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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, with the daily J S Bach Prelude and fugue from Book 2 of the Well-Tempered Klavier, plus listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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.17 in A flat major, BWV.886. Also including listener requests and the Breakfast Advent Calendar.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 17 Dec 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Scenes from Hiawatha - overture Op.30`3

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata In B Flat Major K.8

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Mozart Violin Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Decca.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Kitty-valse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 16.
  • Dominic Carter

    Sir Christemas

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 2017 Breakfast Carol Competition.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Arnold Bax

    Tintagel - symphonic poem

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Bax: Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - No. 17: Prelude and Fugue in Ab major, BWV 886

    Performer: Samuil Feinberg.
    • Russian Disc.
  • Amy Beach

    Arctic Night (Eskimos, Op.64)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • GUILD.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Rautavaara: Angel of Light etc..
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Cantata no.62)

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • J S Bach - Advent Cantatas.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Johann Strauss II

    An der sch枚nen, blauen Donau

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alec McGregor

    2017 Breakfast Carol Competition No 5. Sir Christemas

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Vasily Kalinnikov

    Symphony No 1 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • EXTON.

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