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Sunrise classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Winner of Best Audio Arts and Music Programme (Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards).

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3 hours

Last on

Thu 23 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Fairest isle

    Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • Purcell: Songs & Dances.
    • ALPHA.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Arcadiana (O Albion)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM New Series.
  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns/Ravel/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Tobias Hume

    Touch Me Lightly

    Performer: Guido Balestracci.
    • Hume: "Harke, Harke!" Lyra Violls Humors & Delights.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor BWV.1060 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Bellamy. Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • Bach: Double & Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.
  • Enrique Granados

    La Maja de Goya鈥

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics.
  • Archibald Joyce

    Songe d'Automne [Autumn Dream]

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Joyce: Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux mod猫les Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Austin John Marshall

    An Awakening - Whitsun Dance

    Composer: The Copper Family. Composer: Dolly Collins. Composer: Shirley Collins.
    • The Harvest Years.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    New Beginning-The Staines Morris

    Performer: Dolly Collins. Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Music Arranger: Dolly Collins. Music Arranger: Shirley Collins. Singer: Shirley Collins. Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • The Harvest Years.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.
  • Alain Romans

    Quel temps fait-il 脿 Paris

    Performer: No performers credited.
    • Polygram.
  • Erik Satie

    Le Golf (Sports et divertissements)

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Mazurka (Masquerade Suite)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • BMG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.
  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Giant Tortoise Eats

    Performer: Cosmo Sheldrake.
    • 骋补濒谩辫补驳辞蝉.
    • Tardigrade Records.
    • 4.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    The Big Turtle Fanfare

    Performer: Peter Masseurs.
    • Ligeti : Project Vol.5 - Ballad & Dance, Cello Sonata, Artikulation, Aventures,.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Pierre Arvay

    Merry Ocarina

    • UK TV Theme Tunes.
    • De Wolfe Web.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals - Tortoises

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Toby Hughes.
    • Carnival.
    • Decca Music.
    • 9.
  • SOUND FX

    Female Leatherback Turtle, moving down the beach to the sea

  • Josquin des Prez

    Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi [for 24 voices]

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony.
    • 3.
  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (Main title)

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Traditional Spanish

    El Pa帽o Moruno

    Performer: Konrad Ragossnig. Performer: Walter Feybli. Music Arranger: Len Williams.
    • Spanish and South American music for two guitars.
    • The Orchard Enterprises.
  • Traditional Spanish

    Villancico

    Performer: Konrad Ragossnig. Performer: Walter Feybli. Music Arranger: Len Williams.
    • Spanish and South American music for two guitars.
    • The Orchard Enterprises.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for piano and winds (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wendy Carlos. Music Arranger: Wendy Carlos.
    • Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Boxed Set.
    • East Side Digital.
    • 12.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky; Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 03.
  • Irene Kitchings

    Some Other Spring

    Singer: Billie Holiday. Ensemble: Billie Holiday and Her Band.
    • Verve Records.
  • Carl Heinrich Graun

    Harpsichord Concerto in D (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philippe Grisvard. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Director: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • Berlin Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Audax Records.
    • 6.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sea Songs

    Performer: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Albion.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.

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