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Start the day right with classical music

Hannah French 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

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Fri 20 Oct 2023 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major for wind octet, K 375 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug: 'Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte - book 2 Op.30: no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp min

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.
    • DG.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.

  • Miriam Hyde

    Nocturne

    Performer: Bridget Bolliger. Performer: Andrew West.
    • Dancing Shadows: The Music of Miriam Hyde for flute and piano.
    • CALA.
    • 010.

  • Hans Zimmer

    Southern Right Whale

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.146

    Performer: George Malcolm.
    • DECCA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Tom Poster.

  • Neville Marriner

    Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bohemian Rhapsodies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Carmen Petra-Basacopol

    Sonata for Flute and Harp: II: Andante espressivo, rubato:

    Performer: Robert Aitken. Performer: Erica Goodman.
    • BIS.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    Talk This Way, written and read by Jacob Sam-La Rose

  • Casey Bill Weldon

    I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

    Composer: Roy Jordan. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Singer: Ray Charles. Ensemble: Wynton Marsalis Septet.
    • United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas.
    • Blue Engine Records.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Un Bal (Symphonie Fantastique Op.14)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.

  • Jacques Ibert

    The Little White Donkey

    Performer: Varda Nishry.
    • DECCA.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Andr茅 Messager

    Solo de concours

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Frost and Friends.
    • BIS.
    • 008.

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works.
    • LONDON.
    • 8.

  • Edward Gregson

    Prelude For An Occasion

    Ensemble: Band Of H.M. Royal Marines Flag Officer Scotland And Northern Ireland. Director: Lieut. Peter Rutterford.
    • Celebration.
    • MUSIC MASTERS.
    • 7.

  • Mel Bonis

    Oph茅lie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen (Seguidillas)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Sheherazade)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh (excerpts) - Sheherazade.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D minor, H XV 23 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.

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