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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sat 20 Jul 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Nicolas Gombert

    Ave Maria

    Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble. Director: Stephen Rice.
    • Tribulato et angustia – Four and five part motets by Nicolas Gombert.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Kaija Saariaho

    Aure

    Performer: Antti Tikkanen. Performer: Atte Kilpeläinen.
    • ONDINE.
  • Douglas Lilburn

    A Song of The Islands

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Southgate.
    • CONTINUUM.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In The Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Bergen Filharmoniske Kor. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Manu Delago

    Base Camp

    Performer: Manu Delago.
    • Parasol Peak.
    • One Little Indian.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

    Performer: Nikolaj Znaider. Performer: Daniel Gortler.
    • Bravo! Virtuoso and Romantic Encores For Violin.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Miles Davis

    Airegin

    Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet.
    • PRESTIGE.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach The Complete Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polka (Czech Suite, Op 39)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op. 39: Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Chilly Gonzales

    The Tearjerker Returns

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales. Ensemble: Kaiser Quartett.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show)

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • Decca.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms - The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.
  • Constant Lambert

    Invocation to the Moon - Finale (Horoscope)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • ARGO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dove sei, amato bene (Rodelinda)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl/Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
    • BIS : BIS-2228 SACD.
    • BIS.
    • 4-5.
  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Pavan

    Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.
    • Fantasies, Ayres and Dances: The Julian Bream Consort.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 17.

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