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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 15 Jul 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen Z.629 (Act 4 Symphony)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Ojos brujos (Enchanter's Eyes)

    Performer: Marcelo Kayath.
    • Guitar Classics from Latin America.
    • I.M.P..
    • 10.
  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K.270

    Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Schumann - Papillons/Arabeske/Humoreske.
    • Dal Segno.
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 - no.3, Lied mit chor

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Singer: Magdalena Risberg. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS: BIS-2166.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony - 3rd movement, Scherzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Onyx ONYX 4155.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Feria (Rapsodie espagnole)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 12.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alphorn AV.29 for voice, horn and piano

    Singer: Olena Tokar. Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Igor Gryshyn.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No.1 In E Minor Op.39: 2nd movt; Andante (ma non troppo lento)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • BPHR 150071.
    • BPHR.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Allegro appassionato from Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op.120 no.2

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Missa Brevis (Gloria)

    Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin concerto no.2 in E major, BWV.1042

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Lisa Batiashvili - Bach.
    • DG.
    • 5.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite (arr. for percussion and marimba ensemble): VI. Toreador Song

    Music Arranger: Claus-Dieter Zimmer. Ensemble: Horsholm Percussion and Marimba Ensemble.
    • DANACORD.

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