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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, virtuoso sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun pays tribute in 础产产丑腻 to his teacher鈥檚 teacher Ustad Vilayat Khan who passed away in 2004 and whose artistry and innovation continue to inspire Indian classical musicians in the UK and worldwide today. The 大象传媒 Philharmonic recorded it with Jasdeep Singh Degun and Ustad Dharambir Singh on sitar, and tabla players Harkiret Bahra and Upneet Singh.

Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask 大象传媒 Sounds to play Breakfast.鈥�

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Fugue in E minor for piano duet, D 952

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osbourne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Giovanni Bassano

    Divisions on Susanna un jour

    Performer: Jeremy West. Performer: Frances Kelly.
    • The Age of Extravagance: VIrtuoso Iberian & Italian Cornett Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Traditional Danish

    Minuet No. 60

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Performer: Robert Farley. Performer: Kate Hearne. Performer: Kate Hearne. Performer: Antoine Torunczyk. Performer: Antoine Torunczyk. Performer: Peter Spi拧sk媒. Performer: Peter Spi拧sk媒. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • Luigi Boccherini

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

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata Op. 110 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8, No. 8 (鈥淧ath茅tique鈥�), 10, 22 & 31.
    • JB Recordings.
    • 9.

  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Sony.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La vall茅e des cloches (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque no.1

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Claude Debussy

    En blanc et noir (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • WARNER CLASSICS: 0825646285495.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    4 Last Songs (Orch. A. Payne): No. 2, Tired

    Author: Ursula Vaughan Williams. Orchestrator: Anthony Payne. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Discoveries.
    • Albion.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata 'F.A.E.' (Scherzo)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • Maxim Rysanov, Evelyn Chang, works by Brahms, Glinka, Enescu and others.
    • AVIE.
    • 1.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Prayer for Ukraine

    Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir. Conductor: Mykola Hobdych.
    • Valentin Silvestrov: Maidan.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 13.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chaconne (King Arthur)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Director: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.
    • Purcell: Tyrannic Love.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 23.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos: Maria Joao Pires/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Swing From Paris.
    • Decca Records France.
    • 3.

  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Sonata No. 4 in E minor for solo violin (Finale)

    Performer: Tai Murray.
    • Six Sonatas For Solo Violin Op. 27.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 12.

  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    础产产丑腻

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvor谩k: Symphonies Nos.8 & 9 "From the New World".
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    La prima vez

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Karim Sulayman. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • Broken Branches.
    • Pentatone.
    • 106.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G minor TWV/43g4

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Traditional Ukrainian

    Variations on Ukrainian Folk Themes

    Performer: Kostyantyn Novytsky.
    • NAIVE.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante, Op 18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

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