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Start the day right with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff.
    • Ondine.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de noviembre

    Performer: Ricardo Cobo.
    • The Latin American Guitar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr 镁煤 oss himnum 谩 [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria and variations I and II (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)

    Performer: David Fray.
    • ERATO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'茅t茅.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 3.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Cristina Bianchi.
    • Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 92 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

    Telestri Regina delle Amazzoni (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Director: Daniel Deuter.
    • Talestri - Commedia per Musica.
    • KammerTon.
    • 1-3.
  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval: Arlequin - Valse noble - Eusebius

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Cello Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Rudin. Ensemble: Musica Viva.
    • Chandos CHAN0813.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Adolph von Henselt

    脡tude Op. 13 No. 2 La Gondola from 'M茅thode des M茅thodes'

    Performer: Daniel Grimwood.
    • Henselt: Complete 脡tudes and Pr茅ambules.
    • Edition Peters Sounds.
    • 13.
  • Anonymous

    Si la Gondola

    Composer: Trad.. Singer: Holger Falk. Orchestra: Nuovo Aspetto.
    • Si la Gondola.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "The Light Gatherer" by Carol Ann Duffy, ready by Sally Phillips

  • Ren Guang

    Coloured Clouds Chasing The Moon

    Music Arranger: Jianzhong Wang. Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March in G Major, Op.39 No.4

    Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Symphonies, Sea Pictures, The Dream of.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 39.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Gold Ring Jig

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square 1944 (Three Dance Episodes from 'On the Town')

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • On the Waterfront.
    • BIS.
    • 22.
  • Franz Krommer

    Clarinet Quintet, Op.95 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Eric Hoeprich. Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Barcarolle (Chants Set 3, Op 65)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Alkan: Grande Sonate, Sonatine, Le festin d'esope.
    • HYPERION.
    • 9.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Tschaikowsky, Saint Saens, Ginastera.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Brendel spielt Beethoven (Klavierkonzerte / Klaviersonaten).
    • Decca.
    • 78.
  • Barry Rose

    Come, thou redeemer of the earth

    Performer: Ian Keatley. Choir: Armagh Girl Singers.
    • LAMMAS.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Rieko Tschuchida.
  • Richard Wagner

    Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • CBS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, "La passione" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • TAFEKMUSIK MEDIA.
  • George Butterworth

    6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (nos 1 & 5)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs of Travel.
    • Hyperion.
    • 26; 30.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony no.1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • CBC.

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