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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including requests for your favourite works and pieces that you would like to hear. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 11 Oct 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Johan Halvorsen

    Entry march of the Boyars [Bojarenes inntogsmarsj]

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Performer: Melina Mandozzi.
    • Halvorsen: Orchestral works: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Thorsen.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Leopold Ko啪eluh

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for piano, mandolin, trumpet, d.bass & orch

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • 30762.
    • EMI.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse espagnole no.1 from La Vida breve

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • 001.
    • Kissan.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D major, K 239, 'Serenata notturna'

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Mozart: Serenata Notturna: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman.
    • Apex.
    • 9.
  • William Michael Balfe

    Excelsior

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Singer: Robert Tear. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • Victorian Ballads.
    • HMV.
    • 8.
  • Jakov Gotovac

    Symphonic Reel

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Moshe Atzmon.
    • Jakov Gotovac Symphonic Poems.
    • CPO.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande

    Ensemble: Les Phil'Art'Cellistes. Music Arranger: Guieu, Renaud.
    • De la matiere a la couleur.
    • Saphir.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Bagatelles Op.33 for piano: no.6 in D major; Allegretto quasi andante

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion CDA 67879.
    • 6.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.
  • Roger Quilter

    A Children's overture (Op.17)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • A Classical Christmas - Festive Classical Favourites.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70 No.2 and Op.97.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • David Fanshawe

    The Lord's Prayer (Offertory) - Lamentation from African Sanctus Part 2 No.3

    Choir: Uppsala University Choir. Singer: Anne-Lise Berntsen. Conductor: Robert Sund.
    • David Fanshawe - African Sanctus.
    • Proprius.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs, Op. 21 No.5 Song Transcription

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • SACD 1518.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Liszt

    2 Episodes from Lenau's Faust, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto waltz no.1)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Hungarian Connections: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti.
    • Decca.

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