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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Johann Strauss II's Emperor Waltz, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 6, and John Field's Nocturne No 6 in F.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast Show, including Strauss' Emperor Waltz performed by the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra under Willi Boskovsky, the Orchestra Mozart play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 conducted by Claudio Abbado, and pianist John O'Conor performs John Field's Nocturne No. 6 in F major.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 17 Mar 2012 07:00

Music Played

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Fair Day (2nd movt of An Irish Symphony)

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra Performer: Bryden Thomson

    • CHAN 6525.
  • William Vincent Wallace

    Nabucco de Verdi : Va pensiero

    Performer: Rosemary Tuck (piano)

    • Naxos 8.572774.
  • Thomas C. Kelly

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Performer: Irish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Fionnuala Hunt

    • Black Box BBM1003.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen (Schwanengesang)

    Performer: Bryn Terfel (baritone) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)

    • Sain SCDC 4035.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto no 2 K 314: 3rd movt – Rondo

    Performer: Sir James Galway (flute) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner

    • RCA 82876 59409 2.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras

    • Virgin 5 61751 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Morgenlied op 86 no 2

    Performer: Stephan Loges (baritone) Performer: Eugene Asti (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA 67388.
  • Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz

    Performer: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra Performer: Willi Boskovsky

  • A.J. Potter

    Finnegan's Wake

    Performer: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Performer: Robert Houlihan

    • Naxos 8.225158.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no 6 in F major

    Performer: John O’Conor (piano)

    • Telarc CD 80199.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no 6, BWV 1051

    Performer: Orchestra Mozart: Danusha Waskiewicz (violin) Simone Jandl (viola) Rainer Zipperling (gamba) Sabina Colonna Preti (gamba) Enrico Bronzi (cello) Alois Posch (Violin) Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord) Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 477 8908.
  • Anon

    Anon - Down by the Salley Gardens

    Arranger: Herbert Hughes Performer: Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)

  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy

    Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic

    • New Recording.
  • Your Call - Matt White

    • Alessandro Marcello

      Concerto in c minor

      Performer: Sergei Nakariakoff (trumpet) Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolff (conductor)

      • TELDEC 0630 10788 2.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major "Irish": 3rd movt – Allegretto

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

    • CHAN 9859.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Mar 2012 07:00

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