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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Mon 2 Dec 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in G minor K.478 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Federico Colli. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Laura van der Heijden.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E flat Op.11

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • Music for a Royal Celebration.
    • Quartz.
    • 08.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ert枚t uns durch dein G眉te (Cantata No 22)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt. Music Arranger: Harriet Cohen.
    • Bach Arrangements.
    • HYPERION.
    • 14.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40 (Gavotte; Musette)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hanssler.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    To shorten winter's sadnesse

    Music Arranger: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • Quadriga Consort - On a Cold Winter's Day.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol nidrei Op.47 arranged for viola and orchestra

    Performer: Nils M枚nkemeyer. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Frederick Delius

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Favourite British Music.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
    • 6.

  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Ensemble: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James Anderson-Besant.

  • Henry Litolff

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 47: IV. Finale. Presto

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance, Act II: When foreman bares his steel

    Singer: Martyn Green. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey. Orchestra: New Promenade Orchestra. Choir: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus.
    • Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury (D'Oyly Carte) (1949).
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Larghetto grazioso

    Performer: Avi Avital. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)

    Conductor: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Radio Kamerorkest.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos.5 & 8/Overture 'Die Zauberharfe': Ton Koopman.
    • Erato.
    • 5.

  • Sarah McDonald

    Like the Snow in Winter

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: Toby Ward.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Danse Macabre: Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Magnificat

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D major, Op 6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ning Feng. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinf贸nica del Principado de Asturias. Conductor: Rossen Milanov.
    • Virtuosismo.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 03.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating

    Performer: Amanda Whiting. Performer: Aidan Thorne. Performer: Mark O鈥機onnor.
    • A Christmas Cwtch.
    • First Word Records.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony no.4, Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 03.

  • Jack Strachey

    Anna's Polka

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Finger Prints.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 04.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor, RV.154

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per archi.
    • Naive.
    • 14-16.

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  • Mon 2 Dec 2024 06:30
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