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Morning 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

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major Op.3`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Director: Robert Salter.
    • Pachelbel/Vivaldi/Handel/Haydn: Strings: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Dune Dreaming (Great Sandy Island)

    Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • ABC.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 214 BWV.214 (Tonet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!): Kron' und Preis gekronter Damen

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Concerto Köln.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Schubert

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

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert: The Last Six Years 1823-1828, Vol. 6; Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 5.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in F major, Op 9 No 10

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.
  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.
  • Constant Lambert

    Rondino: The dancers arrive, late for class (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • HYPERION.
  • 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.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • DG.
  • Richard Rodgers

    A Wonderful Guy

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein. Singer: Mitzi Gaynor. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Newman.
    • South Pacific (1958).
    • Bringins Music.
    • 10.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, op.35: I Moderato Nobile

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Barber, Korngold, Walton: Violin Concertos.
    • ONYX.
    • 1.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Le Chat noir (The Black Cat)

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Anon.

    Folias Criollas

    Performer: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie (1500-1750).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478; arr. for piano

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Harold Bauer.
    • Continuum.
    • DG.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Tango (España)

    Music Arranger: Andrés Segovia. Performer: John Williams.
    • Spanish Guitar Music: John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkönig D.328

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.
    • Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlkönig.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Denis King

    Galloping 鶹Լ (Black Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Movement 3 Finale Alla breve

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov The piano Concertos.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14; No. 7

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis. Music Arranger: Willy Hess.
    • Study Classics: Beethoven.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 387.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures Of Prometheus (Finale)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 218.
  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Solitaire (Sarabande and Polka)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 21.
  • Richard Rodgers

    I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (South Pacific)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Nellie Forbush. Choir: Ken Darby Singers. Orchestra: Alfred Newman and His Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Newman.
    • South Pacific original soundtrack.
    • RCA.

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