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Wednesday - Kate's classical picks

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 Jan 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O choruscans stellarum

    Singer: Barbara Thornton.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum [O glistening starlight]

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no. 1 (Op.55) in A flat major, 3rd movement; Adagio

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.
  • Fazil Say

    Winter Morning in Istanbul (from Art of Piano, Op.66)

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Troy Sonata.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    An irdische Schatze das Herze zu hangen (from Cantata, BWV26: Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie nichtig)

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale: Idylle; Danse villageoise

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    To shorten winter's sadness

    Choir: Uppsala Akademiska Kammark枚r. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • Winter Sounds.
    • FOOTPRINT.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter Meditation (after the Largo from Vivaldi's 'Winter', RV 297)

    Music Arranger: Vivan Bhatti. Music Arranger: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Ensemble: Hestia String Quartet.
    • Sony.
  • Henriette Reni茅

    Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh', D. 776

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • Schubert: Lieder (Vol. 2).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Claudio Arrau.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Robert Schumann

    Konzertst眉ck in F major, Op 86 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Black. Performer: Laurence Davies. Performer: Laurence Rogers. Performer: Peter Blake. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Schumann Symphony no.2 / 'Manfred' Overture etc..
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 002.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Porthole of the Kelp / The Maids of Mitchelstown

    Composer: Bobby Casey. Performer: Martin Hayes. Performer: P.J. Hayes. Performer: Dennis Cahill.
    • Quillan Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer est plus belle

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Ruisi Quartet.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Berceuse

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Bruce Montgomery

    Concertino for String Orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • English String Miniatures, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Richard Rodgers

    It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Nina Simone. Conductor: Robert Mersey.
    • 40 Essential Hits (Amazon Edition).
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" III. Rondeau. Presto

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.
    • Linn.
  • Marie Dare

    Six Pieces for Cello No.2: Chant

    Ensemble: Cello Spice.
    • DIVINE ART.
  • Trad.

    Tarantella del Gargano

    Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dave Shepherd

    The Rose of Raby

    Music Arranger: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Carolyn Surrick. Performer: Jackie Moran.
    • Fermi's Paradox.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 501.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Early Morning Bathe (Holiday diary - suite Op.5)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Britten: Piano works.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 001.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op.15: No.1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen, No.7 Traumerei

    Performer: Kristian Lindberg.
    • 2L.

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