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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist, listener requests, works by neglected composers and wake-up calls.

Martin Handley 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

Sun 3 Aug 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet for two horns and string quartet, Op 81b (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    5 Flower songs Op.47..: no.3; Marsh flowers and no.4; The Evening primrose

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Britten: Spring Symphony; Hymn to St. Cecilia etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18-19.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria a 7

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner - Mass in E Minor; Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    'La Campanella' from Violin Concerto no.2

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Salvatore Accardo. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Paganini: The Violin Concertos: LPO, Dutoit.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in E flat major K.481..: 3rd mvt; Allegretto mit 6 Variationen

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Gary Cooper.
    • W.A. Mozart - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin Volume 2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 12.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Bruggen.
    • Philips.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rossini: Instrumental Music: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha毛ton Op.39

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Saint-Seans: Orchestral Works: Neemi Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Sterne (Wie blitzen die Sterne) D.939

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Schubert Recital.
    • EMI.
    • 14.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije - Troika

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije / Alexander Nevsky: Abbado/Chicago SO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo fantastique, Op 3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rimsky: Royal Concertgebouw, Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique no. 4 Op.102..: 2nd movement; Scherzo

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Give Me A Smile.
    • Threefold Records.
    • 9.
  • Dag Wir茅n

    March from Serenade for Strings op.11

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery.
    • The Sound of Scandinavia.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 19.

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