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Thursday - Petroc's classical picks

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 11 May 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine (Civitas sancti tui)

    Conductor: Patrick Russill. Choir: The Choir of the London Oratory.
    • Music for Holy Week and Easter: Choir of the London Oratory/Russill.
    • Herald.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in E flat major, D.87 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets D87 & D887: Cuarteto Casals.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • York Bowen

    Humoresque (Miniature Suite)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Shadow Dances, British Works for Flute.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Michael Niesemann. Performer: Neil Brough. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op.43

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Judith Weir

    The Sweet Primeroses (Piano Concerto)

    Performer: William Howard. Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    The Sweet Primeroses

    Performer: Dolly Collins. Singer: Shirley Collins.
    • The Sweet Primeroses.
    • Topic.
    • 20.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F Major, Hob. XV:6, 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Aquinas Piano Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol. 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.1 'Afro American' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 9.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Two Dialogues with Postscript - I. Wedding Waltz

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Le Rossignol de Lilas

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: V茅ronique Gens.
    • Neere.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14-15.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Music for two trumpets from the Italian Baroque.
    • Hyperion.
    • 33.
  • Virgil Thomson

    Acadian Songs and Dances: I. Sadness and II. Papa's Tune

    Orchestra: Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • American Compositions 3.
    • Beulah.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Arabesque (Ainola Lyrical Ballads)

    Performer: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan.
    • Takashi Yoshimatsu: Piano Works for the Left Hand.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Pavane (Ainola Lyrical Ballads)

    • Takashi Yoshimatsu: Piano Works for the Left Hand.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La cambiale di matrimonio: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Petit Poucet (Ma Mere l'Oye)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor Op.90 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tolomeo, re di Egitto: Act 1; Non lo diro col labbro ("Silent worship" aria)

    Singer: Kenneth McKellar. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Australian Eloquence.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Sibelius: Symphony no.5&6: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

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