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Friday - Petroc's classical alarm call

The 大象传媒 Singers join Petroc Trelawny as he announces the winner of the Carol Competition.

The 大象传媒 Singers join Petroc Trelawny as he announces the winner of the Carol Competition. Also, listener requests and Light in the Darkness: a guest from a country that lies close to the Arctic reflects on the special quality of light that鈥檚 associated with this time of year as part of Radio 3鈥檚 Light in the Darkness season, illuminating winter.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Dec 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 11.
  • John Tavener

    God is with us

    Choir: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum. Performer: Carleton Etherington. Director: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major, D.664 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wer ein wahrer Christ will heissen (Cantata: Wer sich selbst erhohet, BWV47)

    Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J S Bach - Cantatas, Vol.47.
    • BIS.
    • 010.
  • Armas J盲rnefelt

    Praeludium

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4`2

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos Op.4: Academy of Ancient Music/Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5-8.
  • LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir on Light in the Darkness in Iceland

  • Traditional Icelandic

    Tvenn er ti冒in daga og n谩tta [ Days and Nights have passed ]

    Choir: Fe冒ranna Fr忙g冒 Vocal Ensemble, Reykjav铆k. Director: 脕rni Heimir Ing贸lfsson.
    • SMEKKLEYSA.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Lagunenwalzer, Op.411 (arr. Schoenberg)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Huang Tzu

    Plum Blossoms in the Snow

    Music Arranger: Anonymous. Orchestra: The Yomiuri Nihon Kokyo Gakudan Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Jean.
    • Chinese Evergreens.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    The Cricket on the Hearth, Op.62: Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HELIOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelf盲nger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    'Lochan' written and read by Kathleen Jamie

  • Granville Bantock

    Song to the Seals

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Robert Burns

    My Love is Like a Red Red Rose

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 007.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Nata Lux

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Brisk Young Sailor; The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Duncan Stubbs.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: G茅rard Korsten. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Balulalow

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pierce. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Andy Cutting

    St Michael's Mount

    Performer: Andy Cutting. Ensemble: Band.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas No. 1 in D minor/major arranged for mandolin and accordion

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Carol Competition Winner

    • James Walton

      Christmas Carol

      Lyricist: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pierce. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Neapolitan Dance arr Adamov (Swan Lake)

    Performer: Jouko Harjanne. Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz.
    • Finlandia.
  • Anon.

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Music Arranger: Charles Wood. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pierce. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

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