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Wednesday - Petroc's classical rise and shine

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition and 'Light in the Darkness'.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including listener requests, two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition 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 special 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

Wed 16 Dec 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Entrata (Serenade in D)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Daishin Kashimoto.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in C, Op. 1 no 5

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.
  • Traditional

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

    Music Arranger: Bugge Wesseltoft. Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft.
    • It's snowing on my piano.
    • ACT Music & Vision.
    • 10.
  • Sandra Marteleur

    En gangar till kaffet

    Performer: Sandra Marteleur. Performer: Gunnar Idenstam.
    • Folkjul II: A Swedish Folk Christmas.
    • BIS.
    • 701.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV830 - I. Toccata

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • 贬盲苍蝉蝉濒别谤.
  • Jacobus Gallus

    Canite tuba

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Christmas - The Gesualdo Six.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

    Laureli Ivanoff on Light in the Darkness in Unalakleet, Alaska

  • Trad.

    Caribou Hunting Song

    Singer: Thora Katchatag.
  • Trad.

    Reindeer Herder's Song

    Singer: Thora Katchatag.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Verano porte帽o

    Performer: Simone Rubino. Ensemble: La Chimera. Conductor: Eduardo Eg眉ez.
    • Fuga y misterio.
    • La Musica.
    • 102.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Entrance of the Emperor and his Court (Hary Janos Suite)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite - Dances of Galanta...: BFO, Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 11.
  • Lance Whitehead

    Christmas Carol

    Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 5: Perahia/Haitink.
    • CBS.
    • 3.
  • Emilia Amper

    Ljus i m枚rkrets tid (Light in the Time of Darkness)

    Performer: Emilia Amper. Performer: Bridget Marsden. Performer: Emma Ahlberg Ek. Performer: Anders Lofberg. Performer: Olle Linder.
    • BIS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G minor, 'Cat's Fugue'

    Performer: Scott Ross.
    • ERATO.
  • William Lawes

    'Sunrise' Fantazy (Set a6 in F)

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Hubert Parry

    When icicles hang by the wall (English Lyrics - set 2)

    Singer: Robert Tear. Performer: Philip Ledger.
    • British Music Collection - Sir Hubert Parry.
    • DECCA.
    • 15.
  • Grace Williams

    Penillion (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ray Allan. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet. Performer: Pavel Nikl.
    • Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26: Amen

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Director: Edward Higginbottom.
    • DECCA.
  • Fats Waller

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Lyricist: Andy Razaf. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • Ella And Basie!.
    • Verve Records.
  • Joe Garland

    In the mood

    Lyricist: Andy Razaf. Ensemble: The Andrews Sisters.
    • Andrews Sisters - Some Sunny Day CD4.
    • Jasmine Records.
    • 5.
  • Fats Waller

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Composer: Harry Brooks. Lyricist: Andy Razaf. Ensemble: Fats Waller and His Rhythm.
    • Perfect Jazz.
    • Past Perfect.
    • 24.
  • Chris Westbrook

    Christmas Carol

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in F major, Wq 183 No 3

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Gerald Finzi

    It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op.18)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel - 'The Vagabond': English Songs by Vaughan Williams; Butterworth.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.

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