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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.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Orchestral Suite in D major HWV.341

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Purcell, Handel: Sound the Trumpet: Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Nocturne in B major, Op 40

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • SUPRAPHON : SU-4133-2.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Piano Trio (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 1 in G major BWV.1007 arr. for lute: Prelude and allemande

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • JS Bach: Music for Lute.
    • ALPHA.
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and Expressively)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle no.3 in G flat major Op.42

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Yann Tiersen

    La valse des vieux os

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Le Fabuleux destin d'Am茅lie Poulain (Bande originale du film).
    • UGC Images/ADA France.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act II - Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro

    Singer: Maria Bengtsson. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House. Conductor: Julia Jones.
  • Sarah Davachi

    Garlands

    Performer: Sarah Davachi.
    • Let Night Come On Bells End The Day.
    • Late Music.
    • 1.
  • Benny Goeran Bror Andersson

    Lay All Your Love On Me

    Composer: Bj枚rn Ulvaeus. Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Singer: Caroline Shaw. Ensemble: S艒 Percussion.
    • Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian dances arr. Paulet

    Music Arranger: Vincent Paulet. Ensemble: Ensemble K. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
    • Accents.
    • Aparte.
    • 1.
  • John Lunn

    Theme (From "Downton Abbey")

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Fitzpatrick.
    • Downton Abbey.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    At the Castle Gate; Entr'acte (Pell茅as et M茅lisande)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    3 Piano Pieces (1. The Lake Island)

    Performer: Una Hunt.
    • Moeran: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Orph茅e: A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Performer: J贸hann J贸hannsson. Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.
    • 翱谤辫丑茅别.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Parthia in B flat major for wind ensemble

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • TELDEC.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: II. Andante, un poco adagio

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Brahms: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Aftonen R.187

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nighfall.
    • DECCA.
    • 6.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Maurizo Pollini Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    "The Sleeping Beauty" Suite, Op. 66a, Waltz (Arr. for Piano 4 Hands)

    Performer: Bella Sudbin. Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Music Arranger: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Prologue

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Composer: Manchester Collective. Composer: Paul Clark. Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Director: Rakhi Singh.
    • Recreation.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 1.

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