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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3鈥檚 award-winning classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning, including 大象传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, pianist and composer Stephen Hough commemorates the Twin Towers with his solo piano piece Nocturne, for September 10th recorded by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Elisabeth Brauss. Co-commissioned with the Henry Barber Trust.

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Music Played

  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Ego Flos Campi

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Desires.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 (K.543) in E flat major, 2nd movement; Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.

  • Irene Britton Smith

    Violin Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Emely Phelps.
    • DELOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, susses Kreuz (St Matthew Passion)

    Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Matth盲us-Passion).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 233.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor - 2nd mvt: Adagio sostentuto

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.
    • Naxos.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bozidar Vukotic.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 304.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Loutky, H. 137: No. 3, Ostychava panenka (the Shy Puppet)

    Performer: Giorgio Koukl.
    • Martinu, B.: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Humoresque (Fantasiest眉cke Op.5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Erkki Melartin

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Tampere Filharmonia. Conductor: Leonid Grin.
    • Ondine.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz No. 4 In F, Op. 34 No. 3

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The Art of Daniel Barenboim.
    • UMG.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    A Hymn to the Evening written by Phillis Wheatley, read by Adjoa Andoh

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse Espagnole (La vida breve)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.

  • Rutland Boughton

    Aylesbury Games (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Clara Schumann

    Lorelei

    Singer: James Atkinson. Performer: Hamish Brown.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt/Holberg Suite: Marriner.
    • Hanssler Classics.
    • 10.

  • Franz Liszt

    Valse-caprice No 6 in A minor (Soir茅es de Vienne)

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: The Trinity Choir. Conductor: Daniel Taylor.
    • The Tree of Life.
    • Sony Classical/Daniel Taylor.
    • 5.

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Nocturne (September 10, 2001)

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120: iii. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120, 4 Ernste Ges盲nge, Op. 121.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di Provenza il mar (La Traviata, Act 2)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

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

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Quartet no. 1 in D major Op.11 for strings; 2nd mvt; Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Beethoven: Symphony no.5 & no.1: Paavo Jarvi.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VIII. The Monk and His Cat

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Dylan Perez.
    • Barber: The Complete Songs.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 26.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Taras Bulba, 2nd movement: The Death of Ostap

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Jan谩膷ek: Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba.
    • Decca.

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