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Thursday - Kate's classical alternative

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Feb 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Rachel Portman

    'Chocolat' - Main Title

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Chocolat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata for Organ No.4 in E minor, BWV528

    Performer: Robert Quinney.
    • CORO.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Papillon, Op 77

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    Most Mighty And All-knowing Lord

    Performer: David Allsopp. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • I heard a voice - the music of the golden age.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Edward German

    Merrie England (Dances)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • German: British Light Music.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 17.
  • Robert Schumann

    I Blame You Not [after "Ich grolle nicht"]

    Composer: Mara Carlyle. Singer: Mara Carlyle.
    • The Lovely.
    • Accidental.
    • 2.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Sinfonia in A major, Op 35 No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna di Madrid: Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Character pieces (No.5)

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Henry Walford Davies

    Royal Air Force March Past

    Ensemble: RAF Central Band. Conductor: Wing Commander H.B.Hingley.
    • Salute to Heroes: The Central band of the R.A.F.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • George Butterworth

    The lads in their hundreds (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Kathleen MacInnes

    Duthaich MhicAoidh

    Singer: Kathleen MacInnes.
    • Greentrax.
  • Erik Chisholm

    Airs from the Patrick MacDonald Collection - No. 18

    Performer: Murray McLachlan.
    • Divine Art.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Spanish Dance in C major, Op 12 No 1

    Ensemble: Duo Scaramouche.
    • Duo Scaramouche - Grieg, Moszkowski, Brahms.
    • Scar.
    • 5.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.6 in D major Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Warner.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Allegretto in C minor, WoO53

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Beethoven - Moonlight sonata & other piano music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La r茅jouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Handel: Water Music & Fireworks: Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet.
    • Glossa.
    • 23.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest, HWV 258

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Simon Preston. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Preston, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 "Trout" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Aidan O鈥橰ourke

    脪ran nan Sgalpach

    Performer: Aidan O鈥橰ourke. Performer: Graeme Stephen. Performer: Thomas Gibbs. Performer: Adam Kinner. Performer: Lucy Railton. Singer: Donald Alex MacDonald.
  • Trad.

    Oran an roin (Seal Song)

    Singer: Julie Fowlis.
    • Alterum.
    • Machair Records.
    • 9.
  • Max Bruch

    Serenade in A minor, Op 75 (fourth movement - : Allegro energico e vivace)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F BWV 1046 Minuet and Polonaise

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • Alpha.
  • V铆ctor Jara

    Te Recuerdo Amanda

    Performer: V铆ctor Jara. Singer: V铆ctor Jara.
    • Pongo en Tus Manos Abiertas.
    • Sucesi贸n Victor Jara.
    • 9.

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