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Get going with classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Anton Webern

    Langsamer Satz

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Quartet Movements.
    • CAPRICCIO.
    • 007.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • ECM.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Omaggio a Mangore from Nuevos estudios sencillos

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Leo Brouwer, Guitar Music Volume 4.
    • NAXOS.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - V. Bourrée

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - VI. Loure

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - VII. Gigue

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

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

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Ondine.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Turn our captivity, O Lord

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

    Hora Staccato

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Emilia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky. Performer: Martin Gjakonovski. Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.
    • Rapsodia.
    • Naive.
    • 18.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Concert Overture in D major

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chloé van Soeterstède.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.
  • Girma Yifrashewa

    Elilta: Cry of Joy

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism, Volume 2.
    • Somm.
    • 1.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in A major Op.3`12

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Europa Music.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "A Portable Paradise" by Robert Robinson, read by Robert Robinson

  • Amadeu Ramin

    Um Olhar de Verde Esperança

    Lyricist: Helder Moutinho. Performer: Helder Moutinho. Performer: Arménio de Melo. Performer: Manuel Mendes. Performer: José António Mendes.
    • Sete Fados E Alguns Cantos.
    • Ocarina.
    • 3.
  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Famous Overtures: Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Trio in D minor for piano and strings; 3. Presto con brio

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
  • Charles Williams

    Charles Williams: Girls in Grey

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet music (Rosamunde)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Warner Classics.
  • B. Leza

    O Mar Azul [The Blue Sea]

    Performer: Tito Paris.
  • Voz de Cabo Verde

    Anjo de Criança

    • Cabo Verde Instrumental.
    • Lusafrica.
    • 5.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata No 4 in B major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Míċeál O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Andrés Segovia.
    • DG.
  • Eric Coates

    Three Lyric Pieces (I. A Fragment; II. Nocturne; III. Valse)

    Performer: Ben Dawson.
    • Eric Coates: Three Lyric Pieces (World Premier Recording).
    • Luminate Records.
    • 1-3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Pygmalion (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 13.
  • Louis‐Claude Daquin

    Le coucou (Harpsichord Suite No 3 in E minor)

    Performer: Catherine Ennis.
    • 500 years of Organ Music for Royal Occasions.
    • CMFR.
    • 6.

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