto in F Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mirijam Contzen. Orchestra: Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Mozart in Italien.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 6.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti.
    • Rossini: Overtures & Opera Arias.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert, Live, Volume 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Avie.
    • 2.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    ODTAA[(One Damn Thing After Another]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Carwithen: Orchestral Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 001.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    La catedral (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesion.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major for 4 violins and cello RV.567 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March Op.99

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Franz Liszt

    Valse a capriccio on themes by Donizetti

    Performer: Andrey Ivanov.
    • Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 55: Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Edward Bairstow

    5 Poems of the Spirit (Purse and scrip)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: David Hill.
    • E. Bairstow: Choral music: Choir of St John's/Britten Sinfonia/Hill.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

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