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Why Music? Weekend: Saturday

As part of the Radio 3 Why Music? weekend, Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show live from Wellcome Collection cafe, with a selection of spine-tingling music.

Continuing Radio 3's weekend of broadcasts from Wellcome Collection exploring why music makes us human. Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, live from the pop-up studio at Wellcome Collection caf茅. Featuring listener requests for spine-tingling music - those thrilling pieces which make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. As part of the Radio 3 Wellcome Collection 'Why Music?' weekend. (NB: Wellcome Collection caf茅 is open to the public from 0800.)

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Sep 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro - (K.492), Overture

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres for Violin, Strings and Percussion

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.14 in D major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si puo fare

    Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Singer: Mariana Flores.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninov.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    L' Amour medecin - comedie-ballet: Prologue; Overture (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 31.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.22 - The Philospher 鈥 1st mvt

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for vln & orch (RV.269) (Op.8`1) "La Primavera" - 1st mvt

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 3 (The Four Seasons Recomposed)

    Music Arranger: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major Op.117 no.1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor - Act 3; Polovtsian march (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les barricades misterieuses 鈥 from Pieces de Clavecin

    Music Arranger: Thomas Ad猫s. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • WARNER.
    • 2.
  • Philip Glass

    Einstein on the Beach; Knee Play 1

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • SONY.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Jephtha - Act 3; Waft her, angels

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 4 in B flat major Op.60 鈥 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Berg' und Burgen schau'n herunter - from Liederkreis, op.24

    Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.
    • LINN.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony no. 3 (Op.78) in C minor "Organ symphony", 2nd mvt; Finale

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: James Levine.
    • DG.
    • 4.

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