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Thursday - Petroc's classical mix

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 May 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Romance)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Philips.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits: London Symphony Orchestra/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto (Cantata No 152, 'Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn')

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Bach Sinfonia Academia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in E major Op.22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Auvergne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto For茅s Veses.
    • Dvo艡谩k, Jan谩膷ek, Martin暖: Works for Strings.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 101.
  • Howard Skempton

    Well, well Cornelius

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Howard Skempton: Well, well, Cornelius: Tilbury.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    6 German Dances orch. Webern

    Orchestrator: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Achim Fiedler.
    • OEHMS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Wedding of Kije (Lieutenant Kije Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije / Alexander Nevsky: Abbado/Chicago SO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    H.M.S. Pinafore, Act I: The Nightingale sighed ... A Maiden Fair to See

    Lyricist: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert. Singer: Michael Schade. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Orchestra: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore.
    • Telarc.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 204.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 4.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra - Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianfranco Masini.
    • Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees

    Performer: Margaret McNamee. Lyricist: A. E. Housman. Singer: Wilfred Brown.
  • Aaron Copland

    An Outdoor Adventure

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland: Symphonies Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des animaux; no.13; Le Cygne (The Swan)

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies 鈥 More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Julian Slade

    Salad Days - medley

    Performer: Julian Slade. Ensemble: Studio rhythm section.
    • Wilson: Boy Friend (The) (Orginal London Cast) / Slade: Salad Days (Original Lon.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Arne

    The soldier tir'd of war's alarms (Artaxerxes)

    Lyricist: Pietro Metastasio. Lyricist: Thomas Arne. Singer: Beverly Sills.
    • Beverly Sills and Friends.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.9 'Pastorale'

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Scarlatti: Sonatas.
    • Warner Apex.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Onyx.

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