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Monday - Kate's Classical alarm call

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a Cornwall-themed show, listener requests and a celebration of the Commonwealth Games. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Join Kate Molleson with sounds of the music and musicians associated with the city of Truro and Cornwall, ahead of the day鈥檚 Proms at Truro concert. Featuring listener requests.

Plus every day this week on Breakfast we celebrate the Commonwealth Games 2022 taking place in Birmingham, with a piece by a composer from the Commonwealth. Ranging from Africa to the Caribbean and North America, from Malta in the Mediterranean to New Zealand, we explore the rich musical heritage of the Commonwealth nations.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 25 Jul 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.11 (2nd mvt, Andante cantabile)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • CRD.
  • Percy Grainger

    Early one morning

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Percy Grainger

    Brigg Fair

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: Joyful Company of Singers. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande, Gavottes, Gigue (Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV1012)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • HYPERION.
  • Giles Farnaby

    Suite Of Six Dances: 1. The Old Spagnoletta

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Music From The Royal Court.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Dame Moura Lympany.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 16.
  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time (By and by)

    Choir: East Carolina University Chamber Singers. Conductor: Daniel Bara.
    • Greater Love.
    • GOTHIC.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488: i. Allegro

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Conductor: S谩ndor V茅gh. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 23.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    The Cadgwith Anthem

    Choir: The Fisherman鈥檚 Friends.
    • Port Isaac's Fishermans Friends.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 15.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no. 6: i. Allegro

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • ALBANY.
  • Richard Glenhall

    Humphrey Davy

    Performer: Dave Penhale. Singer: Brenda Wootton.
    • PLANT LIFE BURLINGTON.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freisch眉tz: Overture

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
    • Opera Overtures and Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude'

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • EMI.
  • Hubert Bath

    Cornish Rhapsody

    Performer: Philip Fowke. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Proinns铆as 脫 Duinn.
    • Piano Concertos from the Movies.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    This is the record of John - verse anthem

    Performer: Christopher Gray. Choir: Choir of Truro Cathedral. Director: Robert Sharpe.
    • LAMMAS.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Yellow on Yellow

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Judith Bailey

    Havas - a period of summer Op.44 (Gwavas Lake)

    Orchestra: Bath Philharmonia. Conductor: Jason Thornton.
    • EM Records.
  • Russell Pascoe

    Pader an Arleth (The Lord's Prayer)

    Choir: Choir of Truro Cathedral. Conductor: Robert Sharpe.
    • REGENT.
  • Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia

    African Pianism: Play Time; Builsa Work Song

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM RECORDINGS.
  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No 3 in G major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Arne: Eight Overtures: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36: Var. 7 Troyte; Var. 8; W.N.

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Angus Webster.
    • 大象传媒 RECORDING.
  • George Butterworth

    Bredon Hill (Bredon Hill)

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • Decca.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon (The House of Life)

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • R. Vaughan Williams: Songs Luxon/Willison.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Padstow Lifeboat

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Arnold on Brass.
    • Conifer.
    • 24.

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