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Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny with Breakfast including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition, the Advent Calendar and an American Portrait. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including two shortlisted carols from the Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition and the next of our American Portraits, music complementing Radio 3's series, 鈥楾he Way I See It鈥. Also featuring our musical Advent Calendar and listener requests.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 Dec 2019 06:30

Music Played

  • Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

    Telestri Regina delle Amazzoni (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Director: Daniel Deuter.
    • Talestri - Commedia per Musica.
    • KammerTon.
    • 1-3.
  • Edward Elgar

    There Is Sweet Music (4 Choral songs Op.53)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music Of The Spheres: Part Songs Of The British Isles.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 9.
  • Charles Ives

    A Christmas Carol

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Ives Songs 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 28.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Boutique Fantasque (Nocturne; Galop)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no.50, BWV.50 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft'

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Bach Cantatas 50, 34, 147.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 1.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    Les Patineurs, Op.183

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' precious music box 2: Philharmonia/Groves.
    • Denon.
    • 5.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Trois anges sont venus ce soir

    Music Arranger: Thibault Perrine. Singer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton. Performer: Aurelie Saraf.
    • Naive.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op.59 no. 3 "Razumovsky" (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aris Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 9 & 14.
    • Genuin.
    • 2.
  • Breakfast Carol Competition 2019, carol no.6

    • Dominic Veall

      Go to the Child

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
      • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Concert Suite Op.71a (Andante maestoso)

    Transcriber: Mikhail Pletnev. Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Missa Brevis Op.63

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Britten: The Sacred Choral Music.
    • Novum.
    • 08.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Anon.

    Coventry Carol

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Christmas Carols and Motets.
    • Gimell.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Tea)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo Notte (Ariodante)

    Performer: The English Concert. Singer: Alice Coote. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Hyperion.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Piano Trio (Allegro vigoroso)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Her Voice.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Anon.

    Riu Riu Chiu

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Director: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Medieval Carols, Oxford Camerata.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Music Arranger: Zolt谩n Sz茅kely.
    • Ravel/Falla/Schnittke/Bartok/Shankar: East meets West: Daniel Hope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Trad.

    Aguinaldo Jibaro

    Music Arranger: Pepe Castillo. Performer: Pepe Castillo.
    • Christmas Around The World.
    • PUTUMAYO WORLD MUSIC.
    • 10.
  • Breakfast Carol Competition 2019, carol no.5

    • Simon Hancock

      Breakfast Carol Competition 2019; No.5 Go to the Child

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Ophelia (Hamlet and Ophelia, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Krueger.
    • Our Musical Past.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Song 2 (Out of Winter)

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen.
    • All You Who Sleep Tonight.
    • Naxos.
    • 02.

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