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Saturday - Victoria Meakin

Victoria Meakin presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Plus neglected composers and amateur music groups.

Victoria Meakin 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

Last on

Sat 5 Apr 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann (2) Strauss

    Die Fledermaus - operetta in 3 acts

    Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Bavarian R S O.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 457-765-2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66 for piano

    Performer: John Ogdon.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
    • CDCFP 4277.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70 vers. for str, harp & org

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 463-265-2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major RV.269, Op.8`1 (La Primavera) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.
    • DIVOX.
    • CDX-79404.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e rondo ungarese in C minor Op.35 for viola and orchestra

    Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Performer: Bernard Garfield. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • SBK 62652.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's corner for piano

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA.
    • 478-0499.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Nisi Dominus HWV.238 for alto, tenor, bass, chorus, strings & bc

    Conductor: Simon Preston. Performer: Diana Montague. Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Simon Birchall. Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Westminster Abbey Orchestra.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 423-594 -2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes for orchestra

    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 9 93739-2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata (F.A.E.) for violin and piano [with SCHUMANN and DIETRICH]

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 6442.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no. 1 in E flat major H.24 for piano

    Performer: Joanna Leach.
    • ATHENA.
    • ATHCD1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 88697 561672.
  • 脡tienne M茅hul

    Le Jeune Henri - opera in 2 acts

    Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 446 569-2-.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernes barbarie RV.645

    Performer: Alessandro De Marchi. Performer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Performer: Academia Montis Regalis.
    • OPUS.
    • 30314/-A-C.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 50999-6420160 3.

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