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Hannah French presents 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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Thu 2 Jan 2025 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto in D major, H VIId 3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Hinterholzer. Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Haydn Concertos.
    • Erato.
    • 005.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overture (Partita) in the French style in B minor BWV.831: Ouverture

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • The Glenn Gould Collection - Bach: French Suites, BWV 812 - 817/Overture, BWV 83.
    • Sony.
    • 16.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Pastoral for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Michael Collins: British Clarinet Sonata Volume 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Overture)

    Director: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques.
    • Rameau: Ouvertures: Christophe Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatensatz in B flat major, D28

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony: LSO/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major, G 448 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan L枚fving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt, Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O sacrum convivium

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • The Best of Tallis.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Maurice Vandair

    Fleur de Paris

    Music Arranger: Willhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • WARNER.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Choir: Vasari Singers. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Heaven Full of Stars.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Marcel Tournier

    Suite for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp, op 34

    Performer: Tara Helen O'Connor. Performer: Kristen Lee. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Dmitri Atapine. Performer: Bridget Kibbey.
    • Music@Menlo Live: From Bach - 6.
    • Music@Menlo Live.
    • 18.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pagodes (Estampes)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Carl Davis

    Pride and Prejudice: Main Title

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Pride and Prejudice.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Sinfonia in D major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Duo seraphim (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata.
    • C. Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine - 1610: Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Jean Cras

    Quintette: I. Assez anime

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Jan 2025 06:30
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