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Thursday - Petroc Trelawny

Christmas Eve Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny. Petroc presents a musical Christmas feast, including listener requests, and opens the last window in our musical Advent Calendar.

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Christmas Eve 2015 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    On Christmas night (Sussex carol) arr. P Ledger for chorus and organ

    Performer: Simon Bell. Performer: Frances Kelly. Music Arranger: Philip Ledger. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Christmas from Winchester: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
    • Regent.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, Villa-Lobos.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Winter Idyll

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Lyrique.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Haydn; Brahms - String Quartets.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV.248; Pt.4, no.39; Flosst, mein Heiland [aria]

    Performer: Pauline Oostenrijk. Singer: Nienke Oostenrijk. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jaap ter Linden.
    • J.S. Bach: Arias for Soprano and Oboe.
    • Challenge.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture in C major, Op 115 (Name Day)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No.9: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/ Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ann Burgess

    Comes the Light

    Performer: Helen Neeves. Performer: Christopher Bowen. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Specially recorded in 2015 for the Radio 3 Carol Competition..

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Christmas Chimes (Children's Christmas Eve, Op 36)

    Performer: Anker Blyme.
    • Niels W. Gade: Complete Piano Works, Vol.III.
    • DACAPO.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op.46 no.4

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op.46 and op.72.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Alberto Ristori

    Messa per il Santissimo Natale; Kyrie

    Choir: Kornerscher Sing-Verein. Ensemble: Dresden Instrumental Concert. Conductor: Peter Kopp.
    • Christmas at the Court of Dresden.
    • Carus.
    • 12-13.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 and 3.
    • CPO.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    While Shepherds Watched (Lyngham)

    Performer: Jon Boden.
    • Navigator Records.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto Grosso in F minor, op.1 no.8 ('Christmas Concerto')

    Orchestra: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Hyperion.

  • Trad.

    God rest you merry, gentlemen

    Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Choir: Come & Sing Family Choir. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons, Op 37b)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Seasons; Six Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Jean de Br茅beuf

    The Huron Carol (arr. Eleanor Daley)

    Music Arranger: Eleanor Daley. Choir: Chicago a cappella.
    • Chicago a cappella: Songs from Around the World.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Letizia Belmondo. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Ja neitsyt pikku poijuttansa (The Virgin Rocks Her Baby Boy)

    Singer: Soile Isokoski. Choir: YL Male Voice Choir. Conductor: Matti Hy枚kki.
    • Jouluy枚, Juhlay枚 - Christmas Carols.
    • ONDINE.
    • 5.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Stille Natt (Silent Night)

    Music Arranger: Anders 脰hrwall. Singer: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Performer: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Orchestra: Uppsala Kammarorkester. Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin.
    • Candlelight Carols.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Music Arranger: Ernest Tomlinson. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • A White Christmas with Grimethorpe.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Concerto No 2 in G major, Op 13 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Bernt Simen Lund. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Trygve Hoff

    Nordnorsk julesalme

    Performer: Henning Sommerro. Music Arranger: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: Vokal Nord.
    • Advenio.
    • EURIDICE.
    • 1.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin, 12th ordre: L鈥橝talante

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 10.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy on Christmas Carols (from the film "The Holly and the Ivy")

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Film Music, Volume 2: Dyson, 大象传媒 Phil, Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 23.

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