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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 17 Feb 2018 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op. 23 no.4

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
    • Apex.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Frances Kelly. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart - Flute And Harp Concerto.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Harmony Music no.1

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Duke Ellington

    Stompy Jones

    Ensemble: Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters.
    • Duke Ellington ‎– The Duke's Men: Small Groups Vol. 1.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 10.
  • 30on30 Odaline de la Martinez introduces Elizabeth Machonchy

    • Elizabeth Maconchy

      Sirens' Song

      Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
      • LORELT.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian rhapsody no. 2

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra etc..
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the steppes of central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens.
    • EMI.
  • Luciano Berio

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid [after Boccherini]

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Berio: Orchestral transcriptions: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Cradle Song

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Grainger: Piano Transcriptions: Pires Lane, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 7.
  • EÌ„riks EsÌŒenvalds

    Rivers of Light

    Choir: Portland State University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ethan Sperry.
    • NAXOS.
  • Gustav Holst

    Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.

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