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Wake up with classical music

Hannah French 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

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for strings second movement

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • CHANDOS.
  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme (Star Wars IV)

    Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Imagination.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 19.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Nocturne in E flat major

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture

    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • The British Light Music Classics Series: The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 015.
  • Jacob Obrecht

    Missa Scaramella; Agnus Dei

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: The Binchois Consort. Conductor: Andrew Kirkman.
    • Obrecht: Scaramella.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Suite) Op. 71a: VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Santtu Conducts The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Philharmonia Records Ltd.
    • 108.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn/Hummel/Neruda/Torelli: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Performer: Patxi Montero. Performer: Kenneth Weiss.
    • Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le violon et basse continue.
    • Verso.
    • 8.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic": III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Sancte Deus, sancte fortis

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • A Tudor Collection: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance (Very lightly, like a harp)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline.
    • 2L.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto / Bartok: Violin Concerto No.1.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only In Sleep

    Performer: Rachel Ambrose Evans. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Northern Lights and other Choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in A minor RV.419

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Naïve Waltz

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • The Smith Quartet: Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Concerto No. 2 in G Minor for piano and orchestra Op. 22; 2nd mvt

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 27).
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.13 in D major

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Sextet in A major, Op.48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion (1841 Mendelssohn version) BWV 244; Wir setzen uns mit Tränen

    Music Arranger: Felix Mendelssohn. Ensemble: Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Orchestra: Bach Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Jackson.
    • Mendelssohn & Bach: Matthäus-Passion.
    • ANALEKTA.
    • 45.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op. 23: 2. Romance - Andante tranqui

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • The Essential Emma Johnson.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 22.
  • Francesco Cilea

    Piccola Suite for cello and orchestra; 3. Alla marcia allegro giusto

    Performer: Enrico Bronzi. Orchestra: I Virtuosi della Scala. Conductor: Filippo Arlia.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel; You'll Never Walk Alone

    Singer: Mikaela Bennett. Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Carousel.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in A minor, Op 21 No 1

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 4 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Höör Barock. Director: Dan Laurin.
    • BIS.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Director: Donald Hunsberger.
    • CBS.

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