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Start the day with classical music

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 24 Nov 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music (orchestral version)

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Manze.
    • Onyx.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A minor, K 511

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I - Menuet II

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Bach: Cello Suites 1-6, BWV 1007-1012.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria

    Music Arranger: August Wilhelmj. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Giacomo Puccini

    The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold und Silber Op. 79

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Leh谩r: Waltzes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Chopin: Piano Concertos.
    • LINN.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (Overture)

    Orchestra: "West Side Story" Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • SONY MASTERWORKS.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Sympathy by Emily Bronte, read by Fenella Woolgar

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 64 No 5, 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • Lodia.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance for Four Hands in E Minor, Op. 72/2: Dumka (Allegretto grazioso)

    Ensemble: Gvantsa Buniatishvili. Ensemble: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Motherland.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Michel Legrand

    The Windmills of Your Mind

    Music Arranger: Michail Tsygutkin. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • As Time Goes By.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848

    Music Arranger: Peter Maxwell Davies. Ensemble: The Fires of London. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Renaissance & Baroque Realisations.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    Trois chansons de Charles d'Orl茅ans: II. Quant j'ai ouy le tambourin

    Ensemble: Triton Trombone Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • RCA.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Maria Callas - The Legend.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Anonymous

    Suite from Uhrovska's manuscript: [Untitled] - Hungaricus - Hajdukujymy - Hungar

    Singer: Helene Richaud. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Conductor: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • Beaut茅 barbare.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autumn (6 脡tudes de concert- book 1 Op.35)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 013.

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