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Monday - Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and your suggestions for our annual musical Advent Calendar.

Back in August, amateur composers were invited to set a specially commissioned poem by Roger McGough called "Comes the Light". Listeners have been invited to vote for the overall winner and to vote for your favourite carol, go to bbc.co.uk/radio3. Voting closes at 5pm on December 22nd.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Dec 2015 06:30

Music Played

  • Leopold Mozart

    A musical sleigh ride

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    9 Variations on 'Quant' e piu bello' WoO.69 from La Molinara by Paisiello

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Beethoven Piano Variations - Olli Mustonen.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    O little town of Bethlehem - trad. carol, arr. Vaughan Williams/Armstrong..

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • On Christmas Night.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture Op.92

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Virgin.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata no. 3 in G minor BWV.1029 for viola da gamba and keyboard - iii. Allegro

    Performer: Jaap ter Linden. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Bach: Gamba Sonatas.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 18.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Overture and Suites from the Operas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.
  • Henri Herz

    Piano Concerto no.8 in A flat major Op.218 - iii. Polonaise (finale)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto vol.35.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Alec McGregor

    Comes the Light

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Performer: Lynette Alc谩ntara. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Kurt Masur: Legendary Recordings.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

    In the manger

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Cum Sancto Spiritu from Missa Dei filii (Missa ultimarum secundat) ZWV.20

    Choir: Stuttgart Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • Zelenka - Missa Dei Filii.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H XV 25, 'Gypsy'

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo: Toccata

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    H盲nsel und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Tocco la prima sorte a voi (O di Betlemme altera)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: London Baroque.
    • Christmas Music.
    • BIS.
    • 16.
  • Harry Stewart Somers

    Northern Lights

    Performer: Ruth Watson Henderson. Choir: Elmer Iseler Singers. Conductor: Lydia Adams.
    • The Glorious Sounds Of Somers.
    • Centrediscs.
    • 11.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die No 1 in D major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Viennese musical clock from Hary Janos - suite Op.35a

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al.
    • Decca.
  • Michael Silk

    Comes the Light

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • Fanny Mendelssoh-Hensel Klavierwerke vol.1.
    • CPO.
    • 12.
  • Traditional

    Jesus Christ the apple tree

    Music Arranger: Elizabeth Poston. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Christmas at King's.
    • EMI.
    • 13.
  • Franz Berwald

    Sinfonie singuliere (Symphony no.3) in C major - Finale. Presto

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Sixten Ehrling.
    • Berwald: The Four Symphonies etc..
    • BIS.
    • 3.

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