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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker at Free Thinking

Radio 3's Breakfast programme presented by Elizabeth Alker, also known for her work on 大象传媒 6Music. This weekend's editions of Breakfast come live from the Radio 3 Free Thinking pop-up studio in the foyer of Sage Gateshead.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 10 Mar 2018 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Voices of Spring, Op. 410

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • New Year's Day Concert 1989.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • The Glenn Gould Edition: J.S. Bach / D. Scarlatti / C.P.E. Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of England. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Richard Dawson

    Newcastle

    Performer: Richard Dawson.
    • The Magic Bridge.
    • Domino Records.
    • 8.
  • Jack Robson

    The Cheviot Hills

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Thomas S. Allen.
    • Songs my father taught me.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 4 violins in G

    Performer: Alice Harnoncourt. Performer: Walter Pfeiffer. Performer: Peter Schoberwalter. Performer: Kurt Theiner. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op 22 (Saute-mouton)

    Performer: John Ogdon. Performer: Brenda Lucas.
    • EMI.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Ehtoohymni (Evening Hymn)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Illumina.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 3.
  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Warner.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Sinfonia concertante in F major

    Performer: J眉rg Schaeftlein. Performer: Anner Bylsma. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Ensemble: Leonhardt鈥怌onsort. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Diversions on a Theme, Op 21 (Var. X, Adagio)

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • PHOENIX : PHCD 122.
    • PHOENIX.
    • 15.
  • Miles Graham

    The Great Northern River

    Performer: The Unthanks.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ruhe Sanft, mein Holdes Leben (Zaide)

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Director: Jane Glover.
    • ASV.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest (Overture)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Bernard Hermann: The Film Scores: Salonen, LA Phil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

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