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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 1 Aug 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV51:D7

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    August (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons arr Werner Thomas-Mifune - August

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Orfeo.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No.1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Mermaid's Song (6 Original canzonettas - set 1)

    Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Souvenir De Florence.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Les Si猫cles

    Le Cid - ballet suite: Aubade

    Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
    • 5.
  • Georges Bizet

    Petite Suite 'Jeux d'enfants'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Thomas Arne

    Alfred - masque, Rule Britannia!

    Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Singer: Jamie MacDougall. Singer: Jennifer Smith. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale.
    • Thomas Arne: Alfred: Nicholas Mcgegan/Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 24.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle, Op 6

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Saint-Saens: Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 136 BWV.136 (Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz): Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz (Chorus)

    Choir: T枚lzer Knabenchor. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in Bb Op.19, 3rd mov't Rondo

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Malcolm Sargent

    An Impression on a Windy Day

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries.
    • ASV.
    • 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel: LSO.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

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