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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including John Gardner's First Symphony, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 6, and Rutter's The Very Best Time of Year.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including the Scherzo from John Gardner's First Symphony performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones, pianist Martha Argerich performs Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.6, and the Cambridge Singers with the City of London Sinfonia perform John Rutter's The Very Best Time of Year.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 17 Dec 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 (K.550) in G minor, 1st movement; Allegro molto

    Performer: The English Concert Performer: Trevor Pinnock

    • Archiv 4470482.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz Opus 69 No 2 in B Minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMC901927.
  • John Gardner

    Symphony No 1 in D Minor Opus 2: 2nd movement Scherzo-Allegro

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Performer: David Lloyd Jones (conductor)

    • Naxos 8570406.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major D 898 Opus 99 – 3rd Movement Scherzo: Allegro-Trio

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano) Performer: Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Performer: Miklos Perenyi (cello)

    • Teldec 0630131512.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto No 3 in E flat major: 1st movement – Allegro

    Performer: Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Petra Müllejans (director)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMC90208384.
  • Trad.

    Angelus ad virginem

    Arranger: Keith Roberts Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers

    • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 4 (Op.58) in G major, 3rd mvt; Rondo

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano) Performer: Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • CBS MK39814.
  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza

    Performer: Milos Karadaglic (guitar)

    • DG 4779693.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No 26 in C minor Opus 41: Finale – Allegro

    Performer: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Performer: Hartmut Haenchen

    • Sony Classical S2K53266.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow - Idyll

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN 9902.
  • John Rutter

    The Very Best Time of Year

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: The City of London Sinfonia Performer: John Rutter (director)

    • Collegium CSCD510.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 4 in E Minor: 3rd Movement Andante

    Performer: Emerson Quartet

    • DG 4775370.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

    Performer: Placido Domingo Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini

    • DG4000302.
  • Michael Torke

    Tahiti: Bora

    Performer: 10/10 Ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Performer: Clark Rundell (conductor)

    • Ecstatic Records ER092231.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47 – 3rd Movement

    Performer: Isaac Stern Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    • CBS CD44873.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No 6

    Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

    • DG 4535762.
  • Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin

    The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St Louis

    Performer: John Wilson Orchestra Performer: John Wilson (conductor)

    • EMI 0288432.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Dec 2011 07:00

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