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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

2 hours

Last on

Sun 25 Jul 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • James McMillan

    A New Song

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Andrew Nethsingha. Performer: Timothy Ravalde.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.2 'Song of a new race' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 'Gran partita' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Mozart: Gran Partita - Wind Serenades K. 361 & 375.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Lovely on the water (Studies in English Folksong)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Jean Sibelius

    String Quartet in D minor Op.56 'Voces intimae' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Engeg氓rdkvartetten.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Grutzner-Waltz

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
  • Lau

    Save the Bees

    Ensemble: Lau.
    • REVEAL RECORDS.
  • Richard Strauss

    September (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • R Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder/Ein Heldenleben, Op.40.
    • DG.
    • 2.
  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Ivanhoe - Prelude

    Orchestra: MGM Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Mikl贸s R贸zsa.
    • Silva Screen.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    O mattutini albori (La donna del lago)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.
    • Colbran, The Muse.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Foulds

    Impressions of Time and Place (Isles of Greece Op.48)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Chanson de la mariee (5 Popular Greek Melodies)

    Orchestrator: Manuel Rosenthal. Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Soci茅t茅 des Concerts du Conservatoire. Conductor: Georges Pr锚tre.
    • EMI.
  • Nikos Skalkottas

    Kalamatianos (Greek Dances)

    Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra. Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis.
    • Skalkottas: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 108.
  • Michalis Terzis

    A Mermaid on the Boat

    Performer: Michalis Terzis.
    • ARC Music.
  • Aaron Copland

    An Outdoor Adventure

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland: Symphonies Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Tom Lehrer

    Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

    Performer: Hr贸lfur Vagnsson. Ensemble: The Queen鈥檚 Six.
    • The Queen鈥檚 Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • George Frideric Handel

    No, no, I'll take no less (Semele)

    Singer: Christiane Karg. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi : 88875199812.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances

    Music Arranger: Christian Garrick. Ensemble: The Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
    • Flying Blue Whale.
  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Ou Y鈥檃n Ye

    • Shanachie.

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