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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including a Symphonic Dance by Grieg, the Finale of Bizet's Symphony in C, and Strauss's Roses from the South waltz.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast Show, including a Symphonic Dance by Grieg performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conduced by Paavo Berglund, the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox perform the Finale of Bizet's Symphony in C, and Strauss' Roses from the South waltz is played by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Willi Boskovsky.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 28 Jan 2012 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Valse oubliee No.1

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67686.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Finale from Symphony No.1 in D major, op.25, "Classical"

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 253-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 169

    Performer: Accademia Bizantina Performer: Ottavio Dantone (director)

    • DECCA 478 2718.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Melodie (from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42'3)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Performer: Samuel Sanders (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 4 76957 2.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Comedy Suite from St. Trinians

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9851.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo from Piano Sonata in D major, K.311

    Performer: Rafal Bechacz (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 7453.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance no.3, Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4713002.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle from Tosca

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 6 08528 2.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Final movement (Alla Polacca) from Concerto No.2, Op.74 in E flat major for clarinet and o

    Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet / conductor) Performer: City of London Sinfonia

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10702.
  • George Frideric Handel

    My heart is inditing, from Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • CORO CO16092.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major: Finale

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 2 06777 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in F major, Op.74'2: 1st mvt

    Performer: Takacs Quartet

    • HYPERION CDA67781.
  • Johann Strauss II - Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Marche funebre from Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35

    Performer: Janina Fialkowsk (piano)

    • ATMA Classique ACD2 2554.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse profane for harp and strings

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) Performer: Orchestre National de Lyon Performer: Jun Markl (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.509002.
  • John Ireland

    Spring Sorrow

    Arranger: Lloyd Webber Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Performer: John Lenehan (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.572902.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Jan 2012 07:00

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