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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring our musical Advent Calendar, a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape and listener requests.

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 8 Dec 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Air (Serenade in G major)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Moeran: Cello Concerto, Serenade, Lonely Waters: Johnston, Ulster Orchestra, Fal.
    • Naxos.
    • 05.
  • Franz Schubert

    Des Tages Weihe, D.763

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Malcolm Bilson. Director: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Voices in the Night.
    • Philips.
    • 05.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major, K.373

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.
    • DG.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Edvard Grieg

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Grieg & Debussy String Quartets.
    • Simax.
    • 02.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: G眉nter Wand.
    • Gunter Wand: The last recording - the last interview.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 04.
  • Trad.

    Polegnala e Todora

    Ensemble: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir.
    • Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares.
    • 4AD.
    • 1.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    There is No Rose

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in A Major, H.15.18 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • Julius Fucik

    Der alte Brummb盲r, Op.210

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • TELDEC.
  • Traditional Pakistan

    Popular melodies from Pakistan

    Performer: Tsiganes de sind.
    • Rough Guide to the Music of Pakistan.
    • WORLD MUSIC NETWORK.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Aure, fonti (Alessandro)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • HYPERION.
    • 6.
  • Traditional Pakistan

    Yaar Di Gharoli (extract)

    Singer: Abida Parveen.
    • The Rough Guide to the Music of Pakistan.
    • WORLD MUSIC NETWORK.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.15 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Illalle, Op.17 no.6

    Singer: Kim Borg. Performer: Erik Werba.
    • Kim Borg sings Sibelius Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Trad.

    Brose and Butter

    Music Arranger: Ian Wilson. Ensemble: The Flautadors.
    • Bavardage.
    • FHR.
    • 06.
  • Eric Coates

    Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Myra Hess.
    • Philips.
  • William Walton

    Johannesburg Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • EMI.

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