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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape, and another instalment of the Sunday Breakfast Birdsong School - help with identifying individual spring birdsong from Lucy Hodson of the RSPB.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sun 25 Apr 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Preludes, Bk.1)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Debussy: Preludes: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Canta dolce il rosignolo (La gloria di Primavera)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: Le Musiche Nove. Director: Claudio Osele.
    • Simone Kermes - Colori D'Amore - Le Musiche Nove; Claudio Osele.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Helios - overture Op.17

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Director: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Nielsen: Symphony No. 4.
    • CBS.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Dicky Bird and the Owl

    Singer: Robert Tear. Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Victorian Ballads.
    • HMV.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.51 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
    • Dvor虒谩k: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.
  • Kathryn Tickell

    April

    Ensemble: The Kathryn Tickell Band.
    • Park Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K.453 (2rd mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 803.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.5

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen (Trumpet Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
  • Anonymous

    Morenica

    Singer: Savina Yannatou. Performer: Kyriakos Gouve虂ntas. Performer: Yannis Alexandri虂s. Performer: Kostas Vo虂mvolos. Performer: Lefteris Angourida虂kis. Performer: Iannis Kaimakis. Performer: Michalis Sigani虂dis.
    • Orata.
  • Anonymous

    Danza morisca

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 African dances (no.2)

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • William Grant Still

    Land of romance (Africa)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.
  • Sukuma Bin Ongaro

    Chiro

    Music Arranger: Ayub Ogada. Singer: Ayub Ogada.
    • En Mana Kuoyo.
    • Real World Records.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 鈥 Barry: The Eternal Recurrence.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing (Garden Scene)

    Performer: Sonja van Beek. Performer: Andreas Fr枚lich.
    • Korngold: Complete Works for Violin & Piano.
    • CPO.
    • 603.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing (Hornpipe)

    Performer: Sonja van Beek. Performer: Andreas Fr枚lich.
    • Korngold: Complete Works for Violin & Piano.
    • CPO.
    • 604.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The cuckoo (The birds)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances & The Birds.
    • CPO.
    • 17.
  • Louis James Lefebure-Wely

    Sortie in B flat major

    Performer: David Sanger.
    • Lefebure-Wely: Organ Music played by David Sanger.
    • Meridian.
    • 17.

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