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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 17 Aug 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Danse Russe (Swan Lake)

    Performer: Baiba Skride (violin) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andris Nelsons (conductor)

    • SONY 88697214232.
  • Richard Strauss

    'Morgen', Op.27 No 4

    Performer: Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Performer: Frederick Schauwecker (piano)

    • NAXOS 8110789.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major, Op.32 no.1

    Performer: Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

    • NONESUCH 7559 79232 2.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Concerto in G Major

    Performer: Il Fondamento Performer: Paul Dombrecht (director)

    • VANGUARD 99721.
  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie

    Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • DECCA 430 231 2.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Travail du Peintre: Marc Chagall

    Performer: Gerard Souzay (tenor) Performer: Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • EMI Classics 64087.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

    Performer: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 444 154 2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • VIRGIN 5099964201603.
  • George Gershwin

    Overture, Oh Kay!

    Performer: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

    • RCA BMG CD42240.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Nocturne no.1 in E flat minor, Op.33 no.1

    Performer: Kun Wu Paik (piano)

    • DECCA 470246 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op.77 no.4

    Performer: RTE Concert Orchestra Performer: Adrian Leaper (conductor)

    • MARCO POLO 8223516.
  • Nigel Hess

    Concerto for piano and orchestra – first movement 'The Smile'

    Performer: Lang Lang (piano) Performer: London Chamber Orchestra Performer: Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

    • UCJ 1774850.
  • Gustav Holst

    Fugal Concerto

    Performer: William Bennett (flute) Performer: Peter Graeme (oboe) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Imogen Holst (conductor)

    • Lyrita srcd 223.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Songe d'une nuit du sabbat from Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 414 203 2.

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