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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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3 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Royal Handel.
    • Naive.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Wonderland.
    • DG.
    • 2.
  • Franz Krommer

    Clarinet Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Dieter Kl枚cker. Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Krommer: Clarinet Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 6.
  • Chiahu Lee

    (R茅)inventio: No.12 in A [After J.S. Bach's BWV 783]

    Performer: Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay. Performer: Chiahu Lee.
    • (搁茅)颈苍惫别苍迟颈辞.
    • Diversions.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-part invention no.10 BWV.796 in G major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach: Two-Part & Three-Part Inventions.
    • Decca.
    • 26.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怌hor. Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • The Secret Faur茅 3: Sacred Vocal Works.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 5 No. 1: III. Rondeau

    Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Robert Russell Bennett

    Suite of Old American Dances: IV. Wallflower Waltz

    Ensemble: Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine. Conductor: Major Arjan Tien.
    • Rhapsody in Navy Blue. Originals.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J枚rg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - J枚rg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: The Grainger Edition: Various Artists.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • John Tavener

    Dhyana - a song for Nicola

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DG.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jenny Op.62 No2

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Franco Alfano

    Echi dell'appennino (Suite romantica)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. Conductor: Giuseppe Grazioli.
    • Alfano: Suite romantica, Una danza & Divertimento.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    A Birthday by Christina Rossetti, read by Harriet Walter

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 82 in C Major, "The Bear" (4th mvt. Finale. Vivace Assai)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au go没t parisien.
    • Alpha.
    • 4.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Dance no.1 (La Vida Breve)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens. Conductor: Nemanja Radulovi膰.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Howard Shore

    The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Evan Jolly. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Silva Screen.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Simon Jeffes

    4 pieces for orchestra (No.1)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Jeffes: "Still Life" at the Penguin Caf茅; Four Pieces for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Lasciatemi qui solo (Il primo libro delle musiche)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann.
    • Heroines of Love & Loss.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture (Op.84)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies: Norrington.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.
  • Gideon Klein

    Roznov Clock

    Choir: University of Miami Chorale. Conductor: Jo-Michael Scheibe.
    • Voices and Light.
    • Albany Records.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Swan Lake)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Prelude No 2

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Florence Price Piano Music.
    • Guild.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria (Mass in B minor)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 4.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Alfredo Marcucci. Ensemble: Ensemble Piacevole.
    • Timeless Tango.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 13.
  • George Jeffreys

    Look up, all eyes

    Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
    • Lost Majesty: Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 6.
  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy And Bess)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers.
    • Debut.
    • EMI.
    • 18.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 3 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.

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