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Perk up your morning 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 Dec 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Francis Pott

    Balulalow

    Singer: Emma Walshe. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Incarnation.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV.1043 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Performer: Huw Daniel. Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.
  • Franz Schubert

    Das Wandern (Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin D.795)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Justus Zeyen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major, TWV 53:D2

    Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    When David heard that Absalom was slain

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (Finale - Tema Russo)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Director: Jonathan Morton.
    • Linn.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (La r茅jouissance)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Faith Waddell. Performer: Anna Cavaliero. Performer: Cameron Richardson-Eames. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D "London" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Harnoncourt conducts Haydn.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Storm

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Virgin.
  • Robert Schumann

    In der Nacht - no.5 from Phantasiestucke Op.12

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Shepherd's Farewell (L' Enfance du Christ)

    Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ.
    • LINN.
    • 9-11.
  • Louis Vierne

    Violin Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert piece no. 1 in F minor Op.113

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • Weber/Mendelssohn/Baermann: Meyer/Meyer/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sill.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5-7.
  • Judith Weir

    My Guardian Angel

    Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor Op.46 no.8

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tom谩拧 Brauner.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • George Gershwin

    But not for me

    Performer: Louise Dearman. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Ensemble: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Macbeth (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    St Nicolas; 8. His Piety and Marvellous Works

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • EMI Classics.

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  • Wed 6 Dec 2023 06:30

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