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

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Shepherd's Carol

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: Leslie Woodgate.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto, Op.31: ii) Adagio, ma senza rigore

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai

    Performer: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch.
    • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
    • Ondine.
    • 25.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Canzonetta, Op 8

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Dora Pejacevic: Violin Sonatas.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 04.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.94 in G major H.1.94 'Surprise' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Rachel Hayter

    First Light

    Ensemble: Alvorada.
    • First Light.
    • Alvorada.
    • 04.

  • Robert Schumann

    Concertstuck in F major Op.86 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Roger Montgomery. Performer: Gavin Edwards. Performer: Susan Dent. Performer: Robert Maskell. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Schumann: Complete Symphonies: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 28.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C major Op.9`1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jiri Zilak. Performer: Jan Motlik. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franti拧ek Preisler.
    • Saint-Georges: Symphonies and Violin Concertos Vol 5.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 2.

  • Lucy Walker

    There Will Be Stars (final section)

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan III BWV 100; Chorale: Was Gott tut

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 21.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Monferrina in A major, Op 49 No 5

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Clementi: Capriccios & Variations: Shelley.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Charles Owen.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A, K,622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart:Flute/Flute & Harp & Clarinet Concerti.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia: 1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Pietro Pagello. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Helios.
    • 13.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major, Kk.96

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Scarlatti: Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 015.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Gift to Sing

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' - finale

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Anon.

    Sonata a 6

    Performer: Jean-Fran莽ois Madeuf. Performer: Julian Zimmermann. Ensemble: The Rossetti Players. Conductor: Barbara Konrad.
    • Habsburg Music for 2 Trumpets.
    • ACCENT.
    • 3.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Valse oublie茅 No 2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Imogen Cooper Plays Liszt and Wagner.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.1 in C minor Op.11 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • BIS.
    • 104.

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