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Saturday - Simon Hoban

Simon Hoban 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 31 Aug 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)

    Performer: Munich Radio Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Marcello Viotti

    • EMI 5574512.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 1 in E flat

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Richard Egarr (director and harpsichord)

    • AAM Records AAM001.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31/2 "Tempest" 鈥 third movement: Allegretto

    Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Performer: Decca 4338822

    • 1952 recording.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana

    Performer: Highcliffe Junior Choir Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Youth Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Conducted by Marin Alsop

    • NAXOS 8570033.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    "Die Stille Stadt" (orchestrated by Colin and David Matthews)

    Performer: Iris Vermillion (mezzo) Performer: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Performer: Conducted by Riccardo Chailly

    • DECCA 455 112-2.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Coppelia 鈥 Act 1: "Mazurka"

    Performer: Orchestre du Th茅芒tre National de L鈥橭p茅ra de Paris Performer: Conducted by Jean-Baptiste Mari

    • EMI CZS7672082.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Two Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - No 2. "The Last Spring"

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Conducted by Neville Marriner

    • EMI CDD 7 64107 2.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa O Magnum Misterium: 2. Gloria

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Directed by Harry Christophers

    • CORO 16114.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Nocturne No 4 in C Minor 'Bel fantome'

    Performer: Piers Lane (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67967.
  • William Walton

    Henry V 鈥 A Shakespeare Scenario: Prologue (arranged Christopher Palmer)

    Performer: Christopher Plummer (Narrator) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Choristers of Westminster Cathedral Performer: Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8892.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Overture: Platee

    Performer: Les Talens Lyrique conducted by Christophe Rousset

    • L鈥橭iseau Lyre 4552932.
  • Deirdre Gribbin

    Island People 鈥 IV "Lovers on Aran"

    Performer: Patricia Rozario (soprano) Performer: Mark OKeeffe (trumpet) Performer: RTE Vanburgh Quartet

    • NMC NMC185.
  • Franz Schubert

    Des M盲dchens Klage D191

    Performer: Elly Ameling (soprano) Performer: Graham Johnson (piano)

    • HYPERION CDJ33007.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto in C H.VIIa No.1 鈥 Movements 2 and 3: Adagio & Presto

    Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic

    • DECCA 4784213.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"from La Rondine

    Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conducted by John Pritchard

    • Sony Classical 92605.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer (arranged Marvin Hamlisch)

    Performer: Marvin Hamlisch Performer: Sound tr from the film 鈥淭he Sting鈥

    • Premier Soundtr PRDFCD1.
  • Alec Templeton

    Bach Goes To Town - Prelude

    Performer: Piers Lane (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67967.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 4 "Inextinguishable" - fourth movement: Allegro

    Performer: Denmark Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt

    • EMI 5654152.

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