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Ease into the day with classical music

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

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3 hours

On air

Today 06:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    F眉r Elise in Ragtime

    Composer: Ethan Uslan. Performer: Ryan Wang.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Kyrie; Gloria (Mass in G minor)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D (after Vivaldi), BWV.972

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Colm Carey.
    • Bach: Works For Trumpet.
    • EMI.
    • 1-3.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto III

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • The Celtic Album.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 14.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27: I. Allegro

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Haydn/Mozart: Chamber Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op.120 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Joseph Shiner. Performer: Somi Kim.
    • Brahms: The Clarinet Sonatas.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11

    Performer: Ryan Wang.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op.91)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    The Farmer's Boy

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D major, RV.589

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Piano Trio in D Major: III. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Fidelio Trio.
    • Ernest Moeran: Chamber Music.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Symphony in B minor, Op 4: 2nd mvmt (Allegretto scherzando - Presto)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.

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