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Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Sun 10 Nov 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047

    Performer: Markus Stockhausen. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Michael Faust. Performer: Diethelm Jonas. Orchestra: Detmolder Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christoph Poppen.
    • EMI.

  • Virgil Thomson

    Salute to the Wind (Autumn)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • Frank Bridge

    Autumn

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quintet In C Major D.956, Op. Posth. 163.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le R锚ve de Cl茅op芒tre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Brahms: Late Piano Works, Op. 116, 117 & 118.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Snowdrop

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • The Glorious Garden.
    • Classic FM.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293, 'Autumn' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Director: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Mutter, Trondheim Soloists.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • John Ireland

    Greater Love Hath No man

    Performer: Christopher Hughes. Singer: Michael Pearce. Singer: Michael Pearce. Singer: Paul Robinson. Singer: Paul Robinson. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • English Anthems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: II. Prayer Meeting

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 02.

  • Gang Chen

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Arnold Bax

    Clarinet Sonata in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: James Cryer.
    • The English Clarinet.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

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  • Sun 10 Nov 2024 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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