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Thursday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Also, the 大象传媒 Singers perform the carols composed by the six finalists in the 2020 Breakfast Carol Competition.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 10 Dec 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • Morfydd Llwyn Owen

    Maida Vale

    Performer: Brian Ellsbury.
    • Morfydd Owen: Portrait of a Lost Icon.
    • T欧 Cerdd.
    • 7.
  • Owain Park

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Rose Magnificat.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor Op.20

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 80, 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (opening)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
  • George Frideric Handel

    See the conquering hero comes

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Let the Bright Seraphim.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F, Op 18 no 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • ERATO.
  • Ken Burton

    Many are the wonders

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Many are the Wonders.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?.
    • DG.
  • Max Richter

    Winter II (after Vivaldi)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Covent Garden Sinfonia. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • The Four Seasons Recomposed.
    • RUBICON.
  • Anon.

    La Battaglia (Pavana)

    Director: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dave Brubeck

    Cathy's Waltz

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Time Outtakes.
    • Brubeck Editions.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 116.
  • Gerald Finzi

    O mistress mine (Let Us Garlands Bring)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Who is Sylvia? (Let Us Garlands Bring)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.
  • Jessica Reeves

    Alleluia, a new work is come on hand

    Performer: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Owain Park.
  • Eric Coates

    The Merrymakers

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Breakfast Carol Competition 2020 commission

    • 'Christmas Carol' by Paul Laurence Dunbar read by Ken Nwosu

  • CAROL NO. 1

    • Gareth Price

      Christmas Carol

      Performer: Olivia Robinson. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • CAROL NO. 2

    • Jonathan Ticher

      Christmas Carol

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 54 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Opus 54.
    • Sacconi Records.
    • 005.
  • CAROL NO. 3

    • Tim Tricker

      Christmas Carol

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • CAROL NO. 4

    • James Walton

      Christmas Carol

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • EMI.
  • Biagio Marini

    Sonata, 'La Ponte' (Affetti musicale)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Performer: Paula Chateauneuf. Ensemble: Convivium.
    • Early Italian Violin Sonatas: Convivium.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • CAROL NO. 5

    • Chris Westbrook

      Christmas Carol

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • CAROL NO. 6

    • Lance Whitehead

      Christmas Carol

      Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Valse-caprice no.1 in A major Op.30

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • HYPERION.

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  • Thu 10 Dec 2020 06:30

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