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Thursday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring a curated selection of British concert overtures and listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Jun 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e rondo ungarese Op.35 (Rondo)

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Bassoon concertos, Mozart/M Haydn/Stamitz/Weber.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue Op.10

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • NAXOS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major, G 448 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan L枚fving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C minor, BWV 999

    Performer: Narciso Yepes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D major K.320 'Posthorn' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Ella Jarman-Pinto

    This Little Rose

    Author: Emily Dickinson. Singer: Nadine Benjamin. Performer: Nicole Panizza.
    • Emergence - Emily Dickinson.
    • Stone Records.
    • 30.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    String Trio in G major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Eblana String Trio.
    • The King's Alchemist.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 11.
  • Sidney Torch

    Bicycle Belles

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Going Down Hill on a Bicycle (A Boy's Song)

    Performer: Matthew Jones. Performer: Annabel Thwaite.
    • Britten: Reflections.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Leo Kottke

    Busted Bicycle

    Performer: Leo Kottke.
    • The Leo Kotke Anthology.
    • Rhino.
    • 4.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Piano sonata in B flat minor, Op 3 (Grande sonate) - 4th mvt

    Performer: Nicholas Walker.
    • The Key Collection: 3 Centuries of Rare Keyboard Gems.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 14.
  • Jheronimus Vinders

    O mors inevitabilis

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral works vol.5: 大象传媒 NOW/Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 14.
  • Richard Rodgers

    My Favourite Things

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein. Singer: Sarah Vaughan.
    • Jazz Masters: Sarah Vaughan.
    • EMI.
    • 5.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Hymn

    Music Arranger: Robert McFall. Ensemble: Mr. McFall鈥檚 Chamber.
    • Delphian.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Einsames Lied

    Music Arranger: Robert McFall. Ensemble: Mr. McFall鈥檚 Chamber.
    • Solitudes.
    • Delphian.
    • 14.
  • Charles Gounod

    Soldiers' Chorus, 'Gloire immortelle' (Faust, Act 4)

    Choir: Choeur De L'Arm茅e Fran莽aise. Choir: Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • 50 Best Choruses.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G major Kk.477

    Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.
    • Scarlatti, Vol. 6.
    • Mirare.
    • 17.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    Fantasy Overture on Tom Bowling Op.115

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles Vol 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Lagunenwalzer, Op.411 (arr. Schoenberg)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 'in echo duodecimi toni' 脿 10

    Music Arranger: Eric Crees. Performer: Christopher Martin. Performer: John Hagstrom. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Mark Ridenour.
    • CSOR.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    The Clay Doll (A prolo do bebe, Book 1 No 3)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Warner Classics.
  • John Foulds

    Keltic Overture Op.28

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 17 in B flat major, K 570 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Alexandre Pierre Levy

    Samba from Brasileira (suite for orchestra)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • Bis.
    • 3.

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