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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Aug 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in G Major

    Composer: Christian Badzura. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Bach Reworks (Pt. 2).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der S眉nde (Cantata BWV.54)

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris - Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux (Tristes apprets)

    Singer: Nadine Koutcher. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Cara Dillon

    Flow

    Performer: Cara Dillon.
    • CHARCOAL RECORDS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • DECCA.
  • Max Richter

    Late and soon

    Ensemble: Max Richter Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 - No. 2, Sunset

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Lyricist: Sir Walter Scott. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 - No. 20, Faithfu' Johnie

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Lyricist: Anne Grant. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 22 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 - No. 1, Untitled

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Concerto in B flat major Op.3 No.1 for violin and orchestra: 2nd mvt; Andante

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 11.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals - Aviary

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Adam Walker.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 23.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem Op.48: Libera Me; In Paradisum

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: The Sixteen. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    3 Piano Pieces (1. The Lake Island)

    Performer: Una Hunt.
    • Moeran: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Choir: Chapelle du Roi. Conductor: Alistair Dixon.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth Suite No 2, Op 1b: iv. Fountain dance, v. The Tame Bear, vi. The Wild Bears

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    7 Improvisations for organ, Op 150; IV. Allegretto

    Performer: Robert Delcamp.
    • Naxos.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.

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