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Sunrise classical on Christmas Day

Hannah French presents a Christmas Day edition of Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Christmas Day 2024 06:30
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Music Played

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Beata viscera

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 9.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Nuit de No毛l, BV 251

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Fantasia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet, frohlocket! (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Sacred Choral Works: Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: XII. December. No毛l. Tempo di valse

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Eric Whitacre

    3 Songs of Faith - III - I thank You God for most this amazing day

    Lyricist: e. e. cummings. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst, Sleep, Lux aurumque & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovsk媒

    Sonata Natalis in C major

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah chorus (Messiah)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 6, Op.68 (Pastoral) - III - Allegro, "Joyful gathering of countryfolk"

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74)

    Music Arranger: Sydney Baynes. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Guillaume Bouzignac

    No茅, No茅! Pastores, Cantate Domino

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Orchestra: Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Alto.

  • Nigel Westlake

    Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra): Penguin Ballet

    Performer: John Williams. Conductor: Paul Daniel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • From Australia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Jem Finer

    Fairytale of New York

    Composer: Shane MacGowan. Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35: III. Waltz of the Flowers

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Bella Sudbin. Music Arranger: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Romeo & Juliet: Tchaikovsky on the Piano.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Double violin concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 8 No. 6 - in forma di pastorale per il Santissimo Natale'

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Naxos.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    A Winter's Night - I. In Dulci Jubilo

    Performer: Sebastian Guard. Performer: Benjamin Cunningham. Choir: Winchester College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: Howard Ionascu.
    • Signum.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The First Nowell: No. 1, Prelude. God Rest You Merry and the Truth From Above

    Lyricist: Simona Pakenham. Choir: Joyful Company of Singers. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Vaughan Williams: Christmas Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 117.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S. 613: VII. Schlummerlied

    Ensemble: Duo Pleyel.
    • Yuletide Treats.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Gloria in Excelsis (All-night Vigil Op.37)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Vespers + Complete all-night Vigil, Op. 37.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Ray Chen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Trevino.
    • The Golden Age.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Music Arranger: Fergus McCreadie.

  • Arthur Wood

    O Little Town of Ambridge

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Manners. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Danse Macabre: Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Black Dyke Band

    Christmas Finale

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