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Ease into the day with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 Sep 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto in F minor for bass tuba and orch: 2nd mvt; Romanza (Andante sostenuto)

    Performer: John Fletcher. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Eric Whitacre

    I thank you God (Three Songs of Faith)

    Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • Eric Whitacre, Choral Music: Elora Festival Singers.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony no.2 in D major

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Lev Markiz.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Variation 13

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F Minor (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Clarinet Connection.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    Romance in A major

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • York Bowen: The complete Works for Viola & Piano: Power, Crawford-Phillips.
    • Hyperion.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49, 'Bell Anthem'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: St John's Sinfonia. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell and Humfrey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Amy Beach

    By the still waters, Op 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Oklahoma!; Overture

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Oklahoma!.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for Clarinet & Viola in E Minor, Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dimitri Ashkenazy. Performer: Anton Kholodenko. Orchestra: Baltic Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Mats Liljefors.
    • Weber & Bruch: Works for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 503.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight - Written on the Sky

    Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pieta.
    • Portrait: Max Richter.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 8.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture Suite in G major 鈥楤urlesque de Don Quixote鈥; vii. The Gallop Of Sancho Panza's Donkey; viii. Don Quichotte鈥檚 Repose

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • Harold Arlen

    It's Only A Paper Moon

    Performer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck. Lyricist: Billy Rose. Lyricist: Yip Harburg.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La clemenza di Tito (Overture)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Baldini.
    • Linn.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sonatina in G major

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • NAXOS.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Robin Hood and his Merry Band (The Adventures of Robin Hood)

    Conductor: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quartet No 2 in E flat major, Op 87 - 3rd movement, Scherzo

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • Dvorak: Piano Quintet/Piano Quartet: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Th'Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame (Sonnet 129)

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Music Arranger: Philip Rothman. Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jayce Ogren.
    • Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Concert Piece for 4 Horns; 3rd mvt

    Performer: Martin Owen. Performer: Christopher Parkes. Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Christopher Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat major

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts): Wiener Philharmoniker, So.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.

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