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Wednesday - Hannah's classical alternative

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Mar 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Gioseffo Zarlino

    Ego rosa saron

    Choir: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Conductor: Michael Noone.
    • Glossa.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Orchestrator: Claudio Viacava. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Valley of the Bells, Jeux d'eau, Rapsodie espagnole, Le gibet, et al..
    • Cala Records.
    • 2.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Flute Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 45; I. Allegro deciso - Piu moderato ed espressivo

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It鈥檚 a Girl!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in C minor BWV.906

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • MEZHDUNARODNAYA-KNIGA.
  • Carl Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F major; III. Rondeau

    Orchestra: Kurpf盲lzisches Kammerorchester. Conductor: Paul Meyer.
    • Concertos for Clarinet & Orchestra Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 103.
  • Duncan Chisholm

    When the Snow Melts

    Performer: Duncan Chisholm. Performer: Hamish Napier. Ensemble: The Clockwork Sessions.
    • Black Cuillin.
    • Copperfish Records.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    April 'Snowdrop' (The Seasons, Op.37b)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Mykola Lysenko

    Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.19

    Performer: Arthur Greene.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Vernon Duke

    April in Paris

    Performer: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • Count Basie and His Orchestra: April in Paris.
    • Verve.
  • Johann Christoph Pez

    Concerto pastorale in F Major: VI. Passacaglia

    Performer: Dorothee Oberlinger. Ensemble: Ensemble 1700.
    • Deutsche HM.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Symphony No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 104, "Westmorland"; II. Lento (Castnel Fell)

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Simon Joly.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies - Choral Works.
    • Collins Digital.
    • 4.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Traum, H-U 412

    Singer: Kateryna Kasper. Performer: Dmitry Ablogin.
    • TYXArt.
  • John Harle

    The Interpretation of Dreams

    Singer: Sarah Leonard. Performer: John Harle. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Sospiro Noir.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    6 Moments musicaux, D 780 (No. 4 - Moderato)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Franz Schubert: Sonata in A, D 959 & 6 Moments musicaux, D 780.
    • Pentatone.
    • 008.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.
  • Clara Schumann

    Le ballet des revenants, Op.5 no.4

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Almira - Suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata.
    • Pentatone.
    • 29-34.

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