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Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor Op.20

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.

  • John Field

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

    Performer: MΓ­Δ‹eΓ‘l O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande (arr. from Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012)

    Music Arranger: Lodestar Trio.
    • Bach to Folk.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
    • 06.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gavotte II (arr. from Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012)

    Music Arranger: Lodestar Trio. Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • Bach to Folk.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
    • 04.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Antique

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 701.

  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatam lucem

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • 40 Voices.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348 vi. Air

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI: HMC 902216.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet in E flat major Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents FranΓ§ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow White's Dance (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

    Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Roald Dahl).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 03.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Trad

    Dick's Maggot (English folk dances - suite no.1)

    Music Arranger: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Singer: Billie Holiday. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • Intense Media GmbH.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Three Spirituals (Oh Freedom)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Adrian Sutton

    Violin Concerto; 3. Life Force

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture

    Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: GΓ‘bor TakΓ‘cs‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Cristina Bianchi.
    • Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.

  • Paul Schoenfield

    Dog Heaven (Four Parables)

    Performer: Jeffrey Kahane. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Schoenfield: Four Parables, Vaudeville, New World Symphony, Nelson.
    • Argo.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Brahms: String Sextets.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) - 3rd mvt

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Krzysztof UrbaΕ„ski.
    • Alpha.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Orchestra: Michael Nyman Band.
    • Argo.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major RV 589: iii) Laudamus te

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Decca.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk (End titles)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Choir: Manchester Chamber Choir. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance, Act I: Song. Oh, Better Far to Live and Die

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: Donald Adams. Choir: Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    Cotswold symphony

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

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