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Dylan Thomas Day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, marking the Dylan Thomas centenary, plus listener requests and the Best of British Playlist.

大象传媒 Radio 3 marks the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth with a day of poetry hosted by Ian McMillan, who is Petroc Trelawny's guest on Breakfast on 3. Ian will remain on the network throughout the day introducing some of the poems that made Dylan Thomas an international celebrity by the time he was 30, adding commentary and context to the readings. Poems in Breakfast on 3 will include 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion', read by Thomas himself.

Petroc Trelawny 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.

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Mon 5 May 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Trad

    Suo-gan

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • DG.

  • Arnold Bax

    Winter Legends (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Songs (Op.34), no.2; Auf Flugeln des Gesanges

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet. Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy.
    • Petits-Fours, Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar

    Organ Concerto in G major, BWV.592

    Music Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • The Complete Organ Music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11-13.

  • Gareth Walters

    Primavera

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for flute and piano

    Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano music and chamber works: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dialogue du vent et de la mer (La Mer)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Bank Holiday

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Baines/Moeran: Piano Music: Eric Parkin.
    • Lyrita.
    • 27.

  • Alun Hoddinott

    Welsh Dances Suite No 1, Op 15

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Lyrita.

  • Stan Tracey

    Under Milk Wood - suite: 7th mvt; Under Milk Wood

    Performer: Stan Tracey. Singer: Jeff Clyne. Performer: Jackie Dougan. Performer: Bobby Wellins.
    • Stan Tracey: Jazz Suite inspired by Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood.
    • Blue Note.
    • 7.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 8.

  • Anthony Holborne

    Heigh Ho Holiday Galliard

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Serenata espa帽ola Op.181

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Rina Dokshinsky.
    • Music for Cello and Piano: Gerhardt/Dokshinsky.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Dylan Thomas

    And death shall have no dominion

  • Constant Lambert

    Aubade h茅ro茂que

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle Op.119 no.1 in G minor

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • CDA 67879.
    • HYPERION.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Petite Suite (Nocturne)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Rondeau a 7 for bassoon, violino piccolo, strings & bc in C major

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Fux: Serenada a 8, etc.: Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Apex.

  • John Metcalf

    In time of daffodils

    Singer: Jeremy Huw Williams. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • John Metcalf - In Time of Daffodils.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.

  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda)

    Choir: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Performer: Grace Cloutier. Director: Derek Greten-Harrison.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d鈥檃mour

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Performer: Phillip Moll.
    • 478 2660.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

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