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Classical music to start the day

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

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Sep 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo no.1 in E flat major 'Schlummerlied' (3 Intermezzi Op.117)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.6`1

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19: No. 1, Chor. "Es erhub sich ein Streit"

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Choir: Chorus Viennensis. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir.
    • Bach, JS : Sacred Cantatas BWV Nos 17 - 19.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 13.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Dvor谩k: Serenade For Strings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Lyricist: W. H. Auden. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • Britten: My Beloved is Mine.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons (October arr for wind trio)

    Music Arranger: Anthony Averay. Ensemble: Vancouver Wind Trio.
    • Celebrated Classics: The Vancouver Wind Trio.
    • Sonrise Audio.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Jane Glover. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35 (Haffner) & 39: London Mozart Players/Glover.
    • ASV.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio no.1, Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Her Voice.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gabetta/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Venzago.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • D茅odat de S茅verac

    En Languedoc - Suite pour piano (1903-4) - III A cheval dans la prairie

    Performer: Izumi Tateno.
    • D茅odat de S茅verac (1873-1921).
    • Finlandia.
    • 10.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Down By The Sycamore Tree

    Performer: Jimmy Rowles. Performer: Max Roach. Singer: Bob Whitlock.
    • Verve Records.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Musee de Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden, read by Paul Schofield

  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Berceuse Op.20

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.
  • Patricia Allerston

    The King's Quair

  • Bernard van Dieren

    Spring Song of the Birds (Transcr. R. Stevenson for Piano)

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Stevenson: Piano Music, Vol. 5.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 801.
  • Frank Bridge

    Spring Song

    Performer: Kate Gould. Performer: Daniel Tong.
    • Bridge: Quintet for string quartet & piano etc.: London Bridge Ensemble.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere rhapsodie for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Franklin Cohen. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rake's Progress, Act III, Scene 3: Lullaby. "Gently, Little Boat"

    Choir: Choeur de l'Op茅ra de Lyon. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon.
    • Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 71.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Stephen Stirling. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Brahms: Piano Trios 1-3, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Thomas Morley

    O mistress mine

    Performer: Julian Bream. Singer: Peter Pears.
    • Lute Songs.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 9.
  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Music from the Harry Potter Films.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 15.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Valse-fantasie in B minor, arr. for orchestra [orig. for piano]

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV.121

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per archi: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Opus 111.
    • 7-9.

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