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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 11 Jun 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72`1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • The Very Best of Janet Baker.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 13.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Ceremonie des Turcs from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

    Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare. Director: Gwyn Roberts. Director: Richard Stone.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4-7.
  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.
  • Pete Seeger

    The Bells of Rhymney

    Composer: Idris Davies. Performer: Pete Seeger.
    • Vanguard.
  • Georges Bizet

    L' Arlesienne - suite no. 1, Carillon

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Philips.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Adieu m'amour

    Choir: Amici Voices.
    • Amici Sounds.
  • Thelonious Monk

    Monk鈥檚 Point

    Performer: Thelonious Monk.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in F Major K30, 1st Mvt.

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky 1812 - Borodin - Glinka - And More - Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev.
    • Phillips.
    • 1.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Incipit Vita Nova

    Performer: Annemarie Dreyer. Performer: Ulrike Lachner. Performer: Rebecca Frith. Singer: David James.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto in D major H.18.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Hyperion.
  • Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly

    True Love

    • Capitol Records.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    Rigaudon (Lonely Mere and Rigaudon)

    Performer: Robert Max. Performer: Leyland Kirby.
    • Chandos.
  • William Byrd

    Browning (The leaves be green) for consort a 5

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • William Walton

    Coronation Te Deum

    Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: L'Inviti. Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Argo.

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