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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show. With music from Ennio Morricone's score for The Mission, Barber's Sure on this Shining Night, and one of Grieg's Lyric Pieces.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including music from The Mission by Morricone performed by cellist Yo Yo Ma accompanied by Kathryn Stott on the piano, Barber's Sure on this Shining Night sung by Gerald Finley, and one of Grieg's Lyric Pieces for piano, played by Leif Ove Andsnes.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 3 Sep 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and fugue in D minor (BWV.565)

    Orchestrator: Stokowski Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Ozawa [conductor]

    • Philips 432 0922.
  • Samuel Barber

    Sure on this shining night

    Performer: Gerald Finley [baritone] Performer: Julius Drake [piano]

    • Hyperion CDA 67528.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.19 for piano and orchestra - 3rd movement; Rondo

    Performer: Alfred Brendel [piano] Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink [conductor]

    • Philps 420 882-2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Quartet for strings no. 2 in D major, 3rd movement; Nocturne (Andante)

    Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • Chandos CHAN9965.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Performer: Mark Bebbington [piano]

    • Somm SOMMCD 0107.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 7 in D major

    Performer: The Brandenburg Consort Performer: Roy Goodman [director]

    • Hyperion CDD22011.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op 56 No 6

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes [piano]

    • EMI 7243 5 74789 2 2.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood - overture (Op.3)

    Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Martyn Brabbins [conductor]

    • Hyperion CDA 66815.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Sure on this shining night [James Agee]

    Performer: Polyphony Performer: Morten Lauridsen [piano]

    • Hyperion CDA67580.
  • Ennio Morricone

    The Mission: Main Theme

    Performer: Yo Yo Ma [cello] Performer: Kathryn Stott [piano]

    • 大象传媒 Recording: Recorded at Monday鈥檚 Proms Chamber Concert.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prestissimo from Colloredo Serenade K203

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczek [director]

    • Linn CKD 320.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43: Introduction and Variations 1-4

    Performer: Lang Lang [piano] Performer: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • DG 00289 477 5499.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (director)

    • L鈥檕iseau-Lyre 455 293-2.
  • Richard Strauss

    4 Letzte Lieder for voice and orchestra (AV.150): September

    Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 430 511-2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude in C minor

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Bell [organ] Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 86592.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.558

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (director)

    • Warner 0927 48174-2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Sep 2011 07:00

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