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Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill

Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your requests.

Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Feb 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • An Irish Rhapsody: Ulster Orchestra/Handley/Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Introduction and Rondo for clarinet and piano, Op 72

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080: no.4; Contrapunctus 4

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • J.S. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080: no.15; Canon alla ottava

    Ensemble: The Amsterdam Baroque Soloists.
    • J.S. Bach - Die Kunst Der Fuge.
    • Ottavo.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 1 (H.1.1) in D major, 1st movement; Presto

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Prokofiev/Haydn/Bizet: First Symphonies: Saint Paul Chamber Orch/Wolff.
    • Apex.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al.
    • Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Pavane pour une Infante Defunte: Orchestre Symphonique de.
    • Decca.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Intermezzo in A flat major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano Music: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 20.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Chaconne from Dardanus Suite

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 24.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: SNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Sebasti谩n Piana

    Milonga Triste

    Composer: Homero Manzi. Performer: Hugo D铆az. Performer: Roberto Grela. Performer: Omar Murtagh. Performer: Jose Leonardo Colangelo.
    • The Tango Lesson - A Film by Sally Potter.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Grieg/Nielsen: Peer Gynt/Aladdin: San Francisco Symphony/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K 27

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Frank Bridge

    3 Idylls for string quartet: no.3; Allegro con moto

    Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Bridge: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 4; Three Idylls.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Charles Gounod

    Valse (Faust)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Barcarole - Favourite Orchestral Pieces.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor RV.566 for 7 instruments and orchestra

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Consort. Director: Robert King.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti con Molti Istromenti.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18-20.
  • Giovanni Sgambati

    Serenata napoletana Op.24`2

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • CDA 67831.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chiquitin de Bachin for 12 cellos

    Singer: Juliane Banse. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    An Evening Hymn

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Jory Vinikour. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Music for a While - Baroque Melodies: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 15.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Philips.
  • James Hook

    Piano Concerto in D major Op.1`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.
    • English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos.
    • Helios.
    • 20.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    My Homeland Op.62

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite/American Suite Overtures: Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Luciano Berio

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid [after Boccherini]

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Berio: Orchestral transcriptions: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

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