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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 28 Apr 2018 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words, Op.109

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • The Great Recordings.
    • Warner.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simply Symphony (Sentimental Sarabande)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.
  • Kurt Weill

    Symphony no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Wallace & Myres

    Moonlight on the Ganges

    Music Arranger: Eddie Sauter. Ensemble: Benny Goodman Band.
    • Bennie Goodman presents: Eddie Sauter Arrangements.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.
  • Christian Sinding

    Rustle of Spring, Op 32 No 3

    Performer: John Ogdon.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie zittern und wanken (Cantata no.105)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaki Suzuki.
    • Bach for Japan.
    • BIS.
    • 13.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Ensemble: Melos Ensmble.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Rondes de printemps (Images)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • CBS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 21.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Trio for two violins & cello on a Russian song: 'What have I done to hurt you?'

    Ensemble: Moscow Trio.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony in D major, Op 18 No 4

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Symphony for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Maconchy: Serenata Concertante / Symphony for Double String Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • 002.
  • Trad.

    She's like the swallow

    Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Choir: Tenebrae Consort. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Granville Bantock

    Celtic Symphony (4th and 5th mvts)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies, The Witch of Atlas: RPO/Handley.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4-5.

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