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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. This month we are featuring a daily prelude and fugue from Book 2 of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, and today's is No.16 in G minor, BWV.885. Also including listener requests and the Breakfast Advent Calendar.

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 16 Dec 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Horn Sonata in F major, Op 17

    Performer: David Pyatt. Performer: Martin Jones.
    • Erato.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony

    Orchestra: Slovensk媒 komorn媒 orchester Bohdana Warchala. Conductor: Bohdan Warchal.
    • Britten: Music for Sting Orchestra: Dohdan Warchal.
    • Campion Records.
  • Johnny Marks

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Frank De Vol and His Orchestra.
    • VERVE.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Niobe)

    Performer: George Caird.
    • OBOE CLASSICS.
  • Martin Carling

    Sir Christemas

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: No. 16: Fugue in G minor, BWV 885

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2.
    • Philips.
    • 5-6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo, Op 34

    Performer: Nathan Milstein. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • EMI.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Reconciliation and Grand Finale)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida etc..
    • Decca.
    • 17-18.
  • Bernard Trafford

    2017 Breakfast Carol Competition WINNING ENTRY Sir Christemas

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Singer: Olivia Robinson. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Wind Quintet in B flat major, Op. 100 No. 6 (3rd movement)

    Ensemble: Thalia Ensemble.
    • Antoine Reicha: Wind Quintets.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Now The Birth Of Jesus Christ; It Was The Winter Wild (from Hodie)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Singer: Richard Lewis. Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Hodie - A Christmas Cantata.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

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