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Wake up 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 5 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Picasso and Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13, L. 486

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • The Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 鈥 Gold Medal Winner.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Cantata 6; Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde...

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Aria: Nun mogt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken

    Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Recit: Was will der Holle Schrecken nun

    Singer: Monika Frimmer. Singer: Yoshikazu Mera. Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Cantata 6; Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen (Chorus)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Wassail song (No 5 from Five English Folksongs)

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Sprig of Thyme traditional songs.
    • Collegium.
  • Trad.

    The Wassail Song / All through the Night

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Songs Of Joy & Peace.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • 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.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Vieille pri猫re bouddhique

    Singer: Julian Podger. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • James B. Wilson

    Who has seen the wind?

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Faust Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Philip Scriven.
    • Stone Records.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Willow Hayne Records.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Like Rain by Emily Dickinson, read by Alice Arnold

  • Wu Tong

    Rain Falling from the Roof

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No 1, HWV258)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel Coronation Anthems.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    3 Intermezzi Op. 13 for clarinet and piano - No. 1 Andante espressivo

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Daniel King Smith.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Quadrille

    Orchestrator: Wolfgang D枚rner. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    Sister Suffragette (Mary Poppins)

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Glynis Johns.
    • Mary Poppins.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Berceuse from "The Exterminating Angel"

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Thomas Ad猫s: In Seven Days.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 5.
  • Muriel Herbert

    Loveliest of trees

    Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: David Owen Norris.
    • LINN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: II. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Oliver Schnyder Trio.
    • Beethoven: The Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

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