Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
As December progresses, plenty of festive music, requests and surprises.
Throughout December there's the Breakfast Advent Calendar - opening a door every day to reveal winter music and readings chosen by listeners and presenters.
As Christmas gets closer, listeners will have the chance to send a Breakfast Christmas Card by requesting a piece of music and dedicating it to a friend.
And in Your Call where we hear from our audience about their favourite pieces of music, there'll be the chance to introduce a favourite piece of music to the rest of the UK. In the run up to Christmas we'll be hearing about music that reminds listeners of the festive season.
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John Philip Sousa
The Liberty Bell
Performer: Eastman Wind Ensemble Performer: Frederick Fennell (conductor)
- Mercury 434 300-2.
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Josef Strauss
Die Schw盲tzerin ('The Gossip') 鈥� polka-mazurka, op.144
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- Decca 455 254-2.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E, K380
Performer: Yuja Wang (piano)
- DG 477 8795.
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to William Tell
Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 431 653-2.
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Franz Schubert
Ellens dritter gesang (Ave Maria), D839
Performer: Barbara Bonney (soprano) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- Teldec 4509-90873-2.
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Marin Alsop (conductor)
- Naxos 8.559031.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor for strings, RV 129 ('Madrigalesco')
Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
- Na茂ve OP 30377.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony no.3 in E flat, op.97 ('Rhenish') 鈥� first movement
Performer: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- DG 457 5912.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees
Performer: Christopher Maltman (tenor) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
- Hyperion CDA67378.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: James Levine (conductor)
- DG 419 617-2.
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Benjamin Britten
I Wonder as I wander
Performer: Allan Clayton. Performer: James Baillieu.Performer: Mark Padmore (tenor) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- Live performance 鈥� recorded at Wigmore Hall, London.
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Arturo M谩rquez
Danz贸n no.2
Performer: Sim贸n Bol铆var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
- DG 477 9154.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Performer: Andr谩s Schiff (piano)
- ECM 476 4827.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Christmas Oratorio, op.12 鈥� Chorus: 'Quare fremuerunt gentes'
Performer: Choir of the Church of the Holy Cross, Dresden Performer: Dresden Philharmonic Performer: Martin Fl盲mig (conductor)
- Capriccio 10 216.
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Jean Sibelius
Rondine for violin and piano
Performer: Reka Szilvay (violin) Performer: Naoko Ichihashi (piano)
- TBC.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in A, K386
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Petra M眉llejans (leader/director)
- Harmonia Mundi HMC 902147.
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