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Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Mars from Holst's The Planets, Brahms's Academic Festival Overture, and Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast, including Mars from Holst's Suite for Large Orchestra, The Planets, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Levine, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra perform Brahms's Academic Festival Overture conducted by Claudio Abbado, and Maxim Vengerov performs the Finale from Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 17 Jun 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Allegro molto From Divertimento, K.251

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczek (director)

    • LINN RECORDS LINN CKD 320.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, op,27, no.2

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4470962.
  • William Byrd

    Haec dies

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (director)

    • CORO COR16077.
  • Hector Berlioz

    March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique, op.14

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • WARNER CLASSICS / ELATUS 0927-49262-2.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Pari intervallo

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey (recorder)

    • ABC 476439.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    • WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61553-2.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Overture to Euryanthe

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 462 868-2.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9584.
  • Franz Schubert

    Seligkeit, D.433

    Performer: Elly Ameling (soprano) Performer: Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • PENTATONE CLASSICS 5186 132.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No.1

    Performer: Simon Trpceski (piano) Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

    • AVIE AV2191.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • DG 429 7302.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia Amore, e segui Marte! From Orlando, HWV 31

    Performer: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass) Performer: Modo Antiquo Performer: Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8361.
  • Enrique Granados

    Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruisenor From Goyescas

    Performer: Ana-Maria Vera (piano)

    • SIGNUM RECORDS SIG CD 146.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finale, Rondo from Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Performer: The Swingle Singers

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 966956 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

    Performer: Halle Performer: Mark Elder (conductor)

    • HALLE CDHLL7501.
  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

    Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

    • PHILIPS 434 104-2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Melos Ensemble

    • EMI CLASSICS 2 37671 2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Psalm 126, Nisi Dominus From Vespers

    Performer: Apollo’s Fire Performer: Jeanette Sorrell (director)

    • AVIE AV2206.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture, Op.80

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4236172.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Scherzo from 'Archduke' Trio

    Performer: Andre Previn (piano) Performer: Viktoria Mullova (violin) Performer: Heinrich Schiff (cello)

    • Philips 442 123-2.
  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

    Performer: East of England Orchestra Performer: Malcolm Nabarro (conductor)

    • ASV CDWHL2053.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La donna del lago, Act II - Fra il padre, e fra l'amante

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Performer: Edoardo Muller (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 694579.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    La muerte del Angel

    Performer: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    • EMI CLASSICS 3 57030 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Lacrimosa

    Performer: Choir of the Bavarian Radio Performer: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Christian Thielemann (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5797.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Minuet from Concerto for bassoon, strings and continuo in C, RV 473

    Performer: Peter Whelan (bassoon) Performer: La Serenissima Performer: Adrian Chandler (director)

    • AVIE AV2218.
  • Franz Liszt

    Tarantella

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7907002.
  • Henry Purcell

    She loves and she confesses

    Performer: John Potter (voice) Performer: The Dowland Project

    • ECM NEW SERIES 1803 476 052-2.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No.1 – Finale

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Performer: Kurt Masur (conductor)

    • TELDEC 4509908752.

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