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Monday - Petroc's classical picks

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show with a Bristol theme, featuring listener requests and our celebration of the Commonwealth Games. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Join Petroc Trelawny for a Bristol-themed show with sounds of the music and musicians associated with the city and surrounding area, ahead of the day鈥檚 Proms at Bristol 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 1 Aug 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God

    Composer: William McKie. Performer: Graham Alsop. Conductor: Anthony Pinel. Choir: The Choir of St. Mary Radcliffe.
    • Herald.
  • George Gershwin

    Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (From "Shall We Dance")

    Music Arranger: Brian Bonsor. Ensemble: Lochrian String Quartet.
    • Lollipops.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Church Sonata in G major, K. 274

    Performer: Peter Hurford. Ensemble: Amsterdam Mozart Players.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue from WTC Book 2 no. 9 in E major BWV.878

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Emily Hall

    Eternity

    Singer: Olivia Chaney.
    • bigo & twigetti.
  • Emily Hall

    Instrumental (Folie 脿 deux)

    Performer: Emily Hall. Performer: Ruth Wall.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Pale and the Purple Rose (Yorkshire Feast Song, Z.333)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Performer: Stephen Pedder. Performer: Julia Kuhn. Performer: Mark Levy. Performer: William Carter. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • WIGMORE HALL LIVE.
  • Angela Morley

    A Canadian in Mayfair

    Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Vocalion.
  • John Hebden

    Concerto no.1 in A major

    Orchestra: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel at Vauxhall Volume 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 013.
  • Harry Linn

    Country Life

    Performer: Lal Waterson. Performer: Norma Waterson. Performer: Mike Waterson. Performer: Martin Carthy. Music Arranger: The Watersons.
    • TOPIC.
  • John Marsh

    Intermezzo (The Quantocks)

    Ensemble: The Bristol Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Bale.
    • An English Serenade: Emerald Ensemble.
    • Dinmore.
    • 12.
  • 脡dith Piaf

    Les Amants D'un Jour

    Singer: 脡dith Piaf. Conductor: Robert Chauvigny.
    • The World of Piaf.
    • Sunday Club Records.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending (original version for violin and piano)

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Earl Robinson

    The Ballad of Joe Hill

    Singer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Alan Booth.
    • VANGUARD.
  • Julian Nott

    Wallace & Gromit

    Performer: Lorne Balfe. Performer: Rupert Gregson鈥怶illiams. Performer: James Dooley. Performer: Julian Nott. Performer: Alastair King. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Sonata in F minor Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.
  • Acker Bilk

    Stranger On The Shore

    Composer: Robert Mellin. Performer: Acker Bilk. Performer: Stan Tracey.
    • Columbia.
  • F.L. Dunkin Wedd

    Three Brunel Crossings: 3rd movement, Clifton

    Ensemble: Bingham String Ensemble.
    • CON BRIO.
  • Samuel Wesley

    O sing unto me roundelaie

    Choir: Invocation. Conductor: Timothy Roberts.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edward Elgar

    Minuet (Severn Suite, Op.87)

    Ensemble: The Fairey Band. Conductor: James Gourlay.
    • Brass from the Masters, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
  • Ann Southam

    Rivers, Set 3: No. 7

    Performer: Christina Petrowska-Quilico.
    • Centrediscs.
  • Robert Lucas Pearsall

    Lay a garland on her hearse

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Franz Schubert

    'Trout' Quintet in A major, D.667 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Performer: Corin Long. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest (Overture)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Bernard Hermann: The Film Scores: Salonen, LA Phil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Liam Taylor-West

    Making Space

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.

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