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Wednesday - Petroc's classical commute

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 May 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Holst The Planets Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 011.
  • Johann Christoph Pepusch

    Venus and Adonis (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Harmonious Society of Tickle鈥怓iddle Gentlemen.
    • Pepusch: Concertos and Overtures for London.
    • Ramee.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for piano and strings in A minor MWV 02 (2nd movement)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Mendelssohn: Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Myra Hess.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelf盲nger bin ich ja [Yes, I am the birdcatcher] (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Gilles Cachemaille. Orchestra: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Arnold 脰stman.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberfl枚te.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan ('Davlsvit' Suite Dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major, TWV 53:D2

    Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.
  • Le贸 Weiner

    Fairy Dance (Csongor and Tunde Suite)

    Conductor: Domonkos Heja. Orchestra: Danubia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dances from Hungary: Danubia Symphony Orchestra/Heja.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.
  • George Butterworth

    Is My Team Ploughing? (6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Requiem: The Pity Of War.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse; Mi-a-ou; Dolly's Garden (Dolly Suite)

    Performer: Cyril Smith. Performer: Phyllis Sellick.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Sung Alleluias: O Sing Praises (Psalm 47:6-7a)

    Choir: Ascension Choir.
  • Robin Stevens

    Balmoral Suite: Granpa hankers for the Past

    Performer: John Turner. Orchestra: Manchester Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Howarth.
    • PRIMA FACIE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2: Gewandhouorchester, Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux Op.33 for piano: no.3 in C minor

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Frolicsome Finale (Simple Symphony)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: Young person's guide to the orchestra etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English suite no. 2 in A minor BWV.807: Gigue

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Johann Baptist Cramer

    Piano Quintet in B flat major, Op. 79 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Albumblatt in D flat major

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott: Puccini, Falla, Hindemith, Rachmninov, Kreisl.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)

    Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Famous Italian Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time (By and by)

    Choir: East Carolina University Chamber Singers. Conductor: Daniel Bara.
    • Greater Love.
    • GOTHIC.
    • 13.
  • Gustave Samazeuilh

    Souvenir pour le main droite seule from Equisses, Op.4

    Performer: St茅phane Lemelin.
    • Atma Classique.
    • ACD 22210.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Vocalion.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Scherzo

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Trad.

    Sogna fiore mio [Dream my flower]

    Music Arranger: Ambrogio Sparagna. Singer: Lucilla Galeazzi. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.

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