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Kate Molleson 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 27 Oct 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in A major, K.386

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Ensemble: Camerata Academica of Salzburg Mozarteum.
    • Mozart 鈥 Piano Concertos K246 & K413.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 51 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Teldec.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op.37a: X. 'Autumn Song'

    Performer: 挟褉懈泄 袝谐芯褉芯胁.
    • ETCETERA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben (Cantata No 8)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata No.2 for violin and guitar (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Paganini For Two.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • George McPhee

    A Celtic Prayer

    Performer: David Gerrard. Choir: Paisley Abbey Choir. Director: George McPhee.
    • A Celtic Prayer.
    • Priory.
    • 4.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Black Diamonds.
    • Cambria.
    • 002.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Radamisto, HWV 12 Act III: Qual nave smarrita

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 2.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatam lucem

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • 40 Voices.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas - Act III: The Witches' Dance

    Performer: Steven Devine. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "Alterity" by Kayo Chingonyi, read by Kayo Chingonyi

  • Ayo Bankole

    Ya Orule

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Ekele: Piano Music by African Composers.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 5.
  • Alphonse Hasselmans

    Concert Study: 'La Source'

    Performer: Marisa Robles.
    • Pieces From My Childhood.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Julius Harrison

    Worcestershire Suite; 3. Pershore Plums & 4. The Ledbury Parson

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Julius Harrison - Bredon Hill.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Recorder concerto in C minor RV441

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players. Conductor: Candida Thompson.
    • Decca.
  • Jimmy Cobb

    Eleanor

    • Chesky Records.
  • Dean Goffin

    Rhapsody in brass

    Performer: Nes Musikkforening. Conductor: Thorbjorn Lunde.
    • Nm Brass 2015 - 4. Divisjon.
    • Grong Musikkproduksjon.
    • 12.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    In solitaria stanza (Six Romances)

    Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Librettist: Jacopo Vittorelli. Singer: Margaret Price.
    • Verdi: Songs for Voice and Piano: Price/Parsons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations, 3 March

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau arr Galway

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Christopher O鈥橰iley.
    • James Galway: The French Recital.
    • RCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade - suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • Khachaturian - Spartacus.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

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