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Daybreak classics

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

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Impromptu No.3 in A flat major, Op.34

    Performer: Ismaël Margain.
    • NAIVE.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Silent woods

    Performer: Enrico Dindo. Orchestra: Orchestra della Toscana. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Dvořák: Works for Cello & Orchestra.
    • Dynamic.
    • 104.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.
    • Beethoven Piano Trios 2.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 02.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen (from Cantata BWV 13: Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Alia Mens. Director: Olivier Spilmont. Performer: Thomas Hobbs.
    • Anti-Melancholicus.
    • Paraty.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.
  • 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.
    • 9.
  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Bruch: String Quintets And Octet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Mystical Nativity (Three Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Argo Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: László Heltay.
    • Decca Eloquence.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alessandro (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Handel: Arias and Duets from the era of 'The Rival Queens'.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Basque folk song

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 004.
  • Jean Lhéritier

    Surrexit pastor bonus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "October" by Edward Thomas, read by Andrew Sachs

  • Archibald Joyce

    Songe d'Automne [Autumn Dream]

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Joyce: Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Vocalion.
  • Peter Graham

    Gaelforce

    Performer: The Band of the Royal Irish Regiment.
    • Cry Of The Celts.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Arthur Hartmann.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeoman of the Guard (overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Yeoman of the Guard and Trial by Jury.
    • TELARC.
    • 1.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Tidal Warning

    Performer: Gwilym Simcock. Ensemble: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
    • Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 - No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Harry Gregson‐Williams

    Gladiator II: Strength and Honour

    Choir: Apollo Voices. Choir: Bach Choir. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Harry Gregson‐Williams. Orchestra: Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Romance, Op.22

    Performer: Lusiné Harutyunyan. Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • DG.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony no. 2 in A minor, Op.55 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Director: Thierry Fischer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn"

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Orchestra: Musica Alchemica.
    • 4 Seasons.
    • Glossa.
  • Robert Fayrfax

    O sancta Maria (from 'O Maria, Deo grata')

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E minor, Op.119 No.2

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Eugène Ysaÿe

    Berceuse Op.20

    Performer: María Dueñas. Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 25 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • WARNER.

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