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Wednesday - Petroc's classical mix

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

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Also, 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

Wed 3 Aug 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina: Prelude Act 1

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Thielemann: Works By Pfitzner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.
  • Felice Anerio

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dein Wetter zog sich auf von weiten (Cantata: Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV46)

    Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (Op.14): ii Un Bal (Valse)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique etc.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Rutland Boughton

    3 Folk Dances

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • R. Boughton: Aylesbury Games etc: Beynon/New London Orchestra/Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    A sweet country life (Six Choral Settings of Folk Songs)

    Music Arranger: Imogen Holst. Choir: Deller Consort. Director: Alfred Deller.
    • VANGUARD CLASSICS.
  • Tim Brooks

    Old Brock

    Music Arranger: The Wilderness Yet. Ensemble: The Wilderness Yet.
  • Lucien-L茅on Guillaume Lambert

    Broc茅liande (Overture)

    Orchestrator: Richard Rosenberg. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • NAXOS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    4 Studies for piano (Op.4); no.3 in B flat minor

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • NAXOS.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth - suite for brass band (T.55) [1936]

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ein M盲dchen oder Weibchen (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer.
    • Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: G眉nter Wand. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9: Berliner Philharmoniker/Wand.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Luigi Denza

    Funiculi, funicula

    Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.
    • Neapolitan Songs.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Franz Strauss

    Nocturno Op.7

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • The Romantic Horn.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Justinian Tamusuza

    On the way of the cross (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Pieces of Africa.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Blumine.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Music Arranger: Henriette Reni茅. Performer: Elinor Bennett.
    • Images and Impressions: Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Nimbus.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legend, Op 59 No 6

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.

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