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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 4 Feb 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Symphony No 3 "Ilya Murometz" (3rd movement)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Downes.
    • Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Franz Liszt

    12 Études d'exécution transcendante: No 9 "Ricordanza"

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky.
    • Liszt: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12.
    • Apex.
    • 009.
  • William Grant Still

    In Memoriam

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still - Symphony No. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor BWV 996 (i. Praeludium)

    Performer: Margit-Anna Süß. Music Arranger: Marie-Claire Jamet.
    • Süss Solo: The German Harp.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 8.
  • Rachel Stott

    Cabbage Leaf Rag (from Ragtime Arrangements)

    Ensemble: Callino Quartet.
    • Vanishing Barriers.
    • Omnibus Classics.
    • 9.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Op. 3

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2009.
    • EMI.
    • 7-8.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite (1. Prelude)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Bizet: Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite (2. Entr'acte II)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Bizet: Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite (4. Entr'acte IV)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Bizet: Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Marve Fisher

    Just An Old Fashioned Girl

    Performer: Eartha Kitt. Orchestra: Henri René & His Orchestra.
    • The Best of Eartha Kitt.
    • MCA.
    • 9.
  • Franz Waxman

    Taras Bulba (The Ride of the Cossacks)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s–1980s.
    • LPO.
    • 5.
  • Umberto Giordano

    Andrea Chenier (Act 3: "Nemico della patria")

    Singer: Tom Krause. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Argeo Quadri.
    • Tom Krause: Arias and Lieder.
    • Belart.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in C, K467 (1st movement)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Arvid Engegård.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22.
    • Simax.
    • 1.
  • Alan Bergman

    You Gotta Pay the Band

    Composer: Marilyn Bergman. Singer: Abbey Lincoln.
    • Verve.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solennelle (Kyrie)

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Performer: Leo van Doeselaar. Performer: Wyneke Jordans. Director: Jos van Immerseel.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle.
    • ACCENT.
    • 1-3.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking A Balance: Contemporary Percussion Music.
    • EMI.
    • 12.
  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • British Composers: Tippett.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

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