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Saturday - Martin Handley

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

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 19 Mar 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Erinnerung an Covent-Garden (Festival waltz) (Op.329)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Georgiadis.
    • The Strauss Family in London.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo virtutum

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in A minor, TWV 43:A3

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Vittorio Grigolo. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi.
    • Vittorio Grigolo - The Italian Tenor.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in B flat major, K 174 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Spring, the sweet Spring (Songs of Springtime)

    Choir: The Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Moeran: Song Cycles / Warlock: Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    To Daffodils (Songs of Springtime)

    Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Moeran: Song Cycles / Warlock: Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Beethoven: The Piano Concertos: Zimerman/Wiener Philharmoniker/Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon vigesima settima 脿 8

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Director: Philip Jones.
  • Johannes Verhulst

    Overture in B minor Op. 2

    Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Verhulst: Symphony in E minor.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Fantasia on a ground after Purcell : Fantasia (Z.731)

    Ensemble: Contempoartensemble. Director: Mauro Ceccanti.
    • Maxwell Davies: Linguae Ignis; Vesalii Icones.
    • Naxos.
    • 16.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Mass in D minor H.22.11 - Missa in angustiis (Nelson Mass): Gloria

    Singer: 慕uba Orgon谩拧ov谩. Singer: Elisabeth von Magnus. Singer: Deon van der Walt. Singer: Alastair Miles. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn: Missa in angustiis / Te Deum.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Violin Sonata A major Op.13 arr. for cello and piano - 3rd movement

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Classical.
  • A.J. Potter

    Fantasia Gaelach No 1

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Houlihan.
    • A.J. Potter: Orchestral Music.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in D major, Op.33 no.2

    Performer: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Chopin Recital: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Atma Classique.
    • 11.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    L茅gende, Op 17

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: James Levine.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 2.

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